PARTNERS
THE SUNFLOWERS OF THE MOON
Ismail Louati, Tunisia SYNOPSIS In 2001, in the red-light district of Tunis, Hayet is born. Her mother is stabbed to death on the very bed where she has just given birth. Hayet is raised by Kmar, a sex worker, and Fatma, a madam. She grows up confined within the...
SAMIYA, LA SAISON DES AMOURS
Ousmane Diagana, Mauritania, 2024 SYNOPSIS Bamby, an 18-year-old girl, arrives in the Sahelian village of Teremissi to celebrate her wedding during the Samiya, the “season of love,” a traditional festival marking fertility and renewal after abundant rains. However,...
RETURN WITHOUT THE COMPASS
Onésiphore M. ADONAI, Bénin, 2024 SYNOPSIS Ismaël, a 20-year-old nomadic Nigerien shepherd, lives with his father Abou in the village of Yokon, in southern Benin, where their cows find green pastures. Their daily life is peaceful, punctuated by the care that Ismaël...
RAP DE LA FORÊT
Ralff Therance LHYNNIAN, Congo, 2024 - Dates SYNOPSIS Clément, a young Aka pygmy from Likouala, a remote region in northern Congo, discovered rap during a trip to Brazzaville, the capital. Fascinated by this urban music, he returned to his village with a dream: to...
NDATTE YALLA
Fatou Kandé ESNGHOR, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSIS On March 7, 1820, young Ndaté Yalla and her elder sister, Ndieumbeut, witness a tragic event: their mother, Linguère Fati Yamar, along with the women of Nder, choose self-immolation rather than being captured during a...
MÉLODIE MUETTE
Hawa Sogoba, Mali, 2024 SYNOPSISIn the city of LadiK, oppressed for a decade by jihadists, artistic freedom is suffocated. Yelen, a young griotte, dreams of pursuing her musical passion in the free part of the city. Her mute friend, Bintou, communicates with her...
LE FESTIN DE L’AUBE
Yoro Lidel Niang, 2024 SYNOPSISLieutenants Louis Boukinda and Hervé Envame, from the gendarmerie, are investigating a series of murders of women, all found with venomous snake bites. Meanwhile, Captains Pierre Koumba and Jacqueline Owoula, from the police, are tasked...
EN ATTENDANT LA RÉCOLTE
Sagou Banou, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISTimba, 14 years old, flees his village devastated by a terrorist attack with his mother Hallis and his sister Nafi, following the mysterious disappearance of his father, Kayara, a man marginalized by his own people. Seeking...
CLAUDE
NARCISSE WANDJI; CAMEROUNSYNOPSISMother and widow, Claude is a hairdresser in Yaoundé and lives alone with Petho, her 12-year-old son. One morning, she could no longer find the five hundred thousand francs offered by her tontine for the little hairdressing salon she...
A WOMAN AT KOSYAM / UNE FEMME À KOSYAM
Serge Armel SAWADOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISIn one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, Suzanne, a discreet 50-year-old businesswoman, has just been elected as the first female president of the nation. Shortly after the elections, a massive oil...
WHITE GOLD / OR BLANC
Johanna BOYER-DILOLO & Clément BOYER-DILOLO, Côte d’Ivoire, 2023 SYNOPSISOr Blanc is an Ivorian television series set in Man, a city in western Côte d’Ivoire. The town is shaken by the disappearance of a young boy, followed by a series of ritual murders. A police...
NIABLA
Alex OGOU, Côte d’Ivoire, 2023 SYNOPSISAfter losing the last member of her family, SIA, a 28-year-old Franco-Ivorian, is contacted by ADJOUA, a woman from Abidjan claiming to be her half-sister. For 20 years, Sia believed she was dead. Shocked by the revelation, she...
MONKAN
MONKANNarcisse WANDJI, Cameroon, 2024 SYNOPSISMonkam is an exemplary pastor whose only son, a promising football player, collapses during a match. Diagnosed with a serious heart condition, he urgently needs a transplant, but the operation is far too expensive for...
THE RUNNERS AND THE WHISTLERS
Nadine Otsobogo, Gabon, 2024 SYNOPSISIn Libreville, a high-security bank equipped with electronic surveillance is robbed. The aftermath: eight security guards dead and an empty vault. Strangely, the surveillance cameras recorded nothing. Fearing the case could turn...
TIMPI TAMPA
Adama Bineta SOW, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSIS Khalilou, a young student who, after his mother contracts cancer linked to depigmentation, decides to denounce dangerous beauty standards. To do this, he disguises himself as Leila and participates in the "Miss Students"...
Charles Ornel – “You Will Hate to Love Me”
Kismath Baguiri, Côte d’Ivoire, 2024 BIOFILMOGRAPHYOriginally from Benin, Kismath Baguiri was born on April 30, 1994. Her film Suru won the “Audience Award” at the “Vues d’Afrique” Festival in April 2020 in Montreal, Canada. This 26-minute short film focuses on the...
AFTER THE LONG RAINS
Damien Hauser, Suisse, 2023 SYNOPSIS Ten year old Aisha is given a school assignment to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is taking over their parents‘ businesses and professions, but she has bigger dreams. She wants to...
THE STATUES ALSO LIVE
Romain Fianu, France, 2023 SYNOPSISWhat if African statues in French museums could speak? What if middle school students from Seine-Saint-Denis, with African immigrant backgrounds, voiced their thoughts on the restitution of African heritage to Africa?...
Le Génie
Enricka M.H, Martinique, 2024 SYNOPSIS English: Adam and Lina are brother and sister, but they fight like cats and dogs. One day, Lina purposely escapes her older brother's supervision. He goes looking for her in the city and finds her with a strange man named Seydou,...
LA KREME
Magaye GAYE, Mamadou Lmaine DIOP, Mariama Lindor DIOP, Elwis FATON, Mame Faty DIOP, Sénégal, 2024 SYNOPSISSamba, an 8-year-old boy, lives on the streets of Dakar, surviving through small thefts and odd jobs. One day, he becomes fascinated by ice cream, something he...