ESPOIR VOYAGE

Burkina Faso, France 2011 – Director: Michel K. Zongo – Original language: French, Moor – Subtitles: English – Length: 81 min.

  • Sa., 06.05.23
    21.00
    HFF - Kino 1
    Original with English subtitles (Q&A with festival-representative M. Said Ouma)
  • Sa., 13.05.23
    18.00
    Filmmuseum
    Original with English subtitles

Joanny Zongo leaves his home country of Burkina Faso to find work in Côte d’Ivoire. Years later his family learns of his death. The filmmaker Michel K. Zongo sets out with his camera to find out about the life of the big brother he never knew. He finds answers on the cocoa plantations in the neighbouring country. A family quest that is more relevant today than ever. Barbara Off

 

Biography

Michel K. Zongo completed various film trainings and worked for Cinomade, an organisation in Burkina Faso that deals with education through films. In 2014, he founded the documentary film festival Koudougou Doc. In 2015, he presented LA SIRÈNE DE FASO FANI as a guest at DOK.fest Munich.

Filmography

NO GOLD FOR KALSAKA, BF/DE 2019, 79 min.
LA SIRÈNE DE FASO FANI, BF/DE/FR/QA 2015, 89 min.

 

Production: Cinédoc Films. Producer: N.N..

Retrospective DOK.network Africa 2023
  • Sa., 06.05.23
    21.00
    HFF - Kino 1
    Original with English subtitles (Q&A with festival-representative M. Said Ouma)
  • Sa., 13.05.23
    18.00
    Filmmuseum
    Original with English subtitles