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Half Heaven
Enah Johnscott, Cameroon, 2023 SYNOPSIS Kizito, a selfish and legalistic preacher, is sent on a one-month journey to Mboko, a feared and atheist ghetto, to validate his eligibility for ordination. During his stay, he is saved and assisted by Bisona, an infamous...
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
Mohamed Ben Attia, Tunisia, 2023 SYNOPSIS Rafik, an ordinary-looking man, seemed to have everything in life. That was until he was sentenced to four years in prison for an unexplained outburst of madness that left those around him bewildered. Upon his release, he...
LE PERE PROBABLEMENT
Tayib Tolba et Sidi Mohamed Tolba, Mauritanie, 2024 SYNOPSIS We don't know much about our girl. We don't even know her name. She is involved in an accident that is not confirmed by witnesses, therefore her parents, especially the father, deal with the situation in a...
L’AUDITION
Kayaba Anaïs Irma KERE, Burkina Faso, 2024 Synopsis Deborah, a young autistic woman with a passion for music, harbors the dream of later becoming a great singer. In order to achieve his goal, he must overcome his fears of being confronted with the outside world which...
Les Murmures
Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda, 2024 SYNOPSIS The inner turmoil of an imprisoned man. This film immerses the audience in the emotional and psychological states of a prisoner. Through dance, he attempts to transform his surrounding reality as he awaits his release and...
FATOW / THE MADMEN
Fousseyni MAIGA, Mali, 2024 SYNOPSIS Culture is, by essence, the alpha and omega of all development. It serves as the foundation for identity formation and social advocacy. For a society, culture is as vital as the heart to the human body. The director’s goal is to...
ABO ZAABAL 89
Bassam Mortada, Egypte, 2024 SYNOPSIS Bassam Mortada was five years old when he first visited father Mahmoud in the notorious Abo Zaabal prison. With the police raid still fresh in his mind, his experience was dominated by incomprehension. But in the years that...
NI CHAINES NI MAITRES
Simon MOUTAÏROU, Benin, 2024 SYNOPSIS The island of Mauritius is under French rule. Massamba and Mati, enslaved on Eugène Larcenet’s plantation, live in constant fear. Massamba dreams of securing his daughter’s freedom, while Mati longs to escape the green hell of the...
L’Histoire de Souleymane
Boris Lojkine, France, 2024 SYNOPSIS As he cycles through the streets of Paris delivering food, Souleymane rehearses his story. In two days, he must face his asylum interview, the crucial step to obtaining legal residency. But Souleymane is not ready. BIOFILMOGRAPHY...
Dans la peau
Pascal Tessaud, France, 2024 SYNOPSIS Returning to the northern districts of Marseille, Kaleem takes a job in construction. He reconnects with his best friend Rachad, who wants to hire him as a manager in his new sports center. While training intensively in Krump,...
DINGAM
Richade GAMI ASTOIGUETchad, 2024 SYNOPSIS DINGAM, a 12-year-old deaf-mute boy living in Doba, Chad, possesses a unique gift: the ability to draw and predict the future. His father, NGAR, secures a job at a Russian company, but this opportunity triggers a dark cycle of...
THE THIRD GÉLÉ
John Oluwole ADEKOJE, Nigeria SYNOPSIS During a thrilling journey across the vibrant landscapes of Africa, The Third Gélé follows an extraordinary league of Pan-African women, the AJUMOSE, whose mission is to find their third crown. Led by IYA, a 400-year-old Yoruba...
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...