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The Gravity

The Gravity

SynopsisAn unprecedented alignment of planets impacting gravity will upset the balance of a ghetto and the destiny of two duos of brothers eager to do anything for their freedom in an unceasing fight between old and new generations Biography Franco-Burkinabè Cédric...
Crossing Voices

Crossing Voices

Synopsis Xaraasi Xanne (Crossing Voices) recounts from a rare film, photographic and sound archive theexemplary adventure of Somankidi Coura, an agricultural cooperative founded in Mali, in 1977, bymigrant workers from West Africa living in France in homes. The story...
From Cairo (Min al Qahira)

From Cairo (Min al Qahira)

Synopsis In the streets of Cairo, documentary filmmaker Hala Galal moves purposefully and quickly.She presents a brave face, but she is in constant fear of being harassed (or worse) just forbeing a working single woman. Galal follows two women, Heba and Aya, who...
THE UMBRELLA MEN

THE UMBRELLA MEN

SYNOPSIS After the death of his father, JEROME ADAMS flies back to his hometown Cape Town from Johannesburg, after a 10 year absence. Uninterested in being around his father’s club and minstrels, Jerome hopes to return to Johannesburg soon after the funeral. Given...
THE RIVER IS NOT A BORDER

THE RIVER IS NOT A BORDER

Synopsis On 9 April 1989, after another clash between Mauritanian herders and Senegalese farmers on the Senegalese border at Diawara, there was an incredible escalation of violence in both countries. These events resulted in thousands of victims and tens of thousands...
Nayola

Nayola

SYNOPSIS Angola. Three generations of women in a 25-year-long civil war: Lelena (the grandmother), Nayola (the daughter) and Yara (the granddaughter).   Past and present interlace. Nayola goes in search of her missing husband at the height of the war. Decades...