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Borga

Deutschland Ghana 2018-2020 Spielfilm

DFFB graduate York-Fabian Raabe's feature debut centers on two brothers, Kojo and Yoofi, who are growing up on the electronic waste dump in Ghana's capital of Accra where they make a living by extracting valuable metals by burning and dismantling Western electronic devices. One day, Kojo meets a rich Ghanian from abroad, a Borga. His dream of going abroad is born. Ten years later, he leaves his family behind. Arriving in Germany after a four-year odyssey through the continents, he quickly realizes that he was chasing a myth. Germany does not welcome him with open arms. But going back home isn't an option. Kojo believes that his family will only accept him if he fulfils the image of a wealthy Borga from Germany...

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • York-Fabian Raabe

Screenplay

  • Toks Körner
  • York-Fabian Raabe

Director of photography

  • Tobias von dem Borne

Editing

  • Bobby Good
  • Kaya Inan
  • Edd Maggs

Music

  • Thomas Moked Blum (Tomer Moked)
  • Ben Lukas Boysen

Cast

  • Eugene Boateng
    Kojo
  • Christiane Paul
    Lina
  • Adjetey Anang
    Akwasi
  • Lydia Forson
    Kojos Mutter
  • Joseph Otsiman
    Nabil
  • Jude Arnold Kurankyi
    Kofi
  • Ibrahima Sanogo
    Bo
  • Helgi Schmid
    Nick
  • Martin Stange
    Dennis
  • Thelma Buabeng
    Choga

Production company

  • Chromosom Film GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Roxana Richters
  • Alexander Wadouh
  • Elaine Niessner
  • Thomas Niessner

Alle Credits

Director

  • York-Fabian Raabe

Assistant director

  • Jumic Emma Anderson
  • Moana Ziegler

Script supervisor

  • McLord Ice Impraim
  • Lou Wildemann

Screenplay

  • Toks Körner
  • York-Fabian Raabe

Script editor

  • Cornelia Hermann

Director of photography

  • Tobias von dem Borne

Camera operator

  • Kofi Vedome (Drohnenkamera)
  • Frank Lieberknecht (Drohnenkamera)

Assistant camera

  • Boye Klüver (Ghana)
  • Claudia Hector

Visual effects

  • Andreas Engelhardt
  • Edd Maggs

Still photography

  • Daniel Schmid

Titles / Opticals

  • Edd Maggs

Lighting design

  • Philip Archer
  • Maximilian Wallstein

Key grip

  • Klaus Sprenger

Production design

  • Tanja Arlt

Set design

  • Anthony Tomety
  • Tanja Arlt

Make-up artist

  • Rita Essah (Chefmaskenbildnerin)
  • Daniela Schmidt
  • Benjie Tefe
  • Gifty Tsorme

Costume design

  • Kayda Nana Afriyie Frimpong
  • Henrike Luz

Editing

  • Bobby Good
  • Kaya Inan
  • Edd Maggs

Assistant editor

  • Laura Engelhardt
  • Tanja Zilg
  • Anastasya Stolyarov

Sound editor

  • Johann Meis (Dialog-Schnitt)

Foley editor

  • Johanna Roth

Sound design

  • Robin Harff
  • Floyd Fürstenau
  • Paul Powaljaew

Sound

  • James Adofo
  • Marcus Vetter

Sound assistant

  • Daniel Akwasi Akwasi
  • Janik Hampe

Synch sound

  • Thomas Rother

Foley artist

  • Johanna Roth

Sound (other)

  • Thomas Rother (Geräusche-Aufnahme)

Casting

  • Mawuko Kuadzi
  • Manolya Mutlu

Music

  • Thomas Moked Blum (Tomer Moked)
  • Ben Lukas Boysen

Cast

  • Eugene Boateng
    Kojo
  • Christiane Paul
    Lina
  • Adjetey Anang
    Akwasi
  • Lydia Forson
    Kojos Mutter
  • Joseph Otsiman
    Nabil
  • Jude Arnold Kurankyi
    Kofi
  • Ibrahima Sanogo
    Bo
  • Helgi Schmid
    Nick
  • Martin Stange
    Dennis
  • Thelma Buabeng
    Choga
  • Kathrin Kestler
    Loreen
  • Prince Kuhlmann
    Ebo
  • Jerry Kwarteng
    Bartez
  • Devrim Lingnau
    Emma
  • Ekow Blankson
    Chief
  • Solomon Anim
    Nabil (jung)
  • Emmanuel Affedzi
    Kojo (jung)
  • Jamal Baba
    Kofi (jung)
  • Fred Amugi
    Priester
  • Elke Twiesselmann
    Margot
  • Fatma Tazegül
    Sängerin
  • Frederick Sey
    Ekwo
  • Henning Peker
    Lars

Production company

  • Chromosom Film GmbH (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Deal Real Productions (Ghana)
  • Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (Baden-Baden)
  • East End Film GmbH (Stuttgart)

in association with

  • Arte G.E.I.E. (Straßburg)

Producer

  • Alexander Wadouh
  • Elaine Niessner
  • Thomas Niessner
  • Roxana Richters

Co-Producer

  • Danny Damah
  • Tony Tagoe
  • Holly Gilliam

Producer (TV)

  • Stefanie Groß (SWR)
  • Anne-Caroline Paquet (Arte)

Associate producer

  • Eugene Boateng
  • Eric Golub

Unit production manager

  • Fabian Vetter

Location manager

  • Yaw Amponsah Apenteng
  • Sebastian Ebert

Production assistant

  • Bastian Schneider
  • Julia Niethammer
  • Denise Kambs

Production coordinator

  • Victoria Mark

Post-production

  • Edd Maggs (Supervisor)

Original distributor

  • Across Nations Filmverleih (Stuttgart)

Funding

  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)
  • HessenFilm und Medien (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)
  • Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 06.11.2018 - 04.12.2018: Accra, Aburi, Mannheim, Kassel, Berlin
Duration:
108 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.07.2021, 207322, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.2021, Max Ophüls Preis - Online Edition, VoD;
Kinostart (DE): 28.10.2021

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Borga

Versions

Original

Duration:
108 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.07.2021, 207322, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.2021, Max Ophüls Preis - Online Edition, VoD;
Kinostart (DE): 28.10.2021

Awards

Bayerischer Filmpreis 2022
  • Nachwuchsregiepreis
Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2022
  • Preis der deutschen Filmkritik, Bester Darsteller
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2021
  • Baden-Württembergischer Filmpreis, Bester Spielfilm
achtung berlin 2021
  • new berlin film award, Beste Regie
Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2021
  • Deutscher Schauspielpreis, Schauspieler Hauptrolle
FBW 2021
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
Max Ophüls Preis 2021
  • Publikumspreis, Spielfilm
  • Preis der ökumenischen Jury
  • Max Ophüls Preis, Gesellschaftlich relevanter Film
  • Max Ophüls Preis, Bester Spielfilm
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