Untitled Timbuktu Documentary

Original Title: Untitled Timbuktu Documentary

Runtime: 90'

Expected Release: June 2027

Production Stage: Post-Production

1st Feature: No

Looking for: Festivals, Sales and Distribution, Impact Funding, Funds/Investments for Distribution in the US.

Synopsis:

Swedish rapper Jason « Timbuktu » Diakité prepares for the show of his life in Harlem. His father, Madubuko « Buko » Diakité, refuses to attend. They have a strained relationship, but when Buko nearly dies, Jason realizes his father is his last living link to his African American roots. Determined to understand his heritage, Jason travels to South Carolina to research his family history.

Director’s Profile:

Simon Klose is a documentary producer and director from Malmö, Sweden, with a background in law from Stockholm University. In 2024, he won Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca for Hacking Hate. His earlier work includes TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard (2013), a film about the file-sharing conflict that premiered at the Berlinale and was released online for free, reaching millions around the world. In 2016, he produced and hosted Food Hacking Japan, a short doc series for VICE Munchies exploring food disruptors in Tokyo. Simon’s work often focuses on the intersection of technology, power, and culture.

Producers’ Profiles:

Martin Persson is Executive Producer of feature films, documentaries and tv-series at Anagram. He is one of the founders of the company and was the CEO of Anagram from 2002 until 2014 and Head of Development from 2017-2024. He has extensive training via EAVE, ACE, Media Exchange and Trans-Atlantic Partners. His latest productions include the series To Cook a Bear (Disney+) and Thin Blue Line (SVT) and the co-produced feature films The End and A Silent Story (Final Cut For Real).

Elin Kamlert is a producer with her primary focus on documentary film, producing as a freelancer and in her own company Kamlert Film. Her productions include Hanna Heilborn’s The Village of Roses (2023), Simon Klose’s Hacking Hate (2024) and Emilia Ekman Larsons Memories in Clay – a film about Lisa Larson (2025). Elin is a graduate of EAVE’s European Producers Workshop and Jihlava IDFF’s Emerging Producers.