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

Festivalteilnahmen

German Drama Award 2022

30th Film Art Festival Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2021

Bavarian Film Award 2021

37th Warsaw International Film Festival 2021

First Steps Award 2020

Hessian Film and Cinema Award 2020

Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã

Sofia International Film Festival

Umbria Film Festival 2022

Preise

NDR Directing Award (Florian Dietrich) at the 30th Filmkunstfest MV
Best Acting Feature Film Performance (Farba Dieng, Julius Nitschkoff) at the 30th Filmkunstfest MV
Audience Award of the 30th Filmkunstfest MV
Best Young Actor (Julius Nitschkoff, Farba Dieng) at the Bavarian Film Awards 2021
Audience Award of the 37th Warsaw International Film Festival
New Faces Award 2021 (Florian Dietrich): Best Debut Film
Mostra de Cinema de Expressão Alemã 2022 Audience Award
Audience Award of the 26th Umbria Film Festival
“Best Duo” (Farba Dieng and Julius Nitschkoff) at the German Acting Award 2022