Synopsis
Set in a small Ghanaian town at the edge of a large landfill site that spills into the ocean, the sons of a fisherman, Sowah and Okai, struggle to cope with loss of their eldest brother who drowned during a fishing expedition. Haunted by his demise, Okai believes their brother is still out there…
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : La Luna Productions
- Foreign production company : AKA Entertainment
- Film exports/foreign sales : La Luna Distribution, L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Sébastien Hussenot
- Screenwriter : Amartei Armar
- Directors of Photography : Fiifi Mensah, Joy Williams
- Music Composer : Jan Vysocky
- Assistant Director : Joseph Akwaku Oman
- Editors : Nobuo Coste, Nicolas Milteau
- Sound recordists : James Adofo, Cephas Asamany
- Costume designer : Gifty Mawuena Sossavi
- Assistant Operator : Prince Frimpong
- Production manager : Selima Awudu
- Sound editors : Stéphane Rives, Jan Vysocky
- Production Designer : Godwin Ashong
- Grader : Marine Lepoutre
- Make-up Artist : Amewugah Nathaniel
- Sound Mixer : Gilles Bernardeau
- Sound design : Jan Vysocky
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : Childhood, Family, Environment
- Production language : Ga language
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Ghana (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Ghana)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 15 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 154.833
- Visa issue date : 02/05/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (2)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2023
Mention spéciale du jury international
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