Baby Blues (2008, Lars Jacobson & Amardeep Kaleka)

AKA: Cradle Will Fall / Wenn Mutterliebe Tödlich Wird – Laufzeit: 85 Minuten – Land: USA
Wir befinden uns irgendwo in einer eher ländlichen Gegend in den USA… ein Junge (Ridge Canipe) ist auf dem Weg nach Hause zu seiner Familie. Seine Mutter (Colleen Porch) wartet bereits auf ihn, sowie auch seine drei Geschwister. Eigentlich scheint [...]

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A (Longer) Advertise Clip From “Electrabel”

Just a nicely-made little advertising spot (~ 1 Mins) I found on the web today. The special thing about it is that it portayes children – acting as if they were grown-ups already. Enjoy !

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All-Age And Gender Dance In Essen… !

A few days ago, I visited the German city of Essen, where I – together with a friend of mine – kind of coincidentally stepped into a large mall. To our surprise there was a lot of noise and many people around – so we decided to take a closer look. And – it was [...]

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Slideshow # 10 – “Fuori Dal Mondo” (Ready)

Welcome ! You are viewing my slideshow # 10 – “Fuori Dal Mondo”.

Now, this slideshow definitely marks another special point of time referring to my slideshow project that has been going on from 2006 to 2009 (well, it is still going on). Why ? Well, I always tried to avoid the rather sad themes, wanting [...]

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Slideshow # 5 – “Children Of…” (Ready)

Welcome ! You are viewing my slideshow # 5 – “Children of the dream”.

Now, to one of my alltime-favourite slideshows that I can still watch today. What does this mean, you might ask… ? Well, referring to the production of all slideshows, there has been a time where I was totally fed up with both [...]

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The Children (2008, Tom Shankland)

AKA: The Day – Runtime: 84 Minutes – Country: UK
A car is entering the deep woods… snow is covering the trees and the street. A family is on its way to their relatives, to celebrate the new year’s eve. Both couples have children, so these days should actually become a real event for them. The [...]

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Autism – The Musical (2007, Tricia Regan)

AKA: The Miracle Project – Runtime: 94 Minutes – Country: USA

This certainly is an interesting Dvd that I recently stumbled upon. This musical, which rather is a documentary; is focusing on children that are suffering from autism. Therefore: no usual review and rating here !
Five of the children that were involved in this ambitious [...]

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Italianetz (2005, Andrei Kravchuck)

AKA: The Italian – Runtime: 90/99 Minutes – Country: Russia
This film is focusing on the story of a young orphan named Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov). Starting with an authentic view on how the daily life in a russian orphanage certainly could be, the film develops by drawing one’s attention to young Vanya and his quest for [...]

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The Nanny Diaries (2007, S.P. Berman & R. Pulcini)

Runtime: 106 Minutes – Country: USA
This film is about a young woman (Scarlett Johansson) who just finished her academic studies; being confronted with an important question: just how should her life continue… should she either listen to her mother by climbing up the social ladder – or continue searching for her own and unique way [...]

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Mysterious Skin (2004, Gregg Araki)

Runtime: 99 Minutes – Country: USA – A: For Adults Only
Based on a novel by Scott Heim, this motion picture is about two boys, Neil (age 8: Chase Ellison, adult: Joseph Gorden-Levitt) and Brian (age 8: George Webster, adult: Brady Corbet) who were physically abused during their time being junior members in a local baseball-team. [...]

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