Not a Statue

Logline

How did the sacred statue Ngonnso get from Cameroon to Germany? And how should the colonial heritage be dealt with today? In search for answers, a young activist embarks on a journey in archives, museums and palaces.

Impact Statement

“With our film we want to spark a conversation about African cultural heritage in European museums. In African countries, and Cameroon in particular, we plan to organize screenings at educational institutions to discuss the lasting impact of colonial structures. In Europe, we want to partner with ethnological museums to offer new perspectives to museum professionals. We also aim at political stakeholders in both Africa and Europe in order for them to facilitate restitutions.”

Goal at Take on Film & Impact

“Meeting Broadcasters, African Impact Producers and World Sales”

Participants

Sylvie Vernyuy Njobati, born 1991, is a documentary filmmaker and organiser of artistic and cultural events in Bamenda and Yaoundé, Cameroon. She is the founder of RegArtless, an organization to empower women in the film industry in Cameroon. During an artist residency at Goethe-Institut Cameroon, she realised the short documentary THE TWIST OF RETURN.

Marc Sebastian Eils, born 1990, studied International Development Studies in Vienna and Documentary Filmmaking at the self-organised film school filmArche in Berlin. His latest documentary I AM FINE BUT follows a young volunteer from Cameroon during his one-year-stay in Germany.