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- F 20, Croatia, 2018
- Fabulous Patars, The, France, 2016
- Face to Face, Iceland, 2016
- Fahim, the Little Chess Prince, France, 2019
- Fair Play, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Germany, 2014
- Faithful Son, The, Belgium, 2017
- Fakir from Bilbao, The, Denmark, Sweden, 2004
- Falcon Lake, France, Canada, 2022
- Falcons, The, Iceland, 2018
- Fall, The, Denmark, 2022
- Falling Beauty, Norway/Sweden, 2004
- Falling, The, Great Britain, 2014
- Falling, The, Belgium, 2001
- Fam, The, Switzerland, 2021
- Family Approach, The, Germany, 2024
- Family Fox on Expedition, Netherlands, 2020
- Family Jumble, The, Italy, 2017
- Famous Five, Germany, 2011
- Famous Five 2, Germany, 2013
- Famous Five 3, Germany, 2013
- Fanatics, Finland, 2012
- Fanny's Journey, Belgium, France, 2016
- Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite, The, France, 2019
- Fantastic Journey to Oz, Russia, 2017
- Fantastic Return to Oz, Russia, 2019
- Fantastic Three, The, France, 2023
- Far From You I Grew, France, 2020
- Far.Go.Bots, Greece, 2022
- Farmkeeper, The, Czech Republic, 2004
- Father of Four, Denmark, 2005
- Father of Four and the Vikings, Denmark, 2020
- Father of Four on the Sunny Side, Denmark, 2018
- Father of Four – At the Top, Denmark, 2017
- Fatima, Romania, 2022
- Faunutland and the Lost Magic, Sweden, 2020
- Fearless, Italy, Brazil, 2023
- Fearless, Italy, 2023
- Fearless Four, The, Germany, 1997
- Feather, Italy, 2016
- Featuring Ella, Germany, 2022
- Felix - , Germany, 2004
- Felix 2, Germany, 2004
- Felix, Net and Nika and Theoretically Possible Catastrophe, Poland, 2012
- Fence, The, Great Britain, 2022
- Fénix 11.23, Spain, 2011
- Fia!, Norway, 2003
- Fichtelberg, Czech Republic, 2025
- Fiddlesticks, Germany, 2014
- Fidgety Bram, Netherlands, 2011
- Fight Girl, Netherlands, 2018
- Fighter, Denmark, 2007
- Fighters, Norway, 2022
- Fighting Demons With Dragons, Denmark, 2024
- Film for Aliens, Poland, 2022
- Filthy, Czech Republic,Slovak Republic, 2017
- Final Year, Greece, 2022
- Find This Dumb Little Bitch And Throw Her Into a River, Netherlands, 2017
- Finders of the Lost Yacht, Finland, 2021
- Finding Elvis, Latvia, 2008
- Finding Friends, Norway, 2004
- Findus Moves Home, Germany, 2018
- Finishers, The, France, 2013
- Finishers, The, France, 2013
- Finn, Netherlands, Belgium, 2013
- Fiore, Italy, 2016
- Fireworks, Italy, 2023
- First Kiss, Netherlands, 2018
- First Rule, The, Italy, 2022
- First Time For Everything, Russia, 2011
- Fish Tank, Great Britain, 2009
- Five Children and It, Great Britain, USA, 2004
- Fixies vs. Crabots, The, Russia, 2019
- Fixies, The: Top Secret, Russia, 2017
- Fleak, Finland, France, Malaysia, Poland, 2025
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- Flee, Denmark, 2020
- Flesh Out, Italy, 2019
- Float Like a Butterfly, Ireland, 2018
- Flocking, Sweden, 2015
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- Flowers of Evil, France, 2010
- Flushed Away, Great Britain, USA, 2006
- Fly, Germany, 2021
- Fly Away Home, Austria, 2016
- Fly Me Away, France, 2021
- Flyer, The, Denmark, 1995
- Flying Classroom, The, Germany, 2023
- Flying Classroom, The, Germany, 2002
- Flying Liftboy, The, Netherlands, 1998
- Fog in August, Germany, Austria, 2016
- FoMo – Fear of Missing Out, Hungary, 2019
- Footballest, The, Spain, 2019
- For a Happy Life, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2018
- For a Happy Life, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2018
- For No Eyes Only, Germany, 2013
- Forbidden Fruit, Sweden, Finland, 2009
- Foreign Tongue, France, Germany, Belgium, 2024
- Forest People, The, Norway, 2010
- Forever, Sweden, 2023
- Forever Young, Spain, 2010
- Forever-Forever , Ukraine, Netherlands, 2023
- Forgotten Christmas, Norway, 2019
- Fortress, Germany, 2011
- Fortuna, Switzerland, Belgium, 2018
- Fortuna - The Girl and the Giants, Italy, 2020
- Fortune Favours the Brave, Germany, 2016
- Forward: Tomorrow Belongs to Us, France, 2019
- Foster Boy, The, Switzerland/Germany, 2011
- Foundling, The, Russia, 2019
- Four Corners of the Sky, Germany, 2010
- Four Daughters, France, Tunisia, germany, 2023
- Four Pals and a Dog Called Mozart, Germany, 2001
- Four Souls of Coyote, Hungary, 2023
- Fourteen, Germany, 2012
- Fourteen Sucks, Sweden, 2004
- Fourth Floor, Spain, 2003
- Fox and Hare Save the Forest, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2024
- Fox and the Child, The, France, 2007
- Foxter & Max, Ukraine, 2019
- Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, France, 2006
- Freddy Frogface, Denmark, 2011
- Frederick and Robin Hood, Germany, 1996
- Free, France, 2002
- Free Jimmy, Norway, Great Britain, 2006
- Free Skate, Finland, 2022
- Freight, Switzerland, 2024
- French Girl, France, Marocco, 2008
- French Kissers, The, France, 2008
- Friend, The *, Switzerland, 2007
- Friends Forever (Mullewap), Germany, 2008
- Fritzi – A Revolutionary Tale, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2019
- Frode and the other Rascals, Denmark, 2008
- Frog Prince, The aka Tale of the Frog and the Golden Orb, The, Czech Republic, Germany, 2022
- Frogs and Toads, Netherlands, 2009
- From the Wild Sea, Denmark, 2021
- From Time to Time, Great Britain, 2009
- Fuchsia, the Mini Witch, Netherlands, 2010
- Fuck Fame, Germany, 2018
- Full of Grace, Spain, 2022
- Funan, Belgium, Cambodia, France, Luxembourg, 2018
- Funny Little Bugs aka Tall Tales: The Magical Garden *, France, Luxembourg, 2017
- Furious, Netherlands, 2011
- Futura, Italy, 2021
- Futura!, Switzerland, 2022
Family Approach, The
Original title: Im Prinzip Familie
German title: Im Prinzip Familie
Germany, 2024
Director: Abma, Daniel
Production company: Bandenfilm, Camino Filmverleih GmbH
Co-producers: RBB, Arte
Age recommendation: 10 years and up
Length: 90 min.
Film genre: Documentary
Synopsis:
When parents can no longer fulfil their duty of care, the children’s world often falls apart. Nothing stays as it was. Suddenly it is no longer mum or dad who are in charge but the youth welfare system. Daniel Abma followed a youth housing group in a rural area over several years, showing professional educators who want to give five boys between the ages of seven and fourteen what they need most urgently, day by day: security, orientation, a home.
The documentary focus is not on the children but on those who take the parents’ place. They sometimes remind us of Don Quixote tilting at the windmills, for there is a diffusion of responsibility between school, youth welfare services, and absent mothers and fathers. Words fail when adults do not keep appointments, when those in charge capitulate in the face of racist bullying and propose some “time out” – for the bullied boy – in a psychiatric facility. It would be easy to denounce these mechanisms, but that is not the point Daniel Abma wants to make. His observation, both emphatic and reserved, looks questioningly into the gaps in the system – with those who are in danger of falling through and those who try to fill them with affection. He makes us suspect that the answer is not to close all the system’s gaps. It is people who are there for other people and take responsibility.
Luc-Carolin Ziemann (Dok Leipzig)
Festivals:
Vision du Reel IFF Nyon 2024, Dok Leipzig IFF 2024 (awarded), Cottbus IFF 2024, Thessaloniki Doc IFF 2025, Golden Sparrow CFF Erfurt/Gera 2025 (awarded)
Website: www.imprinzipfamilie.de
World sales address/es:
Bandenfilm
Sold to:
Camino (DE)