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No Circus

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2006 runtime 43'00 colour
screening format DigiBeta aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch

No Circus portrays 8-year old boy Dominik. He lives in Berlin-Hellersdorf, a troubled suburb, with his two younger sibblings and single mother. His mother, unemployed, is overburdened with raising her children. She entrusts Dominik with tasks that she is unable to fulfill. Dominik takes on more and more responsibilities in the family and helps his mother to manage the difficult everyday life.

director Astrid Schult Besetzung / Cast Dominik Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Christopher Bremus Schnitt / Editing Robert Wellié Bildgestaltung / DOP Sebastian B?umler Tongestaltung / Sound Design Hans Bramm, Robert Draber film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany (Bester Nachwuchs-Kurzfilm)
Sehsüchte - Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival, Potsdam, Germany (Bester Dokumentarfilm)
Awards
Förderpreis Dokumentarfilm Deutscher Kamerapreis
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Nadja Hermann
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • +49 178 5198410
Distribution
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Astrid Schult

Born in 1979, since 2002 works as a freelancer in Berlin;
since 2003 studies at the camera and documentary departments at the Film Academy Baden-Wurttemberg

Filmography
2003 Das Geheimnis
2004 Die Geister die ich rief
2005 Geist der Städte