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.

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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.

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