Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne
A daughter and ten sons

new film type documentary film Production Country Germany, Kyrgyzstan production year 2026 runtime 20'30 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language Kirghiz, Russian subtitles English

Zharkynai has won a green card and is about to say goodbye to Chica and her hometown. On the outskirts of Bishkek, young people meet at a skate park and talk about the important things in life. A film about growing up in a post-Soviet country, caught between the influences of Russia and America.

director Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt Production Finn Ole Weigt Editing Finn Ole Weigt, Rita Schwarze DOP Finn Ole Weigt Original Score Elias Lenzen Sound Design Elias Lenzen Script Paula Weise film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2026 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
2026 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Production
  • Finn Ole Weigt
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 330
  • https://www.khm.de/

Paula Milena Weise

Paula Milena Weise is a German filmmaker who directs fictional and documentary films. Her films have been screened at national and international film festivals. In 2023 she was awarded the German Youth Film prize.

Filmography
2021 FRACHT
2022 Asinus Cacaret
2023 URLAUBSVERSUCHE
2024 Gezielt Mittelalterliche Überlegungen
2026 Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne

Finn Ole Weigt

Finn Ole Weigt is studying film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. He directs fictional and documentary short films within the film collective "dunkellicht."

Filmography
2020 Zitronenbonbons
2020 Korsika
2021 FRACHT
2022 Mühlrose
2022 Asinus Cacaret
2023 URLAUBSVERSUCHE
2024 Gezielt Mittelalterliche Überlegungen
2026 Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne