Toubab
After his release from prison, Babtou is really looking forward to a new beginning: enjoying the freedom with his buddy Dennis, embracing the world – and having nothing to do with the authorities anymore. But incredibly, things go so wrong at his impromptu welcome party that Babtou finds himself in handcuffs again that same evening. With dramatic consequences: due to repeated delinquency, he is set to be deported to his “home country” of Senegal. But Babtou knows Senegal only from his father’s stories. He was born in Germany, his home is Frankfurt.
In order to prevent the impending deportation at the last minute, Babtou and Dennis are prepared to do anything…
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Credits
Cast: Farba Dieng, Julius Nitschkoff, Valerie Koch, Michael Maertens, Seyneb Saleh, Nina Gummich, Paul Wollin, Burak Yigit, Gerdy Zint, Mehmed Atesci
Script: Florian Dietrich & Arne Dechow
Director: Florian Dietrich
Camera: Max Preiss
Composer: Jacob Vetter
Editor: Jörg Volkmar, Florian Dietrich, Heike Parplies & Robert Kummer
Production design: Theresia Anna Ficus
Costume: Svenja Gassen
Make-Up: Nicolay Lissner
Sound: Julian Cropp
Mix: Adrian Baumeister
Production management: Frank Zahl
Line Producer: Charles E. Breitkreuz
Producer: Louise von Johnston
Producer: Schiwago Film (Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald)
Commissioning Editor: Jörg Schneider, ZDF
Olaf Grunert, ZDF / ARTE
Barbara Häbe, ARTE
Year of production: 2020
Festival Participations
- German Acting Awards 2022
- 26th Umbria Film Festival 2022
- Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã 2022
- Sofia International Film Festival
- 30th Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2021
- Bavarian Film Awards 2021
- 37th Warsaw International Film Festival 2021
- New Faces Award 2021
- Hessian Film and Cinema Award 2020
- First Steps Award 2020
Awards
- German Acting Awards 2022: Best Duo (Farba Dieng and Julius Nitschkoff)
- 26th Umbria Film Festival: Audience Award
- Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã 2022: Audience Award
- 30th Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
NDR Director’s Award (Florian Dietrich);
Best Acting Performance in a Feature Film (Farba Dieng, Julius Nitschkoff);
Audience Award - Bavarian Film Awards 2021: Best Newcomer Actors (Julius Nitschkoff, Farba Dieng)
- 37th Warsaw International Film Festival: Audience Award
- New Faces Award 2021: Best Debut Film (Florian Dietrich)
