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L’argent, la liberté, une histoire du franc CFA
Synopsis 1960 marks the end of empires on the African continent. France disappears from the map leaving behind the CFA Franc, a colonial creation, the currency still in use in almost all of its former territories in Sub-Sahara Africa. Why is it that these States...
Je reste photographe
Synopsis A young photographer inherits his elder’s trunk of negatives. Cross-portrait of Paul Kodjo, one of the most influential photographers of post-colonial Côte d’Ivoire, and Ananias Léki Dago, a contemporary Ivorian photographer. Biofilmography Ananias Léki Dago...
Gardien des mondes
Synopsis One day, at the foot of a tomb, Hassan fell asleep and never left the cemetery. For 40 years, he has made his home in the hills of Jellaz in Tunisia, watching over the dead and observing the living. In search of love and freedom, Hassan navigates between day...
Doxandem, the dream chasers
Synopsis Back in Gandiol, his hometown in Senegal, after eight years as a migrant in Spain, Mamadou seeks to be a positive force for his community. With help from his wife Laura and ubder the benevolent eye of Yaaye Khadi, Mamadou’s mother, he begins to build and...
All The Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
Bambino and Bawa develop feelings for each other while riding through Lagos to take pictures for a photo competition. Bambino pushes back, unsure of himself, his identity, or what to make of everything. Bawa on the other hand believes that, the fact that he’s feeling...
Mother Just a Smile
Synopsis A deceased mother is not dead; she lives in the blowing wind, in the rising tide of a full moon night. In order to grieve and properly say goodbye to her love ones, Isabel Cardoso 71, decides to share with her late mother, deceased over 30 years earlier,...
Louvri pou mwen
Synopsis LOUVRI POU MWEN, which means "Open for Me" in Haitian Creole is a short film that tells the intimate stories of two young women from neighborhoods at conflict in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the enduring plight for peace despite their own physical and mental...
Kelasi
Synopsis Kelasi is a historical, political and artistic wander around the congolese educationnal system, through years. Tainted by politics will, by the State Party MPR and masses manipulation. With multiple animation techniques, the short film tells through tracking...
Katanga Nation
SynopsisKatanga is a bustling district of Addis Ababa where many locals dream of making it big in the capital. Enkehone, a street vendor from the countryside, lives in Amele Mamo's makeshift hostel. Both are part of this struggling community on the brink of...
Cuba in Africa
Synopsis The dramatic untold story of 420,000 Cubans soldiers and teachers, doctors and nurses who gave everything to end colonial rule and apartheid in Southern Africa. Biography Ethiopian-American filmmaker and educational technology consultant. Founder of RISystems...
Burkina Babes
Synopsis A filmmaker visited Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso and did not only got inspired by the aesthetics of motorbikes and bicycles that gave the city a unique cultural beauty, he also discovers through his lens that there was something appealing...
TSUTSUE
Synopsis Alone in a local landfill site that borders the Atlantic, two fisherman’s sons engage in a friendly game of hide and seek until the youngest of the two stumbles upon a horrific sight: the corpse of a young man washed up along the shore. Believing it to be his...
Trame de Tendresse
Synopsis La routine de la vie quotidienne entre Radia et sa mère engendre un malaise affreux et devient un obstacle majeur pour l’avenir émotionnel de Radia et sa relation avec sa mère. Cette monotonie provoquera donc un clivage imprévu. Biofilmographie La cinéaste et...
Mulika
Synopsis Un 'afronaute' surgit de l’épave d’un vaisseau spatial dans le cratère volcanique du mont Nyiragongo. Alors qu’il descend dans la ville en contrebas, rencontrant les habitants de l’actuel Gomas, il commence à comprendre ce qu’il doit faire pour changer...
Mariam
Synopsis Mariam, drawn face and rebellious look, drives her Peugeot. Ready to take on the world to reclaim the custody of her son, 4 years old, the road ahead of her is not the one she expected. Biography Graduated from the script department of Paris X-Nanterre...
DIMANCHE MATIN
Synopsis Gabriela, une jeune pianiste, s’apprête à jouer à son premier récital majeur. Mais un rêve sur sa défunte mère déstabilise l’esprit et le cœur de Gabriela, mettant en danger sa prestation. A partir d’une série d’étranges rencontres au cours d’une journée,...
KHADIGA
Synopsis Khadiga, 18 ans, vit seule avec son bébé après le départ de son mari pour travailler dans une ville éloignée. Lors d'une journée ordinaire, après avoir terminé ses tâches ménagères, elle se fraye un chemin avec son bébé, dans l'agitation des rues du Caire,...
Mataha
Synopsis A girl in her mid-twenties faces her fears while undergoing a major surgery that will change her entire life forever. Biofilmography Ahmed NADER was born in Alexandria in 1986. In 2017, He directed his first short fiction film "Affability".
Can you see us?
Synopsis The film is about a boy born with Albinism his rejected by his father, and we follow his story of love loss and his rise to stardom. It essentially is a becoming of age story of a boy born with Albinism. What we are hoping for you to see is a feature film I...
African Moot
Synopsis Every year, over a hundred of the brightest law students from across Africa gather in a different capital city to compete at the prestigious African Human Rights Moot Competition. Over the course of one week, these young aspirant lawyers act as both...