Filho
TITLE
Filho
DIRECTOR
Netherlands
COUNTRY
Netherlands
YEAR
2022
DURATION
23′
GENRE
Documentary
Overview

Filho
Filmmaker Tomas Ponsteen was adopted from Brazil and does not feel the need to search for his biological mother. Since revelations about adoption abuses, he wonders to what extent his choice not to search is without obligation. Is it a moral duty of every adoptee to search his or her biological mother?

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Tomas Ponsteen
Mariana Castiñeiras is an Uruguayan filmmaker and journalist currently based in London, UK, where she works for BBC Mundo. She graduated from the DocNomads master in Documentary Filmmaking, which took her to make films in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels. Her films tend to search for seemingly minimal elements that serve as metaphors to understand how and why we build our connections.
Credits
- DirectorTomas Ponsteen
- ScreenplayTomas Ponsteen
- CinematographyKatja van den Broeke
- EditingAlex Elsinga
- CastDayana Pereira De Paula, Pauline Hillen
- Producer/s Robijn Boekelman, Myrthe Laarakker, Roosje Vermeulen
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Production Company
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Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project TitleFilho
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date January 1, 2022
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Country of origin
Netherlands -
Country of filming
Netherlands - LanguageDutch, Brazilian-Portuguese, English
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project Yes

Tomas Ponsteen
Mariana Castiñeiras is an Uruguayan filmmaker and journalist currently based in London, UK, where she works for BBC Mundo. She graduated from the DocNomads master in Documentary Filmmaking, which took her to make films in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels. Her films tend to search for seemingly minimal elements that serve as metaphors to understand how and why we build our connections.