​Jochen Isensee | Director

 

Filmmaker Jochen Isensee is a specialist in anesthesia from Baden-Württemberg, but also co-founder of the moving stories group GmbH from Freiburg, director of various commercials, documentaries and shortfilms and founder of the show A Doctor's Mind. Worked for various smaller and large international brands.

His short documentary “Higher than the Earth”, won several awards and deals with the struggle of a young family and the medical team for the life of their child with heart disease.HOPE is his feature length documentary debut. 

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THE SENTRY

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​The Sentry was founded by George Clooney and John Prendergast with the aim of investigating and combating multinational predatory networks that profit from violent conflict, oppression and kleptocracy. Launched in 2016, The Sentry produces hard-hitting investigative reports and dossiers on individuals and organisations linked to corruption and violence. As a result of their work, money laundering routes have been uncovered and shut down, assets frozen, travel bans imposed and corrupt networks cut off from the international financial system. Through strategic partnerships with governments, global banks and other private and public organisations, The Sentry has succeeded in bringing real consequences to many of the officials and commercial actors who perpetuate and profit from wars, mass atrocities and other human rights abuses. 

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Talkingfilm Uganda | Coproduction

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Talking Film Production was founded in 2012 and is Uganda’s premier independent film and television production company best known for long format films like Marvel Studios’ Black Panther and Disney’s Queen of Katwe, TV shows like CBS’ The Amazing Race 31: Who Wants a Rolex?
Talking Film is a leader in production servicing, co-productions for local and international films in Uganda and across Africa. 

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Übergrafisch | Coproduction

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Übergrafisch is a German film production company that specializes in documentaries and feature films. The creative work focuses on making the world a little bit better, to inspire and change through films. Previous work has won multiple awards, including the 2022 German Documentary Award as well as audience awards at the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival and the most important up-and-coming film festival in Germany, the 2021 Max Ophüls Festival. In addition, the film Dear Future Children qualified for an Oscar in 2022. In addition, Übergrafisch‘s films have a strong presence in the national and international press. Amnesty International, The Guardian, ARD, ZDF, Süddeutsche Zeitung and others have already reported extensively.

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Susan Grace Duku

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Fled South Sudan with several children. Her husband, who worked there as a journalist, has been missing for many years. Formerly a radio host, she is now an activist and voice for 1.1 million African refugees. She is a featu- red speaker at the World Refugee Forum on women ‘s and human rights (including Geneva).

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Anthony Felix

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A refugee from South Sudan who founded an orphanage in Rhino Camp, giving children hope. He experienced a terrible childhood as a child soldier, then changed his life completely and now works to provide children under his protection with a better childhood than he had.

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Brian Adeba

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The Sentry is comprised of financial investigators, international human rights lawyers and regional experts, as well as former law enforcement officials, intelligence officers, policymakers, investigative journalists and banking professionals. The Sentry was co-founded by George Clooney and John Prendergast and is a strategic partner of the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Brian Abeba is a senior policy advisor at The Sentry and a former investigative Journalist. Although he emigrated to Canada he was born in Sudan. ​​​​​

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