Das Schiff des Torjägers
The Goalgetter's Ship
Le navire du buteur
Germany / Switzerland, August 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
91 min.
- directed by
- Heidi Specogna
- Written by
- Kristine Kretschmer
- Status
- In distribution
In April 2001, a shipping report about a suspected child slavery ship off the coast of West Africa shook the world. When it became known that the owner of the ship was Jonathan Akpoborie, a player in the German Bundesliga, his club immediately parted company with the Nigerian striker. The footballer’s guilt was never proven. The film reconstructs the events and uses them as an opportunity to begin a present-day search for the then protagonists: for the footballer and for the children who were on board the ship at the time. The accounts and meetings create a German-African story about dreams, football and the trading commodity humans.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2010
- Original Version
- French, English, German, African languages (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 91 min.
- Production
- UFA Fiction GmbH, FAMA FILM AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Jochen Laube
- directed by
- Heidi Specogna
- Written by
- Kristine Kretschmer
- Cinematography
- Rainer Hoffmann
- Editing
- Ursula Höf
- Sound Editing
- Kai Tebbel
- Re-Recording Mix
- Matthias Lempert
- Music
- Hans Koch
- Location Sound Mix
- Paul Oberle, Bernd von Bassewitz
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Paul Thiltges Distributions
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
W-Film Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 08.11.2010
Awards
(a selection)
- Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Preis der Jugendjury 2010 (Winner)
- Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs, Publikumspreis der Rheinischen Post für den beliebtesten Film 2010 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Munich, 37. DOK.fest München
04.05.2022 - 15.05.2022 -
Freistadt Festival # 26 Der neue Heimatfilm
21.08.2013 - 25.08.2013 -
Munich, 26. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München
04.05.2011 - 11.05.2011 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2011 - 27.01.2011 -
Saarbrücken, 32. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
17.01.2011 - 23.01.2011 -
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
01.11.2010 - 07.11.2010 -
Leipzig, 53. Int. Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilme
18.10.2010 - 24.10.2010 -
Locarno, 63. Festival del film Locarno
04.08.2010 - 14.08.2010