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Galamsey

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2017 runtime 28'23 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo languages Englisch, Deutsch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch

As a young development worker the director experienced a gold rush in a small town in Ghana. Some years later he returns to find out what the gold really means for residents of this town.

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director Johannes Preuss Animation Oleg Kauz Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Chiara Strickland Schnitt / Editing Manuel Sosnowski Bildgestaltung / DOP Johannes Preuss Produktion / Production Johannes Preuss film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2017 filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany (Dokufilmzeitpreis)
2017 Neustrelitzer Naturfilmfestival MENSCH! NATUR!, Germany (Publikumspreis)
2017 Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
2017 Shorts México - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Doc en courts, Lyon, France
2017 NaturVision Filmfestival, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Awards
2017 Gold Medal Category Documentary Student Academy Awards 2017
Production
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Eva Steegmayer
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • Deutschland
  • +49 7141 96982179
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
Sales
  • Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Sigrid Gairing
  • Akademiehof 10
  • 71638 Ludwigsburg
  • +49 7141 96982193
  • http://www.filmakademie.de
School

Johannes Preuss

Born 1983 in Berlin;
political science, history and Romance studies at the University of Bonn;
trainee programme of the German Development Service;
author and producer of films for development projects in Ghana, Nigeria and Mexico;
studies directing/TV journalism at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg

Filmography
2016 E Go Better 2 - A Microinsurance Story
2016 The Selva Maya – A Forest and its People
2016 Plateau on the Move
2017 Carretera Austral: Vorstoss ins Herz Patagoniens