WHERE WE COME FROM
Film - New German TV Productions

WHERE WE COME FROM

Directed by Marc Brummund

Info

Director: Marc Brummund
Section: New German TV Productions
Country: Germany
Year: 2024
PT: EIN MANN SEINER KLASSE
OT: EIN MANN SEINER KLASSE
Language: German
Version: Original version
Cast: Camille Loup Moltzen, Leonard Kunz, Svenja Jung, Mercedes Müller
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A world premiere: Little Christian must choose between fulfilling his aunt’s expectations and bonding with his unpleasant father.

Ten-year-old Christian is allowed to skip school in order to go to an amusement park with his father. Appearances to the contrary, their lives are clouded by domestic violence and money problems. Since the death of their mother, his aunt has cared for the children and done everything to ensure that Christian can attend a good school.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Daniel Dornhöfer

Calendar

  • After the film: Q&A with Marc Brummund and team

    Gloria Palast
  • After the film: Q&A with Marc Brummund and team

    HFF Audimax

Meet the director

WHERE WE COME FROM

Marc Brummund

Marc Brummund studied psychology and journalism in Hamburg and documentary film at ZeLIG in Bolzano. From 2004 to 2006 he attended the master class in directing at the Hamburg Media School. His films have earned more than 80 awards, including the German Short Film Award in 2005 and 2007, the First Steps Award, the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award for Best Director, a nomination for the Student Oscar in 2007, and the German Screenplay Award in 2013.

Credits

Screenplay: Nicole Armbruster, Marc Brummund
Original Material: Christian Baron
Director of Photography: Matthias Bolliger
Film Editor: Antje Zynga
Composer: Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas
Production Designer: Olaf Rehahn
Costume Design: Tanja Gierich
Sound: André Zacher
Make-up artist: Monika Knauf
Casting director: Mai Seck, Patrick Dreikauss
Producer: Daniela Zentner, Kerstin Lipownik, Catharina Rittmann (Producer)
Production Company: Saxonia Media Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH
Co-Production Company: Bayerischer Rundfunk
World Sales: Bavaria Media GmbH
Editor: Monika Denisch (SWR), Patricius Mayer (BR)
TV channel: Südwestrundfunk