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.

  • Joël M’Maka TCHEDRE
    Director
  • Joël M’Maka TCHEDRE
    Writer
  • Clotilde BERTET
    Writer
  • Rachel KPIZING
    Writer
  • Yassira DERMANE ADAM
    Writer
  • Soké WONKOU
    CAMERA OPERATORS
  • Fath METCHERI
    CAMERA OPERATORS
  • Omorou ALI
    SOUND
  • Rodrigue GLOKPO
    SOUND
  • Joceline LAISON
    SOUND
  • Fath METCHERI
    EDITING
  • Anita AFATCHAO
    PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
  • Yassira DERMANE ADAM
    PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    CENT DOUZE
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Togo
  • Country of Filming:
    Togo
  • Language:
    French
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - MOVING BEYOND 2
  • Festival International de Films au TOgo (FIFTO)
    Lomé
    Togo
    Nationale première
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
  • LUXOR AFRICAN FILM2025 FESTIVAL

    Egypt
    SPECIAL MENTION
Distribution Information
  • Kosi Sessi
    Sales Agent
    Country: Togo
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Joël M’Maka TCHEDRE

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.

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