Familiar Places
Synopsis
Blackness, queerness, friendship and the differences that connect us.Queer, Ghanaian-German, polyamory and the desire for a child: protagonist Akosua is accompanied for three years by her friend and director Mala on her journey through Germany and Ghana. Together they experience the highs and lows of a life full of longings, relationships and personal growth. While Akosua is still thinking about how she can make her wish for a child come true, Mala becomes pregnant during filming.
Festivals/Awards
202477 Locarno FF – 34 Semaine de la critique
Cast and Crew
- Director Mala Reinhardt
- Producer Antje F. Hoffmann, Clara Schmieder, Mala Reinhardt
- Director of Photography Antonia Kilian
- Editor Katharina Voß
- Sound Ida Bamfo, Anny Araba Sedufia, Laura Brandt-Reichwald, Claudia Mattai del Moro, Mala Reinhardt
- Sound Design Turi Leng Seong Agostino, Ada Laub
- Score Turi Leng Seong Agostino
- Other Pamela Akosua Twinwaah Amponsah (Co-Producer Ghana, Associate Producer Germany)
- Animation Najilau Dramundu Atta Abdul Karim
Original Languages
English
German
World Sales Company
Syndicado Film Sales121 Beaconsfield Avenue, , #300 Toronto
aleksandar@syndicado.com
https://syndicadofs.com
Links / Reference
PRSPCTV Productions
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