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When Paul Came Over the Sea - Journal of an Encounter

a film by Jakob Preuss

When Paul Came Over the Sea - Journal of an Encounter

Germany | 2017 | 97:00 min

Original Title:
ALS PAUL ÜBER DAS MEER KAM - Tagebuch einer Begegnung

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Current Affairs Society Human Rights Migration Social Issue

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
Paul has made his way from his home in Cameroon across the Sahara to the Moroccan coast where he now lives in a forest waiting for the right moment to cross the Mediterranean. This is where he meets Jakob, a filmmaker from Berlin, who is filming along Europe's borders. Soon afterwards, Paul manages to cross over to Spain on a rubber boat. He survives - but half of his companions die on this tragic 50 hour odyssey. Held for two months in a deportation centre, upon his release Paul meets Jakob again at a shelter for migrants in Southern Spain. When Paul decides to continue on to Germany, Jakob has to make a choice: will he become an active part of Paul's pursuit of a better life or remain a detached documentary filmmaker?
Festivals/Awards
Winner of
Gerd Ruge Stipendium 2011
Best Pitch of NPP 2012
Haghefilm International Prize of NPP Work-in-Progress 2013
shortlisted for German Film Award, Best Documentary

Festivals among others:
Max Ophüls Preis 2017 - Worldpremiere "Documentary Competition"
IFF Rotterdamm 2017 - International Premiere "Bright Future" 3rd place Audience Award
Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy - Winner "Best Documentary"
Achtung Berlin - New Berlin Film Award
Kirchliches Filmfestival Recklinghausen, Germany
DocuDays UA Int. Human Rights FF, Ukraine
LOLA@BERLINALE 2018
Kino Festival NYC – Festival of German Films
Visions du Réel industry, Media Library
8th iREP Lagos Nigeria
5th KOUDOUGOU Doc 2018
Cast and Crew
  • Director Jakob Preuss
  • Producer Jakob D. Weydemann, Jonas Weydemann
  • Director of Photography Juan Sarmiento G.
  • Editor Franziska von Berlepsch, Karoline Vielemeyer
Age Rating

rated 6

Original Languages

German

Spanish

French

Recommendations

highly recommended

Production Company
WEYDEMANN BROS. GMBH
Körners. 45, 50823 Köln

Phone: +49 30 67928270

info@weydemannbros.com
http://www.weydemannbros.com
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