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Synopsis Following a telephone message in an African dialect, 50-year-old Diane calls for the services of a young Gabonese prostitute for a special occasion. Biofilmographie/Biofilmography After learning some basics of cinema at Saint Sernin High School in Toulouse,...

Synopsis A filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father's secret; a second family throughout the last 30...

Synopsis 2020 in Senegal. The young president of barristers in Dakar presents new elements to the Supreme Court to review the famous “17 December 1962 Coup” trial. In the dock are Council President Mamadou Dia and four ministers including Valdiodio N'Diaye. This...

Synopsis Karisa’s Grandma, Margaret, is a respected elder of her church, and spends her days cultivating her fields to feed her family. Karisa's uncles claim that Grandma is worshipping the devil, and demand she be exorcised by their Pentecostal priests. Karisa’s...

Synopsis When her mother had a bad dream, Nesrine travelled from Cairo to Tima, her home town in Upper Egypt in an attempt to save their old house. The filmmaker takes on a journey between two worlds that belong to none. She struggles with the idea of selling the...

Synopsis When his hair salon is destroyed by the municipality, Romeo has to leave the main street of Tamatave for the popular neighbourhoods. He then settles in a small shack, but dreams of building a hair salon in “hard material”. Biofilmographie/Biofilmography...

Synopsis Houlaye, 12 years-old, lives in a village in Tatis, Niger. She walks for several kilometers every day to fetch water. It is abundant during rainy season, but not found during the dry season. However, two hundred meters below the surface, there is a water...

Synopsis André and Albert are two Aka young pygmies from Mongoumba, near the border between Congo and DRC. Despite their financial difficulties and the stigma they suffer in high school, they strive to study and catch up with the other students. They also have a...

Synopsis At the gates of the Sahel stands the Maison du Migrant like a refuge for those on their way to or from Europe. Here, they face their own migration stories. What do we feel, what do we need, when our dreams have been buried in the sand or awaiting to come...

Synopsis A flop in India and worldwide, Bollywood film of the 70s “Janitou” turned out to be a blockbuster in the 80s in Algeria where it holds an important place in the collective memory of Algerians. This documentary film takes us on a journey into the souls of...

Synopsis In a popular neighbourhood of Bobo-Dioulasso, Mrs. Coda welcomes every evening the children of prostitutes in her home. These young women wander around the “Black”, a very lively alley of the city centre, until dawn when they come back to pick up their...

Synopsis Ethiopian legend has it that khat, a stimulant leaf was found by Sufi Imams in search of eternity. Inspired by this myth, Faya Dayi is a spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar immersed in the rituals of khat, a green leaf that Sufi Muslims chewed for...

Synopsis Who was Frantz Fanon and what is his present legacy? Psychiatrist, decolonization activist, author of the book Les damnés de la terre, Fanon died in December 1961, but his thoughts still irrigate many battlegrounds across the world. How is the thinker and man...

Synopsis For twenty years, the victims of the Six Day War in Kisangani, DRC, have been fighting for recognition of the conflict, condemnation of the belligerents and financial compensations. Appalled by the indifference of their rulers, they decide to embark on a...

Synopsis After years of separation, the filmmaker renews her relationship with her mother, Aïcha, now suffering from Alzheimer's. From Brussels to Tangiers, the odyssey of a family marked by exile is evoked through discretion and confession, pain, separation, grief,...

Dans le village d'Iyi, les villageois vénèrent la divinité sirène MAMI WATA et se tournent vers leur guérisseuse MAMA EFE, l'intermédiaire entre eux et Mami Wata, ainsi que la fille de Mama Efe, ZINWE, et sa protégée, PRISCA. Lorsque les enfants commencent à mourir et...

My name is Patience Esiawonam Adisenu. I have a BFA in Television Production (Documentary) from the National Film and Television Institute, Ghana. I am a Content Producer, Writer and Social Activist. I am drawn to the uniqueness of stories especially from Africa and...

Synopsis Zalissa, 11-year-old girl in 5th year of primary school, sells peanuts in the evening in the neighbourhood to help her family living in precarious conditions. Her life is turned upside down when she starts dreaming of another life, to be someone other than...

Synopsis Indolent young people, most of whom are unsuccessful candidates for exile, are adding up to the ranks of gangs that spread violence in Zinder, Niger. Sinia Boy, Bawo and Ramsess are the characters who take me into this universe at the heart of trafficking. I...