8x35MIN

Black Fruit

2024

A just as sharp as tender look at the complicated lives of Lalo and Karla, two Black and queer best friends in Hamburg, working out who they really want to be.

A Jünglinge Film and Studio Zentral Production in co-production with ARD Degeto.
Plattform: ARD Mediathek

Creator & Head Writer
Lamin Leroy Gibba

Executive Producers
Faraz Shariat Paulina Lorenz Lasse Scharpen Lamin Leroy Gibba

Producers
Raquel Dukpa Olivia Kpalété

Writers
Sophia Ayissi Naomi Odhiambo Lisa Tracy Michalik Sara Claire Wray

Directors
Elisha Smith-Leverock David Uzochukwu

DoPs
Claudia Schröder Louis Malcolm Saidou Reiss

Edit
Friederike Hohmuth
Broadcaster ARD Degeto
Carolin Haasis Christoph Pellander

Fundings

Funded by
MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Festivals

World Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival 2024
Film Fest Hamburg 2024
Queer Film Festival Hamburg 2024
Afrika Film Fest Köln 2024
Queer Film Fest München

Awards

World Premiere: Tribeca Film Festival 2024
Film Fest Hamburg 2024
Queer Film Festival Hamburg 2024
Afrika Film Fest Köln 2024
Queer Film Fest München