Never Give Up
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2019
Malta / Japan
16 mins
English, German
Documentary Film Competition
| Jonathan Schörnig | |
| Axel Steier | |
| Ogbonna Mekon Ebenerer (Mekon), Chad Ashby (Chad) |
Mekon had been making music as long as he could think. But in 2014, he had to flee Nigeria after his parents were murdered. He started to work in Libya, but instead of making music, Mekon has to fight for his survival. In summer 2018, he decided to flee to Europe and was saved from a rubber boat by a German NGO. Living in Malta now, he is singing again.
About the Director
Jonathan Schörnig was born in 1991 in Leipzig. After high school, he was engaged in many film and TV productions. He successfully graduated in 2015 from the Gutenbergschool in Leipzig as media designer for sound and vision. During that time he was involved as a camera man in a wide variety of TV formats. Currently he is working on a documentary about five refugees and their experiences, which begun in connection with the short film “Never Give Up”.
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