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film id<br />
2080<br />
section<br />
Dok international<br />
competition<br />
tHe captain<br />
anD His pirate<br />
by andy Wolff<br />
Imagine you are the captain of a container ship: You<br />
get hijacked by Somali pirates. After three weeks,<br />
suddenly, the pirates gather the hostages and say: ‘There<br />
is no ransom offer from your shipping company. We<br />
will execute you.’ The pirates drag you onto the deck;<br />
push you on your knees. One of them aims his gun<br />
at your head and shoots. The bullet hits the wall behind<br />
you. Drenched in cold sweat you fall unconscious and<br />
lie on the ship’s deck. Only a few weeks after his liberation<br />
this very captain tells me: ‘The pirates’ boss was human.<br />
There were times on board when he was the only<br />
one to back me up. There were even moments when I<br />
felt safe with him.’ The seizure of the Hansa Stavanger<br />
is one of the most notorious cases in modern piracy<br />
and the longest hostage taking at sea known in German<br />
history. My documentary is about the complex relationship<br />
arising between culprit and victim under a death<br />
threatening hostage situation. The film tells the intimate<br />
story of the friendship between Captain Kotiuk and<br />
the pirates Ahado in a drama lasting over four months.<br />
genre<br />
History / politics / current affairs<br />
portrait<br />
facts<br />
germany, 2012<br />
colour, Dcp<br />
85 min<br />
original title<br />
Der kapitän und sein pirat<br />
original language<br />
german, somali<br />
Produced by<br />
andy Wolff<br />
Brockhaus & Wolff, germany<br />
www.brockhauswolff.com<br />
in co-Production With<br />
Marion Hänsel<br />
Man’s films productions, Belgium<br />
involved broadcasters<br />
WDr, germany<br />
sales contact<br />
Daniela elstner<br />
Doc & film international<br />
13 rue portefoin<br />
75003 paris, france<br />
d.elstner@docandfilm.com<br />
www.docandfilm.com<br />
section<br />
Visions du réel & swiss films<br />
captain<br />
tHoMas sankara<br />
by christophe cupelin<br />
On 4 August 1983, Thomas Sankara becomes the<br />
president of Upper Volta after a coup d’état. A year later,<br />
he definitively creates a turning point in the history<br />
and identity of his country, renaming it Burkina Faso,<br />
literally ‘Land of Upright Men’. He brings enormous<br />
hope to a great portion of African youth far beyond the<br />
boundaries of his country. By conducting a ‘democratic<br />
and popular’ revolution, he brings more progress to<br />
the people during the four years of his presidency than<br />
during half a century of French colonial rule. Blending<br />
together rare and meticulously assembled archives,<br />
director Christophe Cupelin offers a panoramic vision<br />
of the intellectual and political inheritance of this<br />
atypical head of state. Giving his documentary the en-<br />
ergy of a punk manifesto, between idealism and irony, he<br />
faithfully restitutes the originality of a president as<br />
striking in his action as in his words. In 2012, twenty five<br />
years after his tragic and still not officially elucidated<br />
death, the film offers an opportunity to see and listen to<br />
the voice of one of the most important African leaders<br />
of the 20th century.<br />
genre<br />
History / politics / current affairs<br />
portrait<br />
facts<br />
switzerland, 2012<br />
colour, B / W, DigiBeta<br />
101 min<br />
original title<br />
capitaine thomas sankara<br />
original language<br />
french<br />
Produced by<br />
christophe cupelin<br />
laïka films, switzerland<br />
www.laika.info<br />
Public screenings<br />
4 / 2012 Visions du réel,<br />
switzerland<br />
sales contact<br />
christophe cupelin<br />
laïka films<br />
rue de la coulouvrenière 11<br />
case postal 5476<br />
1211 genève 11, switzerland<br />
christophe@laika.info<br />
www.laika.info<br />
72 73<br />
film id<br />
2622
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