9 LIVES

by Maria Speth
  • 2010 Reinhold Vorschneider | Madonnen Filmproduktion
  • 2010 Reinhold Vorschneider | Madonnen Filmproduktion
  • 2010 Reinhold Vorschneider | Madonnen Filmproduktion
  • (c) 2010 Madonnen Film UG

    Synopsis

    The film portrays the fates of several youth who decided at an early age -some as young as 11, 12 or 13 years old - to leave home, only to end up living on the streets temporarily or permanently. Rather than documenting their lives on the street, the film concentrates on how their personalities materialize as they discuss their lives in front of a neutral backdrop in a studio. Despite all their physical and emotional damages, they are endowed with remarkable strength and talent, which forms the focus of the film.

    Photos by Reinhold Vorschneider

    Festivals

    2010
    DEFA-Stiftung Promoting Award – DOK Liepzig
    METROPOLIS – Best German Directing Germany Award

    2011
    Open-Eyes-Jugendjury Int. Human Rights FF Nuremberg
    Kinofest Lünen
    Göteborg International Film Festival
    Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil
    Bradford IFF
    Buenos Aires IFF
    achtung berlin - new berlin film award
    IFFF Dortmund | Cologne
    IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival
    DOK.fest Municht
    Festival des deutschen Films in Buenos Aires
    IFF Bratislava