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Or de vie

Or de vie

Synopsis In Burkina Faso, in the gold panning site of Kalgouli, 16 years old Rasmané goes down to more than 100 meters in artisanal mines for gold. Worried by potential accidents, torn by his parents’ doubts, Rasmané makes his way through this fierce adult world...
L’argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA

L’argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA

Synopsis 1960 marks the end of empires on the African continent. France disappears from the map leaving behind the CFA Franc, a colonial creation, the currency still in use in almost all of its former territories in Sub-Sahara Africa. Why is it that these States...
Je reste photographe

Je reste photographe

Synopsis A young photographer inherits his elder’s trunk of negatives. Cross-portrait of Paul Kodjo, one of the most influential photographers of post-colonial Côte d’Ivoire, and Ananias Léki Dago, a contemporary Ivorian photographer. Biofilmography Ananias Léki Dago...
Gardien des mondes

Gardien des mondes

Synopsis One day, at the foot of a tomb, Hassan fell asleep and never left the cemetery. For 40 years, he has made his home in the hills of Jellaz in Tunisia, watching over the dead and observing the living. In search of love and freedom, Hassan navigates between day...
Doxandem, the dream chasers

Doxandem, the dream chasers

Synopsis Back in Gandiol, his hometown in Senegal, after eight years as a migrant in Spain, Mamadou seeks to be a positive force for his community. With help from his wife Laura and ubder the benevolent eye of Yaaye Khadi, Mamadou’s mother, he begins to build and...
Omi Nobu,The New Man

Omi Nobu,The New Man

Synopsis Quirino, a 76-year-old man, has lived for over 30 years in an abandoned village, in a deep valley, between the sea and the mountains. Feeling old, Quirino faces a dilemma of either to leave the only place he’s ever known or end his days there. Biofilmography...