PARTNERS
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...
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"...