Drexciya | |
Director: | Simon Rittmeier |
Producer: | Academy of Media Arts Cologne Sahelis Productions Ouagadougou |
Starring: | Alexander Beyer Rodrigue Ouattara Adama Venegda Josiane Hien Yeri |
Runtime: | 28 minutes |
Country: | Germany, Burkina Faso |
Language: | Dyula |
Cinematography: | Armin Dierolf |
Editing: | Heide Supper Daniela Kinateder |
Music: | Ricky Ojijo |
Drexciya is a German-Burkinabe 2013 short film. The film premiered at the 2013 Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Thomas is a smuggler, shipping European refugees who hope to find a better life in Africa. One day his boat sinks and he is washed up on the African coast as the only survivor. He then makes his way to the nearest city - Drexciya.