Kati Kati
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kati Kati |
| Country of production | Kenya , Germany |
| original language | Swahili , English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mbithi Masya |
| script | Mbithi Masya Mugambi Nthiga |
| production |
Sarika Hemi Lakahni Ginger Wilson Tom Tykwer Katja Lebedjewa Marie Steinmann-Tykwer Guy Wilson |
| music |
Sean Peevers Ibrahim Sidede Just a Band |
| camera | Andrew "Dru" Mungai |
| cut | Louizah Wanjiku |
| occupation | |
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Kati Kati , subtitled "Her End is Just the Beginning," is a 2016 Kenyan drama film directed by Mbithi Masya . Kati Kati is a co-production by One Fine Day Films and Ginger Ink .
action
Kaleche wakes up in the wild without being able to remember how she got there. After wandering around for some time, she meets the Kati Kati holiday complex and its residents. The group, led by the young Thoma , welcomes her and tells her that she is dead. Kaleche, dismayed, tries to flee, but is unable to leave Kati Kati. Kaleche fits into the group quickly and easily gets used to a fun-filled afterlife together.
However, Kaleche soon notices that every resident of the facility is lagging behind with something from their previous life. Mikey , who died shortly before graduating from school and is a passionate basketball player, tries in vain to commit suicide again. It burdens him heavily to have left his mother behind. Only when he succeeds in letting go and finally accepting his death does he leave Kati Kati and his existence changes into a different state. Curious what this is all about, Kaleche asks the otherwise silent King , a former priest who was killed by a vengeful crowd after an election. In the process, she learns that some residents are afflicted by a strange infestation that gradually makes the skin white, cold and lifeless.
When Kaleche finds the first white spots on her body and tells Thoma about it, he confronts King and blames him for it. King died at the revenge of an angry crowd after denying entry to the protective church during an attack on his own community and having them burned in front of the doors. Later that evening, Kaleche sees the King, who has now become completely white, burning his things and then running out into the dark night and leaving Kati Kati.
Kaleche and Thoma have felt more and more drawn to each other since Kaleche's arrival, but the first tender moment comes to an abrupt end. In a subsequent group round, Kaleche learns that she was married to Thoma in her previous life, which he kept from her in Kati Kati. Thoma admits to having both killed in a car accident under the influence of alcohol. The confession of their leader shocks the residents of Kati Kati and they suspect Thoma of being the reason for their imprisonment. A tumult breaks out and while Thoma is dragged through the property by the angry crowd, he accepts his fate and begins to make his peace with it. Kaleche fights his way to Thoma, who is lying on the ground, and takes him protectively in her arms. She forgives him and Thoma goes peacefully into another existence.
background
The joint initiative of Tom Tykwers and Marie Steinmanns One Fine Day Films, DW Akademie and the Kenyan production company Ginger Ink has set itself the goal of supporting the development of modern African film. To this end, they founded One Fine Day Film Workshops . After the success of Nairobi Half Life , which was the first Kenyan film to participate in the Oscars , KATI KATI is another film from the workshops, this time directed by Mbithi Masya, who participated in one of the film workshops in 2010. In addition to cameraman Andrew 'Dru' Mungai , a large part of the KATI KATI team received further training in the one-fine-day film workshops.
One Fine Day Films also developed the first African "Film Music & Composing Workshop" on behalf of the Göhde Foundation, which is recognized as a non-profit, which was held in Nairobi at the end of November / beginning of December 2015 and from which the music of KATI KATI emerged . The Kenyan composers Sean Peevers and Ibrahim Sidede, who were selected as mentors from the workshop of the well-known film music composer Ali N. Askin, who was awarded the German Film Prize in 2008 , were then invited to Cologne in March 2016 to perform their film music together with "the young orchestra NRW" (djoNRW) under the direction of Ingo Ernst Reihl in the Parkhausstudio Cologne. Further film music for "KATI KATI" comes from "Just a Band", a music group in which director Mbithi Masya is also active, as well as from the Kenyan singer Mayonde.
Project partner
Kati Kati was produced by One Fine Day Films in co-production with Ginger Ink Films and in conjunction with DW Akademie , supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development , ARRI Film & TV Services and the Göhde Foundation.
The feature film is distributed by Rushlake Media and The Festival Agency.
Festivals
Kati Kati's world premiere took place on September 10, 2016 at the tiff / Toronto International Film Festival , one of the most important international film festivals .
Awards
- 2016
- FIPRESCI Discovery Award 2016 from The International Federation of Film Critics
Web links
- Katikati in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ One Fine Day Films website
- ↑ http://www.gingerink.tv Ginger Ink
- ^ Website of the director Mbithi Masya
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Göhde Foundation
- ↑ 1st African Film Music & Composing Workshop of the Göhde Foundation, carried out by One Fine Day Films ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kati Kati on the Rushlake Media website
- ↑ KATI KATI World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2016
- ↑ FIPRESCI Discovery Award 2016 for KATI KATI
