Panorama Section 2025
This section includes films shortlisted for the official selection for their quality but not meeting the strict criteria of FESPACO. These are films that retrace the moods and developments in contemporary African cinema in tune with their time. Aesthetically, formally and politically, they are strong films that have something to say to the large audience, curious and ready for interaction. Ten (10) films, including five (5) documentaries and five (5) fictionals will be competing under this section.
OTHELO, O GRANDE,
Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Rio de Janeiro, 2023 SYNOPSIS : Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata, Grande Otelo, was one of Brazil's greatest actors and comedians, using the spotlight to shape his...
Half Heaven
Enah Johnscott, Cameroon, 2023 SYNOPSIS Kizito, a selfish and legalistic preacher, is sent on a one-month journey to Mboko, a feared and atheist ghetto, to validate his eligibility for ordination....
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
Mohamed Ben Attia, Tunisia, 2023 SYNOPSIS Rafik, an ordinary-looking man, seemed to have everything in life. That was until he was sentenced to four years in prison for an unexplained outburst of...
Our Land, Our Freedom
Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu, Kenya, Portugal, Allemagne, 2023 SYNOPSIS Our Land, Our Freedom tells the story of two extraordinary Kenyan women - a mother and daughter, Mukami and Wanjugu Kimathi....
Yambo Ouologuem : La Blessure
Kalidou Sy, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSISIn 1968, when Le Devoir de Violence was published, Yambo Ouologuem was still an unknown young Malian writer. Addressing themes of slavery and crimes between...
NDAR SAGA WAALO
Ousmane William Mbaye, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSISNdar, the original name of Saint Louis, a small island on the Senegal River, was the stronghold of colonial penetration in West Africa four centuries...
MEMORIES OF LOVE RETURNED/ LES SOUVENIRS D’AMOUR SONT REVENUS
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Ouganda,USA, 2024 SYNOPSIS On April 24th, 2002 filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s car broke down in the small town of Mbirizi, Uganda. While waiting for his car to be...
LES FILLES D’OLFA
KAOUTHER BEN HANIA, France/Tunisie-Allemagne/Arabie saoudite, 2023 SYNOPSIS Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters.One day, her two older...
THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVER
THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVERYssouf Koussé, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSISMassata Cissé, the only female truck driver in Burkina Faso for the past 30 years, travels through the ports and markets...
BACKSTAGE
Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, Tunisia, Morocco, 2023 SYNOPSISAida, a member of a dance troupe on tour in Morocco, provokes Hedi, her partner in life and on stage. He injures her in front of...
THE DIVORCES OF CASABLANCA
Mohammed Ahed BENSOUDA, Morocco, 2023 SYNOPSISAzzam, a surgeon, spies on his ex-wife Leïla. His goal is to find a reason to win custody of his daughter. Hafida, the headmistress of a private school,...
EAT BITTER (SUFFER IN SILENCE)
Pascale APPORA-GNEKINDY & Ning Yin Sun, USA/Central African Republic/China, 2023 SYNOPSISLuan, a Chinese construction foreman, must complete the building of a new bank in Bangui, Central African...
BANEL AND ADAMA
Ramata Toulaye SY, Senegal, 2023 SYNOPSISBanel and Adama are in love. They live in a remote village in northern Senegal. Their world is defined only by their love; outside of it, nothing else...
When will Africa come ?
David-Pierre FILA, Congo Brazzaville, 2024 SYNOPSISThe inhabitants of the forests beat their drums to preserve their songs. Those in the city shout “Progress!” Others rush to seize the...