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Das Schiff des Torjaegers THE GOALGETTER’S SHIP In 1964, the island ferry Nordby was launched in Denmark. Three decades later it was taken out of service and sold: to the Nigerian football player Jonathan Akpoborie who wished to support his family with the money he earned playing in the German national football league. He christened the ferry in his mother’s name: Etireno. Soon afterwards, the Etireno appeared in the headlines of the international media – as a suspected child slavery ship off the coast of West Africa. When it became known who the owner of this ship was, his club VfL Wolfsburg im - mediately parted company with its Nigerian striker. The footballer’s guilt was never proven. The film reconstructs the events and uses them as an opportunity to begin a search for the protagonists at the time: What were the consequences of the fateful journey for the children on board the ship? How did life continue for the Togolese girl Adakou? What does the future hold today for Nouman, the young boy from Benin? What became of the striker’s career? And the ferry – does it still exist? The accounts and meetings create a German-African story about dreams, life plans and the trading commodity humans. World Sales (please contact) teamWorx Television & Film GmbH · Jochen Laube Alleenstrasse 2 · 71638 Ludwigsburg/Germany phone +49-71 41-2 99 18 60 · fax +49-71 41-2 99 18 61 email: jochen.laube@teamworx.de · www.teamworx.de Genre Society Category Documentary Cinema Year of Production 2010 Director Heidi Specogna Screenplay Heidi Specogna, Kristine Kretschmer Director of Photography Rainer Hoffmann Editor Ursula Hoef Music by Hans Koch Producers Jochen Laube, Lisa Groetzinger Co-Producer Rolf Schmid Production Company teamWorx Television & Film/ Ludwigs burg, in co-production with FAMA Film/Zurich Length 91 min Format HD/35 mm, color, 1:1.85 Original Version English, French, German, African Languages Subtitled Versions German, English Sound Technology Dolby Digital Festival Screenings Locarno 2010 With backing from BKM, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board (FFA), BAK, Zuercher Filmstiftung Heidi Specogna was born in 1959 in Switzerland. From 1982- 1988, she studied Directing at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin. She also lectures in Documentary Film - making at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Lucerne Art School. Her films in clude: Die Beichte (short, 1983), Die Faehrten (documentary, 1984), Das Indianerkind (short, 1985), Das Schwinden der Schwelle (documentary, 1987), Dischibuti (short, 1988), Tania La Guerrillera (documentary, 1991), Deckname Rosa (documentary, 1993), Z-Man’s Kinder (1995), Tupamaros (1996), Kaprun (documentary, 2002), Eine Familienangelegenheit (documentary, 2004), Zeit der roten Nelken (documentary, 2006), The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez (Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez, documentary, 2006), The Goalgetter’s Ship (Das Schiff des Torjaegers, documentary, 2010), and Die Ermittler (documentary, 2010). german films quarterly new german films 3 · 2010 46 Scene from “The Goalgetter’s Ship” (photo © Heidi Specogna 2007)
Scene from “Dancing Dreams” (photo © Ursula Kaufmann) Tanztraeume DANCING DREAMS In 2008, world famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected 40 teenagers who had never heard her name to be part of the dance performance “Kontakthof”. Within 10 months till the opening night, the young dancers discover Bausch’s genius and their own bodies. Pina Bausch died in 2009. The film is a testimony of her revolutionary work. Genre Art, Dance, Education Category Documentary Cinema Year of Production 2010 Director Anne Linsel Screenplay Anne Linsel Director of Photography Rainer Hoffmann Editor Mike Schloemer Producer Gerd Haag Production Company TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion/Cologne, in co-production with WDR/Cologne, in cooperation with ARTE/Stras - bourg Length 89 min Format 35 mm, color, cs Original Version German Subtitled Version English Sound Technology Optical Dolby SR Festival Screenings Berlin 2010, Istanbul 2010, Taipei Golden Horse 2010, Jerusalem 2010, Era New Horizons Poland 2010, SANFIC Santiago 2010, Melbourne 2010 With backing from Filmstiftung NRW, German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), Minister President of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia, Dr. Werner Jackstaedt Foundation World Sales Films Boutique GmbH · Laura Inoka Skalitzer Strasse 54a · 10997 Berlin/Germany phone +49-30-69 53 78 50 · fax +49-30-69 53 78 51 email: info@filmsboutique.com · www.filmsboutique.com Anne Linsel was born in Wuppertal and studied Art, Art History and German Language Studies. She was active for many years as a host for various television cultural programs and works today as a cultural journalist and author. A selection of her films includes: Gegen den Strich (1985), Spielwut (1988), Endspiel (1989), Spurrensuche (1992), Nelken in Indien (1994), Nach allen Regeln der Kunst (1995), Stoerfall Kunst (1996), Shalom heisst Frieden (1997), Mit Kunst-Stoff die Welt formen (1999), Wuppertal – Die Unge - schminkte im Bergischen (2000), Die Kunstkathedrale (2001), Das Wunder von Bilbao (2001), Pablo Picasso – eine Legende (2001), Frau Rau – First Lady (2003), Bruder Johannes (2004), Pina Bausch (2006), Die Besten im Westen – Johannes Rau (2007), and Dancing Dreams (Tanztraeume, 2010). german films quarterly new german films 3 · 2010 47
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