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Qu’as – tu rêvé ?/What did you dream

Qu’as – tu rêvé ?/What did you dream

Synopsis Summer 1990, South Africa. Eleven-year-old Boipelo spends the holidays with her grandmother. But something worries her: unlike her two cousins, she can no longer remember her dreams. How is she going to help her poor grandmother win the lottery?...
Yamb

Yamb

Synopsis Following a telephone message in an African dialect, 50-year-old Diane calls for the services of a young Gabonese prostitute for a special occasion. Biofilmographie/Biofilmography After learning some basics of cinema at Saint Sernin High School in Toulouse,...
When a farm goes aflame

When a farm goes aflame

Synopsis A filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father’s secret; a second family throughout the...
Valdiodio N’Diaye, un procès pour l’histoire

Valdiodio N’Diaye, un procès pour l’histoire

Synopsis 2020 in Senegal. The young president of barristers in Dakar presents new elements to the Supreme Court to review the famous “17 December 1962 Coup” trial. In the dock are Council President Mamadou Dia and four ministers including Valdiodio N’Diaye. This...
The letter

The letter

Synopsis Karisa’s Grandma, Margaret, is a respected elder of her church, and spends her days cultivating her fields to feed her family. Karisa’s uncles claim that Grandma is worshipping the devil, and demand she be exorcised by their Pentecostal priests....
On the Fence

On the Fence

Synopsis When her mother had a bad dream, Nesrine travelled from Cairo to Tima, her home town in Upper Egypt in an attempt to save their old house. The filmmaker takes on a journey between two worlds that belong to none. She struggles with the idea of selling the...