BEST DOKS – Shortlist FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
You can watch our most-viewed and award-winning documentaries of the 2024 edition again on Sunday 12 May.
ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND
Deutschland 2023 – Director: Lara Milena Brose – Original version with English subtitles – Length: 70 min.
Ferida, a Bosnian, lives within sight of the EU’s external border. Every day she witnesses refugees’ desperate attempts to reach the EU and her memories of violence and war come flooding back. Nahid is 15 years old and is stranded here after fleeing the Taliban. In this hypnotic narrative, the fading echoes of Ferida’s stories and Nahid’s voicemails intertwine. Jan Sebening
Biography
After a degree in philosophy and two years in Central America, Lara Milena Brose is studying documentary film directing at HFF Munich. People and their fates in harsh realities are central to her work. She is a founding member of the AK49 collective.
Filmography (selection)
MIS NIÑOS DE MADERA, DE/MX, 2022, 25 min. (Co-director: Kilian Armando Friedrich)
ÜBERLEBEN, DE 2021, 30 min.
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
With supporting film: REMEMBER, BROKEN CRAYONS COLOUR TOO
Nominated for the FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
No youth rating
Writer: Lara Milena Brose. Camera: Natalia Mamaj, Lilly Rose Pongratz. Sound: Hanna Hocker. Editing: Aora Helmzadeh, Lara Milena Brose, Boris Gavrilović. Music: Ludovico Failla. Production: University of Television and Film Munich. Producer: Lara Milena Brose.
