TOTEM
Cinekid, 2022
Family
90'
SYNOPSIS
Ama, the daughter of two Senegalese asylum seekers who have to return to their country, feels completely Dutch. When her mother and brother are arrested, Ama has to go and look for her father in Rotterdam. During this exciting journey her totem animal reveals itself: an enormous porcupine.
PEOPLE
Director
Sander Burger
Writer
Bastiaan Tichler & Sander Burger
Main cast
Amani-Jean Philippe, Ole van Hoogdalem, Lies Visschedijk, Emmanuel Ohene Boafo, Céline Camara, Kenneth Herdigein, Iliass Ojja, Bas Keijzer
Crew
DoP: Sal Kroonenberg
Editor: Manuel Rombley
Composer: Amaury Laurent Bernier
(Co-) Producers
Financiers
Volya Films (NL)
The Netherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Production Incentive
Film Fund Luxembourg
Eurimages
MOIN Film Förderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
MDM Children's Film Co-Development Fund
Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union
FESTIVALS
2022 Cinekid Opening Film
2023 Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, European Children's Film Award
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