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Crocodiles without Saddles KROKODILE OHNE SATTEL

Cocodrilos sin montura Crocodiles sans selle

Κροκόδειλοι χωρίς γκέµια

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° AWARD GROSSE KLAPPE DOXS 2013 ° BEST DOCUMENTARY WOMEN Media Arts and Film Festival Sydney Australia CURATORIAL AWARD DEC.13 ° BEST DOCUMENTARY 13. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2013 ° BEST DOCUMENTARY San Diego International Kids' Film Festival 2013 ° PRIZE FOR THE BEST CONTRIBUTION NRW COMPETITION 59.International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

° BEST DOCUMENTARY Festival de Cine de Lanzarote 2013

° NOMINATED BEST SHORT SHORTER International Filmfestival Marbella 2013 ° NOMINATED FOR THE 100 BEST German Short Films 2013

° SECOND PRIZE OF THE JURY 6. European Short Film Festival Unlimited 2012

59. INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN PRIZE FOR THE BEST CONTRIBUTION

TO THE NRW COMPETITION # JURY STATEMENT

Memories do not follow a chronological order – nor does Britta Wandaogoʼs 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 motherʼs images and the daughtersʼs words shows how memories can be cultivated to make the here and now more comprehensible.

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UPCOMING FILMFESTIVALS 2014

29. Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München DOK EDUCATION

FESTIVALS NOV. DEC. 2013

Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro 2013 (BRASIL) - YOUNGSTERS PANORAMA

International Izmir Artemis Film Festival (TURKEY) – OFFICIAL SELECTION DOCUMENTARY

1ST WOMEN MEDIA ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) - OFFICIAL SELECTION

16t th OLYMPIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (GREECE) – COMPETITION

21 th Edition OZU Film Festival - International contest for short films (ITALY) - COMPETITION

9 th Childrenʼs India International Childrenʼs Film Festivalʼs (INDIA) - COMPETITIVE SECTION

13 th International Diaspora Film Festival (CANADA) - COMPETITION

26 th Exground Filmfest (GERMANY) - COMPETITION

2 th International Young Filmmakers Festival Ramallah (PALESTINE)

FESTIVAL // SCREENINGS 2013 11th International Festival Signes de Nuit Paris (FRANCE)

14ème édition Festival International du Film d'Arras (FRANCE)

1st NRW-Kinotag KINO IM WALZENLAGER

1st NRW-Kinotag FILMPALETTE

27. Internationales Film Festival Braunschweig

28. Unabhängigen Film Fest Osnabrück

judoks 6 Young Documentaries Pasinger Fabrik München

37.Duisburger Filmwoche – DOXS # AWARD GROSSE KLAPPE

13. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage # 1. PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY

flEXiff 2013 Cinewest (Australia) - COMPETITION

18. International Filmfestival Schlingel - COMPETITION

Portland Film Festival PDXFF 13 – SHORT COMPETITION

18th Split Film Festival International Festival of New Film - COMPETITION (CROATIA)

Brussels International Children's Film Festival Flim'on (BE)

San Diego International Kids' Film Festival (USA) # 1. PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY

International Filmfest Kitzbühl (Austria) - COMPETITION

International Filmfest Marbella (Spain) - COMPETITION # NOMINATED BEST SHORT SHORTER

19th Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival Bristol (UK) - COMPETITION FRESH FLIX

International Frederick Filmfestival (USA) - COMPETITION

9th International Short Film Festival ISFF Detmold - COMPETITION

14. Landshuter Short Film Festival - COMPETITION

59. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - NRW COMPETITION # 1. PRIZE NRW COMPETITION

59. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - YOUTH COMPETITION

9th Rwanda Film Festival - GERMAN FOCUS

XIII Festival International de Cine de Lanzarote (Spain) - COMPETITION 1. PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY

21. GOLDENER SPATZ - COMPETITION

14. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival - COMPETITION

25. FILMFEST DRESDEN

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILMFESTIVAL 2013

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS 2012

6. European Short Film Festival UNLIMITED - COMPETITION # 2. PRIZE OF THE JURY

23. CinePänz Cologne

SYNOPSIS ENGLISH Crocodiles witout saddles "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 Krokodile ohne Sattel

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

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. In ihrem

Gedankenspiel "Was wäre wenn" vermengt sie Fremdes mit Vertrautem und macht die Vergangenheit

zur Gegenwart.

SYNOPSIS FRENCH Crocodiles sans selle Le jour où vous ne saurez plus où aller, souvenez-vous dʼoù vous venez.» Dans le monde de Kaddi, il nʼexiste pas de «bonne» explication à quoi que ce soit. Dans son «jeu dʼesprit», elle mêle lʼétranger au familier et ravive le passé dans le présent. Un road movie documentaire sur la chance dʼêtre soi-même. Être africain est la même chose quʼêtre allemand, nʼest-ce pas ? Le film Crocodiles sans selle demande comment on peut grandir entre deux cultures, deux continents. Kaddi Malika sʼinterroge. Sa vie oscille entre sa famille africaine au Burkina Faso et son domicile à Cologne. Elle parle de la difficulté dʼêtre soi-même et sʼappuie sur le conseil «Le jour où tu ne sais plus où aller, souviens-toi dʼoù tu viens». 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.

SYNOPSIS GREECE Κροκοδειλοι χωρις γκεμια

Αν έρθει μια μέρα που δεν θα ξέρεις που να πας, θυμήσου τον τόπο σου». Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ

δρόμου για την τύχη του να είσαι ο εαυτός σου. Στον κόσμο της Kaddi δεν υπάρχουν τυπικά

σωστές εξηγήσεις- γιατί, πώς έτσι, με ποιόν τρόπο. Στο παιχνίδι του «τι θα γινόταν αν», η Kaddi

ενώνει το ξένο με το οικείο και μεταφέρει το παρελθόν στο παρόν

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

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SCREENING FORMATS BLUE RAY QT MOV PRO RES DIGIBETA PAL DCP

SUPPORTED BY Filmstiftung NRW & Filmförderung Schleswig Holstein

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