Sophie and Simon sit on the floor of an abandoned hut. The young woman holds the 17-year old’s hand, listening to his story. He was kidnapped at the age of ten. Now he has returned. He is one of 30,000 children made to become child soldiers in North Uganda within the past 20 years. The film portrays four former child soldiers, their everyday lives. 22-year old politics student Sophie Haarhaus succeeded in gaining the boys’ trust, and made an intensely poetic film of great immediacy.

Director: Sophie Haarhaus Kullar Viimne

Screenplay: Jörg Altekruse Sophie Haarhaus

Producer: Jörg Altekruse

Orig. Titel: Und ich rannte nach Hause - Kindersoldaten erzählen (AT Eine Begegnung mit Kindersoldaten in Uganda)
Section: 16:9
Original language: German/English
Filmtype: Documentary Feature
DoP: Kullar Viimne
Editor: Roland Musolff
Format: DigiBeta

Production Company: Zeitfilm Media GmbH, Rutschbahn 33, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, Tel: 49 40 414 699 40, Fax: +49 40 414 699 41, email: altekruse@zeitfilm.de; Solar Film