Crocodiles without saddles

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Crocodiles without Saddles KROKODILE OHNE SATTEL

A FILM BY BRITTA WANDAOGO

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GERMANY

BURKINA FASO

EGYPT GHANA

KROKODILE OHNE SATTEL

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° Best Documentary at San Diego International Kids Film Festival 2013 ° Nominated GROSSE KLAPPE at DOX ! KINO 2013 ° Prize for the best contribution to the NRW Competition at 59. IKFF Oberhausen ° Best Documentary at Festival de Cine de Lanzarote 2013 ° Nominated for the 100 best „German Short Films 2013“ Ag Kurzfilm ° Second Prize of the Jury at European Short Film Festival Unlimited 2012

59. INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN

# JURY STATEMENT

PRIZE FOR THE BEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE NRW COMPETITION

Memories do not follow a chronological order – nor does Britta Wandaogo’s film.

Her 12-year-old daughter Kaddi thinks about the meaning of life and the role she plays in her German and African families. The filmmaker finds material in her archive which makes long-forgotten qualities and strengths visible to Kaddi. This very personal, almost intimate dialogue between the mother’s images and the daughters’s words shows how memories can be cultivated to make the here and now more comprehensible.

FESTIVALS 2013 37.Duisburger Filmwoche – DOXS – # nominated GROSSE KLAPPE at DOX!KINO 28. Unabhängigen Film Fest Osnabrück – OFFICIAL SELECTION 22. dokumentArt European Film Festival for Documentaries Neubrandenburg + Szczecin POLAND) JGENDDOKART flEXiff 2013 Cinewest (Australia), Portland Film Festival (OREGON USA) – OFFICIAL SELECTION Duhok International Film Festivals Kurdistan (IRAK) Split Film Festival International Festival of New Film (CROATIA) – COMPETITION Brussels International Children's Film Festival Flim'on (BE) San Diego International Kids' Film Festival (USA) # 1. PRIZE DOC International Filmfest Kitzbühl (Austria) – COMPETITION International Filmfest Marbella (Spain) – COMPETITION 19th Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival – Bristol (UK) – COMPETITION International Frederick Filmfestival (USA) – COMPETITION 9th International Short Film Festival Detmold ISFFDetmold – COMPETITION 14. Landshuter Short Film Festival – COMPETITION 59. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen NRW COMPETITION # 1. PRIZE International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Youth COMPETITION 9th Rwanda Film Festival – GERMAN FOCUS XIII Festival International de Cine de Lanzarote (Spain) – COMPETITION # 1. PRIZE DOC

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21. GOLDENER SPATZ - COMPETITION 14. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival – COMPETITION 25. FILMFEST DRESDEN International Women Filmfestival 2013 CinePänz Cologne FESTIVALS 2012 6. European Short Film Festival UNLIMITED – COMPETITION # 2. PRIZE OF THE JURY

SYNOPSIS ENGLISH "The day you don't know where to go - remember where you came from" A documentary road movie about the luck of being oneself.

In the cosmos of Kaddi, there are no "correct" explanations - Why, how come, how!

In her game of "What if”, she merges foreign with familiar and brings the past to the present.

SYNOPSIS GERMAN Die Burkinabé sagen: „Sieh deinem Gegenüber in die Augen ohne Angst und du erkennst dich selbst“

KROKODILE OHNE SATTEL - Ein dokumentarisches Roadmovie vom Glück man selbst zu sein!

Im Gedankenkosmos der Kaddi Malika gibt es keine „richtigen“ Erklärungen - Warum Wieso Weshalb! In ihrem Gedankenspiel "Was wäre wenn …?" vermengt sie Fremdes mit Vertrautem und macht die Vergangenheit zur Gegenwart.

Kaddi Malika stellt alles in Frage, ihr quirliges Selbstbewusstsein bröckelt. Sie denkt über Weltuntergänge und ein Leben im Himmel mit Kinos und Shopping Malls nach. Ein Wirrwarr mit sich selbst, in dem es scheinbar wenig Halt gibt.

SYNOPSIS FRENCH Le jour où vous ne saurez plus où aller, souvenez-vous d’où vous venez.» Dans le monde de Kaddi, il n’existe pas de «bonne» explication à quoi que ce soit. Dans son «jeu d’esprit», elle mêle l’étranger au familier et ravive le passé dans le présent. Un road movie documentaire sur la chance d’être soi-même.

SYNOPSIS SPANISH Cocodrilos sin montura Cocodrilos sin Sillas Sinopsis: Una road movie documental sobre la suerte de ser uno mismo.

En el cosmos de Kaddi, no hay explicaciones "correctas". En su juego de "¿ Qué pasaría si ...?", se fusiona con el familiar extranjero y trae el pasado al presente.

El día que no sepas dónde ir, recuerda de dónde vienes. Documental sobre la suerte de ser uno mismo. En el cosmos de Kaddi, no hay explicaciones “correctas”, ella mezcla extraño con familiar y trae el pasado al presente

CREDITS

written & directed by

brittta wandaogo

edited by

brittta wandaogo

camera

brittta wandaogo

sound

claas berger

music

rahim diallo

vocals

onejiru

colour correction

ramin khadjaviha

WATCH TRAILER

https://vimeo.com/49976637

SUPPORTED BY

Filmstiftung NRW & Filmförderung Schleswig Holstein

SCREENING FORMATS

BLUE RAY PAL

DIGIBETA PAL

MOV PRO RES

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