Films by Sigrid Klausmann

2016, 87 min
by Sigrid Klausmann

Filmmakers Sigrid Klausmann and Lina Luzyte accompanied children from all over the world to school, and invited them to talk about their lives on the way: for example, there is twelveyear-old To from Laos, who stays at school all week because of the long journey by boat across Mekong and often misses being at home with the family. Or the orphan girl Alphonsine from a village on the Ivory Coast, who does not go to school to learn but to earn money. There is also twelve-year-old Sai from India, wh

Germany 2015, 100 min
by Sigrid Klausmann

What does the journey to school mean for children? What do they see and what do they experience?The variety of school journeys around the world is endless, fascinating and full of surprises.The journey to school is a very special type of life experience shared by millions of children around the world every day but in very different ways. What happens between the two most important places in a child’s life, their home and school? 199 Roads to School is an international series featuring children a