CENT DOUZE
One hundred and twelve kilometers of railway tracks lead to Blitta, the terminus and once
the economic heart of Togo. But one day, the train stopped coming, and everything ceased.
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Joël M’Maka TCHEDREDirector
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Joël M’Maka TCHEDREWriter
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Clotilde BERTETWriter
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Rachel KPIZINGWriter
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Yassira DERMANE ADAMWriter
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Soké WONKOUCAMERA OPERATORS
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Fath METCHERICAMERA OPERATORS
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Omorou ALISOUND
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Rodrigue GLOKPOSOUND
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Joceline LAISONSOUND
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Fath METCHERIEDITING
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Anita AFATCHAOPRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
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Yassira DERMANE ADAMPRODUCTION ASSISTANT
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Project Title (Original Language):CENT DOUZE
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 5 minutes
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Completion Date:July 1, 2024
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Country of Origin:Togo
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Country of Filming:Togo
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Language:French
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - MOVING BEYOND 2
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Festival International de Films au TOgo (FIFTO)Lomé
Togo
Nationale première
BEST DOCUMENTARY -
LUXOR AFRICAN FILM2025 FESTIVAL
Egypt
SPECIAL MENTION
Distribution Information
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Kosi SessiSales AgentCountry: TogoRights: All Rights
Joël M’Maka TCHEDRE, a Togolese producer and director, manages the audiovisual
production company Les Films du Siècle. Educated at Stendhal University Grenoble 3 in
France, this young filmmaker is highly active in Togo's audiovisual and film industry. He is
one of the leading figures of Togo's new generation of filmmakers.
As the author and director of over ten films, his documentary Nanas Benz: The Queens of
African Textiles won the Kodjo Ebouclé Grand Prize for Best Film in Competition at the 2014
Clap Ivoire International Festival in Abidjan. The same film also received the African
Integration Prize and a Canal+ grant.
His short film PACTE was an official selection at FESPACO 2017 in Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso.
Beyond directing and producing, Joël has been actively training young professionals in the
audiovisual sector since his return to Togo. He is the president of the Togolese Association
for Digital Mobile Cinema (ATCNA) and the director of the Emergence Films Festival, an
annual short film festival held in Lomé since 2014. In 2024, he releases his first
feature-length documentary, Cent Douze.