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BROTHER AND SISTER
Sèkamè TCHAOU, Benin, 2024 SYNOPSIS Cocou and Fifame, a brother and sister living in the countryside, survive on their harvests. One day, while attempting to steal from a farmer, they discover his wounded and dying body. Cocou suggests taking him to a nearby village...
THE TOTEM
Claver YAMEOGO, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISIt is the rainy season in the savanna. Bouky decides to build a bamboo hut and seeks help from Panga, the squirrel. Near the river, incredible bamboo plants have grown, bringing greenery back to part of the steppe. On their...
THE ADVENTURES OF KADY AND DJUDJU
THE ADVENTURES OF KADY AND DJUDJUYancouba DIEME, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSISKady and Djudju are siblings living in the suburbs of Dakar. One day, on their way back from school, they encounter Latsouk, a mysterious dwarf with great powers who will change their lives...
BEAUTY AND THE SNAKE / LA BELLE ET LE SERPENT
QUENUM AHISSI MIRYAM AKISSI O., Côte d’Ivoire, 2024 SYNOPSISIn a distant village, Akassi, a demanding young girl, marries a perfect man with no scars, unaware that he is actually a serpent spirit. Trapped in a cave after their wedding, she sings for help. Thanks to a...
IN TRANSIT
Samule Tomisin ADERUKU, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS "In Transit" follows my journey from Nigeria to Burkina Faso as an aspiring filmmaker, where I connect with Saada Sincere, a local footballer, and other migrants like Ndiaga, a Senegalese actor, and Mr. Oke, a Yoruba...
HAIR LOVER
Babacar NIANG, Sénégal, [Année] SYNOPSISFanta, Seynabou, Halima, and Jamila are four women connected by blood and friendship. Despite their different life paths, they regularly meet at Fanta’s hair salon, where they share the ups and downs of life—fights, arguments,...
DEBBO
Abdoulahad WONE, Sénégal, [Année] SYNOPSISAfter years of absence, Dr. Zia Baldé returns to Senegal, deeply affected by the tragic loss of her sister Kalsoum, a victim of domestic violence. To give her life new meaning, she opens a support center for abused women....
CICATRICES
Anurin Nwunembom, Cameroun, 2024 SYNOPSISThe pain of the ritual of female genital mutilation drives a young girl to flee her village. Her escape enrages Bakosso, the village chief, who seeks to punish her, but her mother fiercely opposes him. This confrontation...
CHALLENGE
Adama ROAMBA, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSISA group of students from various social backgrounds anxiously await the results of their Brevet d’Études exam—some with fear, others with indifference. This moment not only determines their academic progress but also marks the...
WELCOME TO KIKIDENI
Aminata Diallo-Glez / Éric Hervé Lengani, Burkina Faso, 2023 SYNOPSISAt the edge of an African savanna, a modest village navigates its daily struggles, torn between traditional chieftaincy and revealed religions, between machismo and feminism, between hardships and...
Ankara, l’Héritage des Nanas Benz
SITOU Ayité, Togo, Année SYNOPSISRuth Lawson, a young and talented aspiring fashion designer, dreams of making a name for herself in the fashion industry. Driven by a desire for freedom and personal fulfillment, she faces strong opposition from her mother, Da Yovo....
MINIMALS IN A TITANIC WORLD – UN MONDE TITANIC
Mbabazi Sharangabo Philbert Aimé, Cameroun/Allemagne/ Rwanda, 2025 SYNOPSIS Upon her release from a detention center, Anita, a dancer and aspiring songstress with anger management issues, finds out that Serge, her reclusive boyfriend, has suddenly died. Through the...
2G
Karim Sayad, Algérie, 2023SYNOPSISAgadez, 2021. Following the ban of unlawful migrants transportation by the Niger government, four former smugglers struggle to make a living. Facing the lack of perspectives, Ibrahim, Abdelsalam, Daouda and El Bak embark on a journey...
THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS
The Agbajowo collective (Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Atinkpo Segun Elijah, Edukpo Tina, James Tayler, Mathew Cerf, Okechukwu Samuel, Ogungbamila Temitope), Nigeria /Afrique du Sud / Allemagne / USA, 2024 Nigeria SYNOPSIS Jawu lives in one of the floating...
A VERY LONG LETTER
Angèle Diabang, Senegal, 2024 SYNOPSISRamatoulaye, a 50-year-old teacher, has been married to lawyer Modou Fall for 25 years. The couple shares a deep bond and enjoys a happy life with their four children. However, when her husband takes a second wife—her daughter’s...
WARASSA, THE HERITAGE
Aaron Padacké Zégoubé, Chad, 2024 SYNOPSIS:SABOURA, 18, is the eldest daughter of a former military officer and a civil servant. She has a younger brother, MANDOUH, who is four years her junior. SABOURA and MANDOUH share a strong bond and are very close. Both were...
A NIGHT SO LONG
Delphine YERBANGA, Burkina Faso, 2024 SYNOPSIS:The film depicts a night of horror in a West African city. That night, Alex, a thief, was waiting for the right moment to break into a house. Peering through the window, he observed the occupants—Stéphane and Aline, a...
PHIONA, UMUKOBWA UVUYE I MADRID – PHIONA, THE GIRL FROM MADRID
Mutiganda wa Nkunda, Rwanda, Benin, Saudi Arabia, 2023 SYNOPSIS:Kigali, June 2020. It has been a few days since Phiona returned from Madrid—a metaphorical city where she was cut off from the outside world for three years. After a day filled with friendly conversations...
NAIL’S MAN
Twana Sheriya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2023 SYNOPSISKUWA JIBIKA has just been fired, but he doesn’t dare tell his partner, Nella. Every morning, he pretends to go to work, making her believe that he is still employed by “the Lebanese.” One day, he meets...
MOUGHA YOUCHKED – MORA IS HERE
Khalid Zairi, Morocco, 2023 SYNOPSISIn the 1950s, faced with the coal crisis, Charbonnages de France turned to Felix Mora, a former officer of Indigenous Affairs in Morocco, to recruit Moroccan laborers. Mora was tasked with finding an illiterate, submissive, and...