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Boujemaa and the House of Cinema

Boujemaa and the House of Cinema

Mohammed Latrèche, France – Algeria, 2019 SYNOPSIS He is a 75-year-old man, half-blind, who takes 3,000 steps every day. Since 2004, he made a decision: he will no longer speak about cinema. Boujemâa, our living memory. The memory of Algerian cinema, African...
Africa on the Seine

Africa on the Seine

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou SARR, Senegal, 1955 SYNOPSIS: Is Africa truly in Africa, or does it exist on the banks of the Seine? This film presents the bittersweet reflections of a generation of artists and students exiled in Paris, searching for their...
N’SEKOTÊ (in spite of me

N’SEKOTÊ (in spite of me

Zouzou Aya Marie RosineSynopsisIn a traditional and strict context, Aïcha, a determined young Muslim woman, dreams of passing the baccalaureate to change her life. However, her husband, Kouyaté, influenced by her patriarchal convictions, did everything possible to...
Derrière le Soleil

Derrière le Soleil

Dhia Jerbi, TunisieSynopsisDhia, 29 years old, left Tunisia after having taken part in the Revolution. Exiled to France, he’s worried about transmitting his stuttering to Elia, his two year old son. Soon, the issue isn’t managing a fluent speech so much as figuring...
HEART BROKENPamela HOUNDJE, Benin, 2023

HEART BROKENPamela HOUNDJE, Benin, 2023

SYNOPSIS After celebrating Ramadan with his family, Mohamed (28), a Muslim, decides to return home with his girlfriend Marie (26), a Christian. However, he did not anticipate the unexpected turn the evening would take. Marie confronts him about his family introducing...