NIÑA BUENA

film type documentary film Production Country Germany, Mexico production year 2024 runtime 17'56 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language Spanish subtitles German, English

Emily and her mother Maricarmen are almost inseparable in their everyday life together in a small Mexican town in Estado de México. Her mother has been trying to get a divorce from Emily's violent father for a long time. When Emily decides to move out of her parents' house, the family order threatens to fall apart.

director Sophie Lahusen, Thi Mai Trang Vo Production Thi Mai Trang Vo, Sophie Lahusen Script Thi Mai Trang Vo, Sophie Lahusen DOP Sophie Lahusen Editing Sofia Machado film school Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
School
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • Germany
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Production
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Production
  • Thi Mai Trang Vo
Production
Distribution
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de
Sales
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Tina Janker
  • Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1
  • 80333 München
  • +49 89 689578510
  • http://www.hff-muc.de

Sophie Lahusen

Sophie Lahusen grew up in Germany and France. After school, she studied art history in Hamburg and Rome. She gained professional journalistic experience in Brazil and France at ARTE, taz and ARD, among others. She has been studying documentary film at the HFF Munich since 2020.

Filmography
2021 Elefants between us
2022 From June to July
2024 The silence of 600 million results
2024 NIÑA BUENA

Thi Mai Trang Vo

Thi Mai Trang Vo is a Vietnamese-German director based in Berlin. She studied liberal arts and sciences in Lüneburg, focusing on topics of structural power structures and intersectional feminist philosophy. Since 2019 she has been studying documentary filmmaking at HFF Munich, exploring dreams, traumas and utopias.

Filmography
2020 RAGE
2022 FUNGI MONSTER
2023 SUCK ON MY SPRINGROLL
2024 NIÑA BUENA