Cahier africain
Switzerland / Germany, August 2016
FILM,
Documentary,
119 min.
- directed by
- Heidi Specogna
- Written by
- Heidi Specogna
- Status
- In distribution
It all started with a school exercise book. Its pages were checkered with the testimonies of 300 Central African women, girls and men. They reveal what
Congolese mercenaries did to them. On their own initiative they gathered together their testimonies to record the crimes committed against them. The film is a long-term observation that begins accompanying its protagonists in 2008. But while they try to master their difficult daily lives with confidence – and while, in The Hague, the legal prosecution of crimes committed during the last war is still in progress – the next war breaks out.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2016
- Original Version
- Arabic, French, Sango (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 119 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-170C-0000-E-0000-0000-W
- Production
- PS Film GmbH, Filmpunkt GmbH, ZDF / 3sat
- Producer
- Peter Spoerri, Stefan Tolz, Heidi Specogna
- directed by
- Heidi Specogna
- Written by
- Heidi Specogna
- Cinematography
- Johann Feindt
- Editing
- Kaya Inan
- Sound Editing
- Kai Tebbel
- Sound Design
- Kai Tebbel
- Re-Recording Mix
- Matthias Lempert
- Music
- Peter Scherer
- Location Sound Mix
- Andreas Turnwald, Florian Hoffmann
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Rushlake Media GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
déjà-vu film UG
Distribution
Release date: 10.11.2016 - Switzerland
-
Filmbringer Distribution AG
Distribution
Release date: 02.02.2017
Awards
(a selection)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Premio Zonta Club Locarno (Settimana della critica ) 2016 (Winner)
- Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Silberne Taube 2016 (Winner)
- Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Preis der Interreligiösen Jury 2016 (Winner)
- Marl, Adolf Grimme Institut, Adolf Grimme Preis 2018 (Winner)
-
Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award, Best Film Score
2017
(Nomination)
Peter Scherer - Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2017 (Winner)
-
Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur,
Swiss Film Award, Best Film Editing
2017
(Winner)
Kaya Inan - Berlin, Deutsche Filmakademie, Bester Dokumentarfilm 2017 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Munich, 37. DOK.fest München
04.05.2022 - 15.05.2022 -
Mannheim-Heidelberg, 66. Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
09.11.2017 - 19.11.2017 -
Freistadt, Freistadt Festival # 30 Der neue Heimatfilm
23.08.2017 - 27.08.2017 -
Cape Town, 19th Encounters International Documentary Film Festival Cape Town & Johannesburg
01.06.2017 - 11.06.2017 -
Warsaw, 14th Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
12.05.2017 - 21.05.2017 -
Munich, 32. DOK.fest Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
03.05.2017 - 14.05.2017 -
Thessaloniki, 19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
03.03.2017 - 12.03.2017 -
Solothurn, 52. Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2017 - 26.01.2017 -
16es Escales Documentaires de La Rochelle
03.11.2016 - 13.11.2016 -
Leipzig, 59. DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
31.10.2016 - 06.11.2016
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Locarno, 69° Festival del film Locarno
03.08.2016 - 13.08.2016