This section focuses on films with children in leading roles both in the narration, language and subject. These include stories told from children’s perspective, making their world tangible. Fifteen (15) films will be competing for two (2) prizes.
SUKABÈ- KIDS SECTION 2025
REDEMPTION
Zakro Bali Alfred, Cote d’Ivoire Synopsis A young thug whose family complains and desperately hopes that he will change is caught in a dangerous gear. Accused of stealing,...
TIMPI TAMPA
Adama Bineta SOW, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSIS Khalilou, a young student who, after his mother contracts cancer linked to depigmentation, decides to denounce dangerous beauty...
AFTER THE LONG RAINS
Damien Hauser, Suisse, 2023 SYNOPSIS Ten year old Aisha is given a school assignment to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is...
THE STATUES ALSO LIVE
Romain Fianu, France, 2023 SYNOPSISWhat if African statues in French museums could speak? What if middle school students from Seine-Saint-Denis, with African immigrant...
Le Génie
Enricka M.H, Martinique, 2024 SYNOPSIS English: Adam and Lina are brother and sister, but they fight like cats and dogs. One day, Lina purposely escapes her older brother's...
LA KREME
Magaye GAYE, Mamadou Lmaine DIOP, Mariama Lindor DIOP, Elwis FATON, Mame Faty DIOP, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSISSamba, an 8-year-old boy, lives on the streets of Dakar, surviving...
BROTHER AND SISTER
Sèkamè TCHAOU, Benin, 2024 SYNOPSIS Cocou and Fifame, a brother and sister living in the countryside, survive on their harvests. One day, while attempting to steal from a farmer,...
THE TOTEM
Claver YAMEOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISIt is the rainy season in the savanna. Bouky decides to build a bamboo hut and seeks help from Panga, the squirrel. Near the river,...
BEAUTY AND THE SNAKE / LA BELLE ET LE SERPENT
QUENUM AHISSI MIRYAM AKISSI O., Côte d’Ivoire, 2024 SYNOPSISIn a distant village, Akassi, a demanding young girl, marries a perfect man with no scars, unaware that he is actually...
KANAVAL
Henri Pardo, Haiti, 2024 SYNOPSIS:In the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, is abruptly torn from his homeland and thrust, along with his mother Erzulie, onto a strange...
TOILE DE PAPILLON
Madina Alexandre N’falle, Togo, 2024 SYNOPSIS A majestic butterfly, with its vibrant colors, may let its delicate wings brush against the spider’s web. Come and witness, in its...
Sokhna
Boris OUÉ, Côte d’Ivoire, 2023 SYNOPSISUnacknowledged by her father, Sokhna is raised by her grandparents and her mother. After her mother’s death, her future appears fraught...
MOTHER TONGUE/langue maternelle
Duncan SENKUMBA, Ouganda,...
MALAÏKA, patrimoine culturel d’une nation.
Serge Dimitri PITROIPA, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISThrough the character of Malaïka, an albino teenager, and her companion “I,” an artificial intelligence, we explore the...
Madjbara / Arc-en-ciel
Salma Khalil, Tchad, 2024 SYNOPSISMadjbara is both a depiction of the beauty and magic of nature and a gateway to its mysteries. The film explores the journey of African...
LES REMPLAÇANTS
Hadiza Abdou Idé, Niger/Portugal, 2023 SYNOPSISAn unusual phenomenon has obsessed Professor John for years. His research continuously points him toward a hamlet near the Atlantic...
LE LAC BLEU
Daoud AOULAD-SYAD, Maroc, 2024 SYNOPSISYoussef, a twelve-year-old blind boy, has been an orphan since the age of six months and lives with his grandparents, Allal, a taxi driver,...
KONDEKIE
Kadidiatou KONAKÉ, Mali, 2024 SYNOPSISAfter refusing to comply with the demands of their attackers, the du’ât take necessary measures to protect themselves from those seeking to...
KADI JOLIE RACONTE
KADI JOLIE RACONTEAminata Diallo-Glez, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS Épisode 1 : « Girafou »In the savanna, Girafou the giraffe dreams of joining the firefighters. But everyone...
Kabri i manz salad / Scapegoat
Kabri i manz salad / ScapegoatNicolas Séry, La Réunion, 2023 SYNOPSISIn a public housing project in La Réunion, as the Eid al-Adha festival approaches, Ibrahim, a 12-year-old boy...