Karim MOUSSAOUI, Algeria, 2024 SYNOPSIS Réda lives with his parents in an upscale neighborhood of Algiers. He holds a position in the country’s largest oil company, which is run by his cold and authoritarian father. Beneath this outward success, Réda conceals a...
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...
Mamadou Dia, SENEGAL, 2024 SYNOPSIS Demba is about to retire after 30 years of service at the city hall in his small town in Northern Senegal. That hot summer, as the 2-year anniversary of his wife’s passing approaches, he realizes he just can’t “shake it off.” As his...
BALOJI, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023 SYNOPSISAfter 15 years away, Koffi returns to Congo to introduce his pregnant wife to his family. A family that considers him a sorcerer. Encounters with three other individuals who also seek to free themselves from the...
MOHAMED KORDOFANI, SOUDAN, 2023 SYNOPSIS Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home....
SYNOPSIS Bambino, a single man, earns a stable income as a delivery driver in Lagos. He is well-liked in his neighborhood, always willing to help others when he can. While his neighbor’s advances leave him indifferent, Bambino meets the charismatic Bawa, a...
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