Baba's Song
Switzerland, August 2009
FILM,
Fiction,
104 min.
- directed by
- Wolfgang Panzer
- Written by
- Wolfgang Panzer
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.babassong.ch
After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Baba becomes one of the two million Aids orphans in Malawi. After the death of his mother, he refuses to speak and is admitted into an orphanage, where he is supposed to be sent to Europe as a foster child. But he runs away and meets Joe, 11, a refugee from Liberia. Together they eke out a living on the streets with theft and street music. One day Baba is discovered by Ben Michael Mankhamba, one of the biggest music stars in the country, and this opens new perspectives for his future.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2009
- Original Version
- English (french/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 104 min.
- Production
- Vega Film, Point Prod, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Teleclub AG
- Producer
- Ruth Waldburger
- directed by
- Wolfgang Panzer
- Written by
- Wolfgang Panzer
- Cinematography
- Edwin Horak
- Editing
- Sara Pazienti
- Sound Editing
- François Musy, Gabriel Hafner
- Sound Design
- François Musy, Gabriel Hafner
- Re-Recording Mix
- François Musy, Gabriel Hafner
- Music
- Ben Michael Mankhamba
- Location Sound Mix
- Michael Schlömer
- Production Design
- Lisa Meier
- Costumes
- Lisa Meier
Cast
Sila Bakali
Joseph Pamfo
Franka Potente
Sabina Schneebeli
Gilles Tschudi
Ben Michael Mankhamba
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Vega Film
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Vega Distribution AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Saarbrücken, 31. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
18.01.2010 - 24.01.2010 -
Locarno, 62. Festival del film Locarno
05.08.2009 - 15.08.2009