Manuela Stacke

Born in 1970 in Heidelberg, she studied Social Science of Theatre, Film, and Media as well as Education Science of Art in Erlangen and Frankfurt/Main from 1991 to 1995. In 1996 she changed to the Munich Academy of Television and Film to study Documentary Film and TV Journalism. From 2003 to 2004, she worked as an Assistant Director to George Tabori, Peter Zadek, and Rolf Krieg at the Berliner Ensemble, the theatre founded by Bertold Brecht. As a freelancer, she writes and directs for the German TV stations RBB, SWR, and BR. CHILDREN OF THE MOON is her first feature and graduation film at the Munich Academy of Television and Film.

Director’s statement

“Lisa is a girl divided between her responsibility for her beloved and very ill brother and her first love. I’m telling the story of an exciting and romantic first love, that in spite of everything comes along as a matter of life and death. The beauty of this story is the exceptional imagination and self-responsibility of Lisa facing her family’s destiny. The three main characters draw hope out of their nightly adventures, even if the conciliation they find might just be a dream”.