Menschenskind! (Our Child)
Documentary | 01:22 | SWITZERLAND
DIRECTOR MARINA BELOBROVAJA
Is parenthood the only logical continuation of every life? Has the traditional concept of the nuclear family had its day? The filmmaker has achieved what many women in a comparable situation think about but never actually do. In the film, based on her daughter’s procreation story and with the help of a sperm donor, Marina Belobrovaja deals with existing social ideas, role patterns and conventions around parenthood and family.
Biography
Marina Belobrovaja (1976) was born in Kiev (UDSSR), immigrated to Israel, and studied fine arts in Germany and Switzerland. Her multimedial projects explore the borderline between social reality and artistic practice and reflect political phenomena in a provocative and ironical way. They are motivated by themes such as labor conditions, consumer behavior, and legal issues. Her work was presented at numerous exhibitions and festivals in Switzerland and Europe. She lives with her daughter in Zurich.
Filmography
Warm Glow, documentary film, 2014The DNA-Project, artistic multimedia research project, 2012
Multikulti-Tours, artistic multimedia project, 2011
Kunstwette.ch, artistic multimedia project, 2010
Dinner for Two, artistic multimedia project, 2009
Öffentliche Abschiebung, video installation, 2008
Festivals
2021: Visions du Réel (Switzerland)
2021: DOK.fest Münich (Germany)
PRESS KIT – Deutsch (download)
PRESS KIT – English (download)
PRESS KIT – Français (download)
Official website
Facebook page of the film
Press
Written & directed by
Marina Belobrovaja
Camera
Gabriela Bestchart
Kaleo La Belle
Christoph Walther
Sergei Freedman & Marina Belobrovaja
Sound
Bruce Wuilloud & Benoit Frech
Editing & Dramaturgy
Tania Stöcklin
Original Music
Trixa Arnold & Ilja Komarov
Sound Mix & Sounddesign
Guido Keller
Picture Design
Patrick Lindenmaier
Produced by
GoldenEggProduction | Gabriela Bussmann
In coproduction with
SRF | SRG SSR
Swiss Distribution
Valerio Bonadei | FILMBÜRO
World Sales
Jean-Michel Trèves | JMT Films
