PARTNERS
WE ARE ALL MIGRANTS
Gopalen P. CHELLAPERMAL, Mauritius, 2023 SYNOPSIS:From the arrival of my first ancestors from India in 1856 as indentured laborers in the sugarcane fields of Mauritius, to my family’s nine-month journey in 1962, and the generations of Mauritians who left in the 1960s...
Lukas
Philippe Talavera, Namibie, 2024 SYNOPSIS Lukas,11 years, witnesses the brutal murder of his mum and grand-mum by his step dad. Sent to Windhoek, he meets with Samora and his gang. His life then become intimately intertwined with the one of Samora. Spanning over 15...
Faithful Chronicles from the Last Century…
Abdenour Zahzah, Algeria, 2024 SYNOPSIS:1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young Black psychiatrist, is appointed chief physician at the Blida-Joinville hospital. He implements his theories of “Institutional Psychotherapy” in opposition to the racist doctrines of the...
YIKIAN! / LEAVE!
Alidou BADINI, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Mamoud lives in the countryside with his small family and his ailing father. One day, terrorists invade the village, kill the chief and his family, and order the population to leave. Mamoud refuses to abandon his home and...
WAONGO
Augusta B. PALENFO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Piiga, a young woman in her twenties, dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer. However, her life takes a tragic turn after a terrorist attack on her village. She loses her best friend and cannot find her mother....
VERITES DE CŒURS
Delphine YERBANGA, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS Arly, in the early hours of the morning, hooded men on large two-wheeled machines. Koumbo's family did not escape the violence. Her husband, Amédée, was shot dead in cold blood. After the attackers had left, Koumbo...
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FRANCS
Jean Claude Kiswendsida Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSIS:René, the only son of Robert and Odile, suffers from an illness requiring surgery estimated at 75,000 FCFA. Unemployed, Robert cannot afford the cost. The family reaches out to relatives, friends, and...
MON AVENIR TON AVENIR
SAIDOU DERRA, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSIS:SAALAPO, a 42-year-old man with a disability since childhood, dropped out of school in the sixth grade. After losing his mother, he started selling aprons and newspapers but dreamed of creating art objects. He travels to...
YAND BAANGA / SHAMEFUL DISEASE
SIDIBE Sékou Oumar, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Odile, a 39-year-old woman living in Ouagadougou with her six children from different fathers, has suffered from obstetric fistula for 20 years. She learns that she can be treated for free with the support of the...
LIONNE
LIONNEKABORE Rodrigue Rakisyaoba, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Lionne tells the story of Lioncella, who has admired and cherished military attire since childhood. Determined to pursue her dream, she does everything to convince her parents and those around her of her...
L’INCONDITIONNEL
Isabelle Christiane KOURAOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS A mother's love for her child is unconditional. In this family, where 12-year-old Nathan was born with a disability, love has taken center stage. Despite Nathan's difference from his sister Zoé, their mother...
THE OLD MAN AND THE DESERT
Issaka COMPAORÉ, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Yacouba SAWADOGO has fought against desertification in the Sahel for decades using ancestral techniques. He successfully halted the advance of the desert and transformed arid lands into fertile, cultivable fields....
THE RETURN
Yacouba KANOU, Burkina Faso, 2022 SYNOPSIS Tolé, a young graduate in agriculture, decides to return to his native village, Tièfora, to apply his knowledge on his late father’s land. To his astonishment, he discovers that the family land has been sold to a wealthy man...
THE GREAT MYSTIC AND THE CRAZY COUSINS
Dramane GNESSI, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSIS: Georges, a mathematics student, grew up under strict religious and academic discipline. He is oblivious to the norms of social relationships. His father is greatly relieved when Georges moves in with his cousin Emile....
THE CALL OF OUAGA
Abdoul Aziz SAWADOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:On November 28, 2017, in Ouagadougou, Emmanuel Macron declared: “The first remedy is culture […]. I want the conditions to be in place within five (5) years for temporary or permanent restitutions of African heritage...
LALA
OMAR SAMBASEKOU, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS In a world in distress, governed by the law of the streets where sex, alcohol, drugs, and money reign. Lala, an orphan who lost her mother and grew up without knowing her father, moves from orphanage to foster home, only to...
THE ADVISOR
Corenthien NANA, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSIS:Hamidou, a young man, lives with his wife Chérifa and his younger brother Karim. Sakina, Chérifa’s friend, helps her with a traditional product said to make her husband more generous. However, after consuming the product,...
KABAKOUROU/THE STONE
Soungalo Afah NIMI, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS The stone is a companion of humanity. We come with the stone, we live on the stone, and we also progress thanks to the stone. If mankind wanted to invent the stone today, it would have the technical and chemical means to...
IN THE SKIN OF ANOTHER
OUEDRAOGO Patindé Constant, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Moulaye, an 8-year-old boy, his sister Yasmine, and others, including their father, are abducted by an armed group during a vaccination campaign. Yasmine is mercilessly killed, and Moulaye undergoes brainwashing...
DANIEL OUEZZIN COULIBALY, AFRICA’S PATHS.
Bernard YAMEOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS: Born in 1909 in Pouy, Burkina Faso, Ouézzin Daniel Coulibaly emerged as a charismatic and iconic figure in the struggle for the independence of French West Africa (AOF). Alongside Félix Houphouët-Boigny, he launched the...