The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

Emilie Dudognon launched IDA.IDA in 2015 to answer the specific production needs of films at the crossroads of cinema and art. In 2016, IDA.IDA and momento! joined forces and set up a joint venture in order to develop and distribute cutting edge cinematic works by political filmmakers dissecting the contemporary world.

Thomas Kaske was born 1984 in the countryside close to Berlin. After living in Nairobi for a while, he decided to study Social and Cultural Anthropology and Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2008, he worked for the MA Visual and Media Anthropology at FU Berlin. After specializing himself in Visual Anthropology, he started to fall in love with documentary filmmaking. In 2013, he began to study Media Art and Media Design at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. During his M.F.A. he directed and produced experimental short films. After his studies, he started to work as a Junior Producer and Archive Researcher for the Berlin-based companies, Ilanga Films and Molly Aida. Since 2016, Thomas works as an independent director and producer.