PARTNERS
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...
ÇA SUFFIT!
Alimata OUEDRAOGO, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSIS:Manuella, a young woman from Ouagadougou in her early forties, can no longer bear her husband’s sexual appetite and his daily advances, which turn violent when she refuses. At her wit’s end, she files a complaint at the...
Heist in Ouaga
Abdoul Aziz NIKIEMA, Burkina Faso SYNOPSIS:Bouba dreams of a job worthy of his qualifications. His girlfriend Fatou, a customer relations officer at a financial institution, tries to help by speaking to her boss, Benoît. However, Benoît suggests a meeting at a hotel....
ZION
Licínio Januário, Brésil SYNOPSIS : Niara, an independent young woman with a troubled past, crosses paths with Akin, a young man in search of his identity. Their lives intertwine at a party, where an instant connection forms. As they grow closer, they face...
Zanatany, The Imprint of Lonely Shrouds
Hachimiya Ahamada, Comoros, 2024 SYNOPSIS:In December 1976, a three-day revolt erupts in the small town of Majunga, Madagascar. Ali, a widower and second-in-command in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two teenage daughters alone. One morning, before going to...
VICTORIA
Sam SOKO, Kenya, 2025 SYNOPSIS : Victoria is on a new journey in life. She set up a helium balloon business in Nairobi as a means of surrounding herself with joy, as well as finding security after escaping an abusive relationship. Five years later, she is...
UNDER THE PALM TREE / SOUS LE RONIER
BARO Orokiatou, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:Gnine, an unhappy wife in her forties and mother of two, is informed by her doctor that her days are numbered. She decides to pursue her suppressed desires, including reconnecting with her first love. BIOFILMOGRAPHY:BARO...
TILE/SUN
Madougué Diabaté, Mali, 2024 SYNOPSIS: In a Malian village, Binta, engaged to Bakary, discreetly maintains a romantic relationship with Rama. In a place where homosexuality is severely punished, Bakary feels dishonored upon this discovery. When the two young women...
THE RWHOO
Safari SENGAIRE, Congo, 2024 SYNOPSIS:In the war-displaced persons camp in Goma, UMWARI sits on a bench, recounting her various lives across refugee camps. From BULENGO to BÂLE, she narrates an endless journey as a refugee and migrant in the world. BIOFILMOGRAPHY:Born...
THE MEDAILLION
Ruth Hunduma, Ethiopie, 2023 Ruth was a teenager when her mother entrusted her with a medallion engraved with a golden portrait of Nefertiti. This piece of jewelry symbolizes her mother’s unimaginable ordeal: captured by Mengistu Haile Mariam’s communist military...
Sita Bella, the First
Eugénie Metala, Cameroon, 2023 SYNOPSIS:An anonymous grave between those of her parents, a dilapidated cinema hall within the Ministry of Arts and Culture—these are the remaining signs of Sita Bella’s presence on earth. Yet, she was the first female journalist, the...
WE ARE GRIOTS
Demba Konaté, Senegal/France, 2023 SYNOPSIS:Daouda, a father from Senegal living in France, is preparing for a meeting between his family and that of Mariama, the fiancée of his eldest son, Malik. During the gathering, Daouda discovers that while his family belongs to...
LOBI ECOSIMBA
ELI Maene, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023 SYNOPSIS:This film narrates the resilience and resistance of the inhabitants of Goma, a city in eastern DR Congo, a region marked by war for several decades. BIOFILMOGRAPHY:Born in 1994 in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
LEES WAXUL
Yoro MBAYE, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSIS:In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman and family patriarch, finds modest economic stability by selling stale bread. However, the opening of his sister-in-law’s traditional bakery is an affront to him,...
LANGUE MATERNELLE
Mariame N’Diaye,Mali, 2023 SYNOPSIS:In the 1980s, Sira, a young Malian woman, leads a peaceful life in France with her husband Malick and their daughter Abi. Their daily life is conducted in Soninké, the only language Sira knows. When Abi struggles with French at...
KHAMSINETTE
Assia Khemici, Algérie, France, 2023 SYNOPSISThrough sound archives and contemporary images, Khamsinette delves into the memory of southern Algeria. Guided by captivating narratives, the filmmaker weaves a connection between the past and present lives in Timimoun,...
KATOPE
Walt Mzengi Core, Tanzanie, 2023 SYNOPSIS As a young child struggles to find their place in the village, a mythical rain bird appears and sets them on a journey to discover the secret of their strange origins and a chance to end the drought that is devastating...