Miguel Müller-Frank
Directing
Biography
Born in 1989 in Palma de Mallorca, grew up in Cologne and Madrid. After graduating from high school in 2009, he realized several feature-length documentaries as a self-taught filmmaker, including co-productions with WDR/3sat and ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel. From 2013-2016 postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, which he completes with the diploma film "Las lentejas y el Destino". In 2017, he received the North Rhine-Westphalia state's promotional award for young artists. His most recent work "With One's Own Eyes" (2020) was awarded the Filmpreis NRW at the Film Festival Cologne.
Known For
A man in his early 70s recalls the time when his young lover got caught in a firestorm and her hallucinations grew stronger and stronger. The loss of his girlfriend, the trauma of a forbidden and impossible love, the feelings of guilt and the attempt to use language, literature and theatre to find a way out.
Wahrer Anfang
Kilian (24) and Thomas (26) are successful poker players and part of a clique of German players who have met over the years during various poker events. Alternating between live and online poker they are in limbo between the daily ups and downs of the game, between winning and losing.
In der Schwebe
The documentary follows the activities of six young people during one night: they go to parties, meet up with friends or wander the streets by themselves.
Nachtfragmente
Four young artists: Bodo (18) is a piano player, Rasmus (21) an actor, Jessica (21) a painter, Patrick (18) a rapper. The documentary gives us an insight into their every-day lives as well as their creative process.
Zwischen Welten
Five brothers first opened the bar "Onis" in 1976 after migrating to Madrid in the early 1970's from a village in the North of Spain. The possibility of making money brought them into the hospitality business in the big city. Since the opening of the "Onis" forty years ago, they have worked together almost every single day.
Las lentejas y el Destino
"With Your Own Eyes" observes the editorial staff of the public german broadcaster ARD's political magazine "Monitor" in their daily work, focusing on the making of a single program.