Barfuss nach Timbuktu
Barefoot To Timbuktu
Switzerland, October 2009
FILM,
Documentary,
85 min.
- directed by
- Martina Egi
- Written by
- Martina Egi, Beat Hirt
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.barefoot2timbuktu.com
In 1987 the Swiss-American Ernst Aebi found himself stranded at the Araouane oasis in the Sahara on the back of a camel. The few inhabitants were poor. Aebi decided on the spur of the moment to realise a self-help project with them. He became a beacon of hope for these people who had known neither fruit nor vegetables. Aebi, a successful artist in New York, stayed on for three years. A civil war in Mali forces him in the early nineties to escape “his” village. He returned to Araouane in 2008. A film about tolerance, conflict and friendship between cultures.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2009
- Original Version
- French, English, German, colour, Digi Beta, 85 min.
- Production
- Mesch & Ugge AG
- Producer
- Beat Hirt
- directed by
- Martina Egi
- Written by
- Martina Egi, Beat Hirt
- Cinematography
- Frank Messmer
- Editing
- Christian Müller
- Music
- Fatima Dunn, Nico Contesse
- Location Sound Mix
- Florian Flossmann
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Accent Films International Ltd.
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Margaret Mead Film Festival
11.11.2010 - 14.11.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010