La Bestia - Train Of The Unknowns

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 23'45 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Spanisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Digital languages Spanisch Subtitles Englisch

“Casa del Migrante” in Huehuetoca, a suburb at the gates of Mexico City, is a safe haven for refugees. At least for two days. Then they have to continue with their journey towards the North in freight train carriages, which everyone here just calls “La Bestia”, the beast.

director Manuel Inacker Schnitt / Editing Laura Espinel Bildgestaltung / DOP Falco Seliger Produktion / Production Karla Stöhr, Nicole Jatta Drehbuch / Script Manuel Inacker Tongestaltung / Sound Design Sebastian Alejandro Sanchez Jordan film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
2018 Dok.Fest München, Germany
2018 IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
Production
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Distribution
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Sales
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Manuel Inacker

Born 1989 in Siegen;
is a German-Croatian director;
graduated in politics, sociology and philosophy from the University of Erfurt and from the Bosphorus University in Istanbul;
lived in various countries and is currently based in Berlin;
has been studying feature and documentary film directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF since 2014

Filmography
2014/15 Koza – Cocoon
2016 Keiner kommt
2016 PALLASSEUM – Invisible City
2017 Retropia