30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Panorama

Too Far Away (2019) 10

Germany | 2019 | 89 min.

Ben and his family have to move to the nearby city because an open brown coal pit will swallow their village soon. Ben meets Tariq, a Syrian refugee. The two start out as competitors - at school and at the football club - but soon find out that they have more in common than they thought they would.

CountryGermany
Year2019
Duration89 min
Rating10
LanguageGerman
SubtitleEnglish, simul. translation cz
Directed by Sarah Winkenstette
Screenplay Susanne Finken
Director of Photography Monika Plura
Music Leonard Petersen
Edited by Nicole Kortlüke
Contact Weydemann Bros GmbH

Biography

German screenwriter and director. She studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She's won many awards for her short works. She has long worked with a number of TV channels to create programs for children. Her feature debut is the film Far from Home (Zu weit Weg, 2019).

Friendship, Sports, Childhood, Refugees, Sports

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