Films by Alexandra Praet

Germany 2024, 91 min
by Daniel Abma

When parents can no longer fulfil their duty of care, the children’s world often falls apart. Nothing stays as it was. Suddenly it is no longer mum or dad who are in charge but the youth welfare system. Daniel Abma followed a youth housing group in a rural area over several years, showing professional educators who want to give five boys between the ages of seven and fourteen what they need most urgently, day by day: security, orientation, a home.The documentary focus is not on the children but

Germany 2023, 92 min
by Lisa Wagner

Who says that women can't break dance? Frieda, Viola and Jilou are three of the most successful women in the male-dominated breaking world. At different points in their sports careers, the three friends are facing new challenges and life-changing decisions. DANCING HEARTBEATS accompanies the dancers during their hard training, international battles and their fight for recognition and equal rights. WithB-Girl Jilou – Jilou RasulB-Girl Frost – Frieda FrostB-Girl Viola – Viola Luise Barner

Germany 2021, 76 min
by Sophie Linnenbaum

About losing and finding.About shouting and muting.About cuddling and sneezing.About fathers.Six Stories.

Germany, Ethiopia 2021, 92 min
by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun

among us women follows young farmer Huluager Endeshaw (25), who is awaiting the birth of her fourth child. Swimming in a river of change, Hulu finds herself caught between modern and traditional systems of midwifery in her rural village of Megendi. On one hand, she regularly attends check-ups at the local health post and follows the advice from medical midwives. On the other, Hulu is apprehensive of a system in which she feels unheard, turning to the traditional midwife Endal Gedif (70) for supp

Germany 2018, 90 min
by Lilian Nix

KINDSEIN - Unadulterated is a visually stunning invitation to enter the lives of KURUMI (8), JORGITO (8), SEAN (6) and REKHA (6). These four kids from different countries around the globe inspire to see life through the eyes of a child again. Despite being confronted with touching personal highs and lows, with their point of view they manage to see magic in everyday life, and let solutions to humankind's big issues seem quite obvious.  This film is a visually stunning invitation to see life thro

2016, 82 min
by Anna Koch

Four German teenage girls are getting ready for an exciting school year. The young wrestlers Janny, Lisa, Debby and Michelle have been accepted to the Elite School of Sports, a boarding school in Frankfurt that follows East German traditions in getting talented athletes to the top. The girls can expect years of exhausting, intensive training schedules, strict diets and extreme pressure to perform. In their free time they hang out together, listen to music and long for home – they aren’t all buil