A DONKEY CALLED GERONIMO (Der Esel Hieß Geronimo)
Documentary feature, 80'

A group of sailors live on a tiny island in the Baltic sea, until their community falls apart. They return to the mainland broken-hearted, each of them haunted by the eternal curse of paradise. «A Donkey Called Geronimo» is a documentary poem that creates a shattered image of utopia, while exploring the boundary between myth and reality.
“Imbued with a seductive sense of melancholy, A DONKEY CALLED GERONIMO plays skillfully with the perception of reality as a single and immutable thing. In the mysterious universe created by Talwar and Tomschin, reality is multiple and multifaceted; a culmination of myths, legends and a nostalgic way of life... a documentary which transforms imperfection and diversity into great, majestic beauty.” (Cineuropa)
TRAILER
CREW
Writing and Direction: Arjun Talwar, Bigna TomschinCinematography: Arjun Talwar
Editing: Bigna Tomschin
Music: Daniel Sinaisky
Production: Arjun Talwar, Lo-fi Films
Cast: Bimsara Pasqual, Lars Lieberich, Olaf Kienke, Rüdiger Fleck, Tonko Sander
FESTIVALS
DOK Leipzig 2018: World PremiereVisions du Réel 2019: International Premiere
TRT Documentary Awards, Istanbul 2019
Filmfest Schleswig Holstein 2019
Ischia Film Festival, Ischia 2019
Ierapetra Documentary Film Festival 2019
Apricot Tree Documentary Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival, Norway
Husumer Filmtage
Territorium Filmfestival, Kaliningrad
Cinemistica, Granada
Dokumenter Film Festival, Indonesia
Iran International Documentary Festival Cinema Vérité
Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland
Filmbühne Neumünster
Norddeutsches Filmfest Rendsburg