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TONGO SAA, RISING UP AT NIGHTBy Nelson Makengo, DRC, Belgium, Germany, 2024 SYNOPSIS Darkness falls over Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In an environment marked by violence and uncertainty, people wait and fight for access to light. Between...

Asmae El Moudir, Maroc, Royaume d’Arabie Saudite, Quatar, Egypte,2023 SYNOPSIS Young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir wants to know why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture isn’t even her. She decides to explore the past...

SYNOPSIS The city of Douala is in trepidation for the start of the new school year. A long line of customers come to Mambar Pierrette, the neighbourhood dressmaker, to have their clothes ready for imminent social events and ceremonies. More than just a sewer,...

Joël AKAFOU SYNOPSISMany lives were lost in Ziglo, Côte d’Ivoire, during the 2011–2012 civil war between the Guéré, the indigenous community, and the Mossi, originally from Burkina Faso. After waiting too long for state justice, Josiane, known as Maman Jo, a Guéré...

Malaury Eloi Paisley, Guadeloupe, 2023 SYNOPSISVertigo is anguish, a state of disorientation, a fleeting madness. Men, wandering in circles, are trapped in Pointe-à-Pitre, a labyrinthine city. They traverse it endlessly, as if on an infinite pilgrimage. This film...

L’HOMME QUI PLANTE LES BAOBABSMichel K. ZONGO, BURKINA FASO, 2024 SYNOPSISFor 50 years, a man has been planting baobabs in his village in western Burkina Faso. Initially, his actions were met with misunderstanding. Now 82 years old, more than 4,600 baobabs stretch as...

Muhannad Lamin, 2023 SYNOPSIS For almost a decade (2011-2021), Donga has been recording events that are meaningful to him with his camera, among those the Libyan uprising or war against ISIS. From everyday life to armed conflict, his insider position and personal...

Gaël Kamilindi, Rwanda, 2024 SYNOPSIS What remains, thirty years later, of the memory of a mother that a son never had the time to know? Gaël Kamilindi was only five years old when his mother Didy died. The memories of her presence have since been lost in the fury of...

INADELSO COSSA, Mozambique, 2024 Synopsis: Immersed in Mozambique's intricate history, I'm compelled to unravel the narrative woven into the film "The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder." Returning to my grandmother Maria's village, I'm driven by a personal quest to...