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MEMORIES OF LOVE RETURNED/ LES SOUVENIRS D’AMOUR SONT REVENUS

MEMORIES OF LOVE RETURNED/ LES SOUVENIRS D’AMOUR SONT REVENUS

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Ouganda,USA, 2024 SYNOPSIS On April 24th, 2002 filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s car broke down in the small town of Mbirizi, Uganda. While waiting for his car to be repaired he stumbled upon a small photo studio and met photographer Kibaate...
LES FILLES D’OLFA

LES FILLES D’OLFA

KAOUTHER BEN HANIA, France/Tunisie-Allemagne/Arabie saoudite, 2023 SYNOPSIS   Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters.One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben...
THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVER

THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVER

THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVERYssouf Koussé, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSISMassata Cissé, the only female truck driver in Burkina Faso for the past 30 years, travels through the ports and markets of neighboring countries at the wheel of a semi-trailer truck. At 59,...
BACKSTAGE

BACKSTAGE

Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, Tunisia, Morocco, 2023 SYNOPSISAida, a member of a dance troupe on tour in Morocco, provokes Hedi, her partner in life and on stage. He injures her in front of the horrified eyes of the other troupe members, triggering a series...
TONGO SAA, RISING UP AT NIGHTBy

TONGO SAA, RISING UP AT NIGHTBy

TONGO SAA, RISING UP AT NIGHTBy Nelson Makengo, DRC, Belgium, Germany, 2024 SYNOPSIS Darkness falls over Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In an environment marked by violence and uncertainty, people wait and fight for access to light. Between...