Zongo

After growing up in the streets, facing death and devastation in prison, a courageous young tribesman is about to break the circle of misery, by building a village for dreamers together with his rural Ghanaian community.

Elias’ and Michael are born and raised in bavaria. With a friendship of 15 years and their passion for all kinds of media work found it´s climax in 2017. They decided to put all their student money together, buying a GoPro camera, a drone and a one way ticket to Spain. One way ticket and two camera was born and after two month of travelling, partying and shooting with the small cameras, a video for the music project Ampermut was ready to take off. Two years and several small video productions later, they found themselves shooting a full feature documentary in Ghana. Without much experience in filming on a cinematic level nor travelling West Africa. In retrospect, the journey of the movie was exceptional but the concept remained the same: a “one way ticket and two cameras”, two month time and everything DIY; the editing, the scoring, the coloring and the pictures. Achieving authenticity was the main objective. Today the production company Mierbeth-Herzog is an independent media house with a variety of projects in arts and business.

• Panafrican International Film Festival (Cannes 2021) Documentaries Competition – Nominated for “Dikalo award” (France)
• Africa International Film Festival (2021) Documentaries Competition – Nominated for “Globe award” (Nigeria)
• Snowdance Independent Film Festival (2022) Best young director award (Germany)
• Zanzibar International Film Festival (2022) Documentaries Competition (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
• Black Star International Film Festival (Accra, Ghana 2022)
• Montreal International Black Film Festival (2022) Documentaries Competition (Montreal, Canada)
• Afrikana Independent Film Festival (Richmond, USA 2022)
• San Antonio Black International Film Festival (2022) Documentaries Competition “Best of category award” (San Antonio, USA)
• Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (Abuja, Nigeria 2022)
• Watch Africa Film Festival (Cardiff, Wales 2022)