L’HOMME QUI PLANTE LES BAOBABSMichel K. ZONGO, BURKINA FASO, 2024 SYNOPSISFor 50 years, a man has been planting baobabs in his village in western Burkina Faso. Initially, his actions were met with misunderstanding. Now 82 years old, more than 4,600 baobabs stretch as...
Muhannad Lamin, 2023 SYNOPSIS For almost a decade (2011-2021), Donga has been recording events that are meaningful to him with his camera, among those the Libyan uprising or war against ISIS. From everyday life to armed conflict, his insider position and personal...
Gaël Kamilindi, Rwanda, 2024 SYNOPSIS What remains, thirty years later, of the memory of a mother that a son never had the time to know? Gaël Kamilindi was only five years old when his mother Didy died. The memories of her presence have since been lost in the fury of...
INADELSO COSSA, Mozambique, 2024 Synopsis: Immersed in Mozambique’s intricate history, I’m compelled to unravel the narrative woven into the film “The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder.” Returning to my grandmother Maria’s village,...
Nabil AYOUCH, Morocco, 2024 SYNOPSISTouda dreams of becoming a Cheikha, a traditional Moroccan artist who sings boldly and without censorship about resistance, love, and emancipation. Performing every night in the bars of her small provincial town under the watchful...
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