15.10. – 22.10.2025

The Family Approach

Im Prinzip Familie

Open Eyes 2025

COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2024 RUNNING TIME: 91 min

FSK: 0 RECOMMENDED FROM: 9th grade

DIRECTED BY: Daniel Abma

LANGUAGE(S): German

PRODUCER: Britta Strampe, Laura Klippel

WRITTEN BY: Daniel Abma

EDITED BY: Jana Dugnus

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Johannes Praus

MUSIC: Henning Fuchs

Screenings

Filmdiscussion with director Daniel Abma

Synopsis

Almost like family, but always temporary:

Amidst parental love, bureaucracy and youth welfare services, three youth workers do everything they can to create a home for children.

#Childandyouthwelfare #Care #Appreciation

Director

Daniel Abma

Biography

Daniel Abma is a documentary film director who was born in The Netherlands and now lives in Berlin. After studying primary education in Amsterdam, he worked in the field of media education before studying directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His feature-length documentaries, including TRANSIT HAVANNA, AUTOBAHN and BEYOND WRIEZEN, have been shown internationally at festivals such as Karlovy Vary, IDFA, Visions du Réel and DOK Leipzig. BEYOND WRIEZEN won the Grimme Award in 2015. He has been teaching documentary film directing at the Babelsberg Film University since 2017.

Filmography

Nach Wriezen (2012), Holanda del Sol (2013), Transit Havanna (2016), Autobahn (2019), Im Prinzip Familie (2024)

Links /Contacts

PRODUCTION: Bandenfilm

GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Tobias Scholz, Camino Filmverleih