Tour du Faso

Tour du Faso

Since 1987, the Tour du Faso, Africa’s biggest cycling race, has led over ten stages and around 1,300 kilometres through Burkina Faso – on sand tracks, at 40 degrees, with tent camps instead of team hotels. Wilm Huygen follows the 2011 edition and accompanies local heroes and a German amateur team whose ideas of ambition, fairness and team spirit keep colliding. A sports film that tells, with humour and big images, of the relationship between Europe and Africa.

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Editing: Anika Simon, Rainer Nigrelli

Festivals: Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2013, Kasseler Dokfest 2013, Stranger Than Fiction 2014

Theatrical release: 29 May 2014

“… an exciting overall work that both entertains and invites reflection.” – programmkino.de

“Visually, the film shines through a multitude of appealing cinematic shots” – filmdienst

“… fascinating images of a sporting event that is largely unknown in this country” – kino-zeit

Written and directed by: Wilm Huygen

Cinematography: Andreas Köhler

Music: Jan Wendeler

Production: augenschein Filmproduktion (Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo) with La Huit Production