Zongo

Zongo

Elias Mierbeth & Michael Herzog
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)
  • Original title zongo
  • Director Elias Mierbeth & Michael Herzog
  • Duration 71 and 52
  • Production year 2021
  • Theme Biopic
  • Aspect 16:9
  • Format DCP
  • Category Feature Film
  • Subcategory Documentary
  • Nationality Germany
  • Producer Mierbeth-Herzog
  • Dialogue language English
  • Subtitle language English
  • Intérpretes Clement Matorwmasen