Hackney Lullabies

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2011 runtime 11'00 colour
screening format 35mm aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch
screening format Blu-Ray aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Digital languages Englisch Subtitles Deutsch

Every night under Hackney skies, mothers from faraway lands create a familiar space for their children by singing them lullabies, the same ones they heard as children. The film enters the intimate space between mother and child, and explores the dilemma she faces in sharing her sense of home with a child who is rooted in another country and culture. Do the lullabies bring them closer together, or do they accentuate the difference between them?

director Kyoko Miyake Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Patrick Durkan Schnitt / Editing Sirko Knüpfer Bildgestaltung / DOP Laura Bellingham Produktion / Production Volker Ullrich Drehbuch / Script Kyoko Miyake Tongestaltung / Sound Design Jana Irmert
Festivals
Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany (Berlin Today Award)
Production
  • Filmkantine UG
  • Volker Ullrich
  • Menzelstr. 27
  • 12157 Berlin
  • +49 30 69205469
  • http://www.filmkantine.de
Sales
  • interfilm Berlin Management GmbH
  • Cord Dueppe
  • Straßburger Str. 55
  • 10405 Berlin
  • Deutschland
  • +49 30 25942903
  • http://www.interfilm.de

Kyoko Miyake

Native of Japan, she lives and works as a filmmaker in London

Filmography
2007 For Your Tomorrow
2008 Simorgh
2009 Mrs. Birks' Sunday Roast
2010 The Oven Songs