Somewhere in Tonga
Direction: Florian Schewe
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Meine sieben Sachen - Der Schuh 
24 WEEKS zero one film in Coproduction with ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE.
World Premiere: Oct 25, 2017, 51. Hofer Filmtage
TV premiere: Nov 23, 2017, 11/23/2017
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Content
There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. With hard work he has prepared his escape: On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16 years old and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime.
From now on, living equals struggling for Wolski. Struggling with a boy who wants everything except staying on an uninhabited island with him. Wolski tries to build something up, Marcel tries to destroy it. A visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.
„Somewhere in Tonga“ is based on a true story.
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Awards
51. Hofer Filmtage
Special Mention
Lünen Film Festival
Students Film Price 16+
Lünen Film Festival
Lüdia / Best Film (Audience Award)
Milano International Filmfestival
Best Supporting Performance Male
Milano International Filmfestival
Best Directing
Credits
Director: Florian Schewe
Script: Sarah Schill, Florian Schewe - nach Motiven aus dem Tatsachenbericht „Tongan Coffee“ von Uwe Gröne
Production: Volker Heise, Thomas Kufus
Commissioning Editor: Christian Cloos (ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel), Olaf Grunert (ARTE)
Line Producer: Melanie Berke
Production Manager: Sabina Friedland
Casting: Britt Beyer
DoP: Yannick Bonica
Ligtning: Tom Sperling
Sound: Manja Ebert
Production Design: Friederike Sell
Make Up: Rosa Singhofen
Costume: Suni Hoffmann
Editing: Till Ufer
Music: Daniel Dickmeis
Sound design: Dominik Avenwedde
Cast: Sascha Alexander Geršak, Luis Pintsch, Tevita Fukofuka, Fuahea Semi, Lolohea Lin, Mira Partecke, Wolfgang Zechmayer