9 LIVES

Film Info

Germany 2010 | 105 min. Director: Maria Speth

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Production Company

Madonnen Film GmbH

Berlin http://www.madonnenfilm.de

links / references

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9 LIVES

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

Cast & Crew

Director

Maria Speth

Festivals/awards

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