Films by Kilian Armando Friedrich

2023, 70 min
by Kilian Armando Friedrich

In France, thousands of people work for subcontractors in the nuclear industry. Many of them travel from nuclear power plant to nuclear power plant to carry out renovation work wherever it is needed. To do this, they live in caravans, scattered around the power plants. Always ready to move on. The pay is good and attracts many young people. They want to earn a lot of money in as few years as possible. Marie-Lou, Florian, Jérôme and Vincent also try to do this. At different parking lots in front of nuclear power plants, they share the same lonely and harsh reality of life to which this job inevitably leads them. And dream of life afterwards. Of their own property. Of the future of their own children. To achieve this, they save every penny and drive on and on. From nuclear power plant to nuclear power plant. From premium wage to premium wage. From millisievert to millisievert.

Germany 2021, 30 min
by Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich

After years of criminal and self-destructive behavior, 27-year-old Leon is at last trying to rid himself of his heroin addiction in a residential clinic. He publishes a vlog about his experiences and tells his therapists what they want to hear, but actually he’s totally fed up with life. On the other hand, his father Hans-Joachim, who's 50 years older, is brimming with zest for life, despite his aging body. That’s why this landscape artist wants to become immortal, as a “homo digitalis.” He’s using a chatbot loaded with journal extracts in an attempt to create a digital version of himself.When Leon is released on leave from rehab, he visits his father, who he hasn’t seen for a long time. Rather than underscoring the differences between father and son, filmmakers Lara Milena Brose and Kilian Armando Friedrich let the images speak for themselves. These scenes make it painfully clear how self-hatred is intertwined with self-obsession, how life is intertwined with survival, and how different parents and children can be. [IDFA 2021]