The Fire, a Fowl and an (Un)Forgotten Past

by Jürgen Ellinghaus

    Synopsis

    From 1884 to 1914, "Togoland", a small belt of land between the British Gold Coast Colony and French-dominated Dahomey was part of the German overseas empire. "Togoland" - 100 years later: fragments of a colonial legacy marked by wars and violence...

    Festivals

    2017 FESFICA - Short Film Festival, Atakpamé / Togo: Premiere
    2017 CIFA - Concepción Independent Film Awards, Concepción / Chile
    2017 FESANCOR - International Short Film Festival, Santiago, Valparaíso / Chile
    2017 The Art of Film - Ranelagh Arts Festival, Dublin / Ireland
    2017 Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival / Austria
    2017 FESDOB Documentary Film Festival, Blitta / Togo
    2017 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage - Short Film Days Flensburg / Germany
    2017 Émergence - Festival de Films Africains Émergents, Lomé / Togo
    2017 Atlantidoc - International Documentary Film Festival, Atlántida / Uruguay
    2017 TFCN - Toukountchi Festival du Cinéma, Niamey / Niger
    2017 FICN - Festival International du Cinéma Numérique, Cotonou / Benin
    2017 CIFF - Cinekambiya International Film Festival / Gambia
    2017 DIFF - Dodowa International Film Festival / Ghana
    2018 MIAX - Muestra Independiente Audiovisual Xalisco, Guadalajara / Mexico
    2018 IFF Zoom-Zbliżenia, Jelenia Góra / Poland
    2018 A Film for Peace Festival, Gorizia - Cormons / Italy
    2018 Beeston International Film Festival, Nottingham / UK
    2018 I-Represent International Documentary Film Festival, Lagos / Nigeria
    2018 AIDFF - Athens International Digital Film Festival / Greece
    2018 Grenzland-Filmtage - Selb International Film Festival / Germany
    2018 CAMIFF - Cameroon International Film Festival, Buea
    2018 Grecanica International Film Festival / Italy
    2018 FESTIMAJ - International School Film Festival / various countries
    2018 Porto7 - Oporto International Short Film Festival / Portugal
    2018 OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg / Germany
    2018 Festival FNNH Prešov / Slovakia
    2018 Hidalgo Film Fest, Pachuca de Soto / Mexico
    2018 ZIFF - Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare
    2018 Muestra Otros Cines, San Nicolás de los Arroyos / Argentina
    2018 CineMA, Festival de Cine México-Alemania, San Luis Potosí / Mexico
    2018 Sose International Film Festival, Yerewan / Armenia
    2018 AegeanDocs International Documentary Film Festival / Greece
    2018 Marmaris International Short Film Festival / Turkey
    2018 Lusaka International Film Festival / Zambia
    2018 Earl's Court Film Festival, London / UK
    2018 Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Paracho / Mexico
    2018 Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Villa de Leyva / Colombia
    2018 Etnovideográfica, Zamora / Spain
    2018 Storia in... Corto, Mentana / Italy
    2018 Plateau - Festival Internacional de Cinema da Praia / Cape Verde
    2019 Las Hurdes Film Festival / Spain
    2019 DOCfeed Eindhoven / The Netherlands
    2019 International Festival Sarajevo Winter / Bosnia and Herzegovina
    2019 Amakula International Film Festival, Kampala / Uganda
    2019 L'Europe autour de l'Europe, Festival of European Films, Paris / France
    2019 Black International Cinema Berlin / Germany
    2019 EIFF - Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, Germiston / South Africa
    2019 Malescorto - Festival Internazionale Cortometraggi, Malesco / Italy
    2019 KUGOMA - Fórum de Cinema, Maputo / Mozambique
    2019 Portobello Film Festival, London / UK
    2019 Afrikans On Film Festival, London / UK
    2019 DIFF - Dili International Film Festival / Timor-Leste
    2019 FICPA - Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto / Colombia
    2019 Festival international du film des Savanes, Mango, Dapaong, Barkoissi / Togo
    2019 Foça International Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Film Days / Turkey
    2019 RIFIC - Tout Court International Short Film Meetings, Yaoundé / Cameroon
    2019 Menorca Doc Fest, Es Mercadal, Balearic Islands / Spain
    2019 Festival de Cinema de Três Passos / Brazil
    2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires / Argentina
    2019 Salerno International Film Festival / Italy
    2020 SHORTZ International Video and Film Festival, Novi Sad / Serbia
    2020 Copper Coast International Film Festival, Swansea / UK
    2020 IFF Pre-Carnival Summit, Port of Spain / Trinidad and Tobago
    2020 Schweinfurter Kurzfilmtage - Short Film Days Schweinfurt / Germany
    2020 Espejos y Espejismos: Muestra de Cine Africano / Argentina
    2021 Tietê International Film Awards / Brazil
    2021 Digital Gate International Film Festival, Annaba / Algeria
    2022 MARATONA di Cortometraggi - Festa del Cinema di Roma / Italy
    2023 Festival GlobaLE, Leipzig / Germany
    2025 SFO - Short Film Observatory, Montreal / Canada