title: The Law

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

status: Released

overview: Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in love with each other, the two begin an affair, although it would be considered incestuous.

title: Tilai - La legge

overview: Saga torna nel suo villaggio nel Burkina Faso dopo due anni di assenza. Nogma, la ragazza di cui il giovane è innamorato, ricambiato, ha sposato nel frattempo il padre di Saga.

title: The Law

title: Тилай или въпрос на чест

title: Tilaï

overview: Après des mois d’absence, Saga revient dans son village natal et découvre que son ancienne fiancée est devenue la nouvelle femme de son père. Décidé à bafouer les conventions qui font que la jeune femme est désormais sa mère, Saga la séduit et entretient une relation interdite avec elle.

title: Tilaï

overview: Der Film spielt in vorkolonialer afrikanischer Vergangenheit und handelt von einer verbotenen Liebesbeziehung und deren Folgen. Saga kehrt nach längerer Abwesenheit in sein Dorf zurück und muss feststellen, dass sein Vater Nogma Sagas versprochene Braut für sich gewählt hat. Immer noch ineinander verliebt, beginnen die beiden eine Affäre, obwohl dies als inzestuös angesehen werden würde.

title: 蒂莱

overview: 萨伽离家两年，当他回到家乡时，未婚妻诺玛已经被迫嫁给了萨伽的父亲。两人旧情复燃，在村庄里触发了一系列惨烈的变故......

title: 蒂萊

overview: 薩伽離家兩年，當他回到家鄉時，未婚妻諾瑪已經被迫嫁給了薩伽的父親。兩人舊情復燃，在村莊裏觸發了一系列慘烈的變故. . . . . .

title: 掟

character: Saga

type: Cast

character: Nogma

character: Kuilga

character: Kougri

character: Poko

character: Tenga

character: Bore

character: Nomenaba

character: Koudpoko

character: Porgo

character: Maiga

character: Ganame

character: The child

character: Villager

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

job: Original Music Composer

department: Sound

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

job: Producer

department: Production

job: Production Manager

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Assistant Director

job: Executive Producer

job: Writer

department: Writing

original_title: Tilaï

original_language: ff

title: Tilai

country: FR

title: 天问

country: CN

production_countries: BF FR DE CH GB


title: Buud Yam

Buud Yam

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When Pughneere – his adopted sister – becomes ill, the villagers suspect Wend Kuuni. In order to save Pughneere's life (and his own) he must set out on a journey to find a healer. His quest brings him in contact with people around him and is a journey of self-discovery.

title: Buud Yam

character: Wend Kuuni

character: Pughneere

character: Lale

character: Somkeita

character: Aunt

character: Razugu

job: Production Design

department: Art

original_title: Buud Yam


title: God's Gift

overview: In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is. The peddler leaves him with a family in the nearest village. After a search for his parents, the family adopts him, giving him the name Wend Kuuni (God's Gift) and a loving sister with whom he bonds. Wend Kuuni regains his speech only after witnessing a tragic event that prompts him to reveal his own painful history.

title: God's Gift

title: Il dono di Dio

title: Божий дар

overview: В доколониальные времена торговец, пересекший саванну, обнаруживает лежащего без сознания в кустарнике ребенка. Когда мальчик приходит в себя, он не смог объяснить, кто он, так как нем. После обыска его родителей, семья торговца усыновляет его. Вскоре, Венд Кууни начнёт разговаривать после того, как стал свидетелем трагического события, которое побуждает его раскрыть свою историю.

title: O dom de Deus

overview: Em tempos pré-coloniais, um vendedor ambulante, ao cruzar a savana, encontra uma criança inconsciente, deitada no meio do mato. O menino, quando volta a si, está mudo e não consegue explicar quem ele é. O vendedor o deixa com uma família na vila mais próxima. Depois de uma procura pelos seus pais, a família o adota, dando-lhe o nome Wend Kuuni (dom de Deus) e uma irmã amorosa, com quem ele cria laços. A fala de Wend Kuuni só volta quando ele é testemunha de um evento trágico que o leva a revelar sua própria história de dor.

title: Wend Kuuni, le don de Dieu

overview: Un jeune garçon recueilli dans la brousse burkinabée, se lie d’amitié avec sa soeur adoptive et retrouve la parole. Un film de référence qui fait beaucoup pour la renommée du cinéma africain.

title: 上帝的礼物

title: Wênd Kûuni

overview: In de pre-koloniale tijd ontdekt een marskramer die de savanne oversteekt een kind dat bewusteloos in de bush ligt. Als de jongen bijkomt, is hij stom en kan hij niet uitleggen wie hij is. De marskramer laat hem achter bij een gezin in het dichtstbijzijnde dorp. Na een zoektocht naar zijn ouders adopteert de familie hem, waardoor hij de naam Wend Kuuni (Godsgeschenk) krijgt en een liefhebbende zus met wie hij een band heeft. Wend Kuuni hervat zijn toespraak pas nadat hij getuige is geweest van een tragische gebeurtenis die hem ertoe aanzet zijn eigen pijnlijke geschiedenis te onthullen.

character: Wendkouni

character: Pognere

character: Tinga

character: Koudbila

character: Bila

character: Timpoko

character: Razougou

original_title: Wênd Kûuni

title: Le Don de Dieu


title: Open Your Eyes

overview: A beautiful noble Senegalese woman arrives one day in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and creates chaos through the city with her remarkable seductive powers.

title: Open Your Eyes

character: Salif

character: Isa

character: Astou

character: Adé

character: The marabout

character: Bintou

character: Doudou

character: Taximan

job: Sound

job: Sound Mixer

job: Sound Effects

job: Script

department: Crew

job: Makeup Artist

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Key Grip

job: Electrician

department: Lighting

job: Generator Operator

job: Props

job: Dresser

job: Set Designer

job: Story

job: Story Consultant

job: Assistant Camera

job: Assistant Script

job: Sound Assistant

job: Assistant Electrician

job: Assistant Grip

job: Assistant Editor


title: The Wedding Ring

name: AFFNZ 2017 The Wedding Ring Zin'naariyâ! trailer | Niger | Rahmatou Keïta

Official Teaser

type: Teaser

overview: Recently returned to her home in the Sultanate of Zinder after completing her degree abroad, a young woman suffering from the pain of a lost love finds renewal while awaiting the mystical promise of a new moon.

title: The Wedding Ring

title: The Wedding Ring

title: Zin'naariyâ!

title: Zin'naariyâ!

character: Sandor

job: Executive Producer

job: Producer

job: Production Manager

job: Editor

job: Music

job: Set Decoration

job: Director

job: Director of Photography

job: Writer

original_title: Zin'naariyâ!

production_countries: BF FR NE


title: Nafi's Father

overview: Tokara wants to marry his cousin, the beautiful Nafi, bringing their fathers into conflict with one another. The youngest brother is a clergyman, while the other is a candidate for Mayor of the small town in Senegal. The struggle seems to be all about the children, but gradually it transpires that the children are pawns in a bitter dispute. Can their family ties help them overcome these ideological differences?

title: Nafi's Father

title: Le Père de Nafi

overview: Dans une petite ville du Sénégal, deux frères s’opposent à propos du mariage de leurs enfants. Deux visions du monde s’affrontent, l’une modérée, l’autre radicale. Les jeunes Nafi et Tokara rêvent, eux, de partir étudier à Dakar, la capitale, et de vivre avec leur époque. A la manière d’une tragédie, et alors que s’impose la menace extrémiste, les amoureux doivent trouver un chemin pour s’émanciper des conflits des adultes.

title: 나피스 파더

overview: 세네갈의 한 작은 마을, 종교 지도자인 티에르노는 이슬람 극단 세력을 등에 업고 부자가 되어 돌아온 형 우스만에게서 사돈 제의를 받는다. 티에르노의 외동딸 나피와 우스만의 아들의 결혼은 일사천리로 진행되지만, 우스만은 이슬람 극단세력이 마을을 장악하도록 음모를 꾸미고, 티에르노는 필사적으로 저항한다.

title: 纳菲的父亲

overview: 塞内加尔的偏僻小镇上，青年纳菲的婚事引发了意外纷争。新郎父亲提尔诺在两大派系的争执间左右为难，艰难权衡作为父亲与领袖的双重身份。这场由于理念相阻发生的激斗事件愈演愈烈，逐渐走向不可追的极端。影片的清冷色调和沉静运镜极为写实地展现了暗流涌动的时刻。

title: Отец Нафи

overview: Противостояние Имама и его могущественного брата приводит к тому, что маленькая община начинает медленно склонятся к экстремизму.

title: El padre de Nafi

overview: En un pequeño pueblo de Senegal, dos hermanos se enfrentan por el matrimonio de sus hijos. Dos visiones del mundo chocan, una moderada, la otra radical. Los jóvenes Nafi y Tokara sueñan con ir a estudiar a Dakar, la capital, y convivir con su época. Como una tragedia, y mientras la amenaza extremista se impone, los amantes deben encontrar la forma de emanciparse de los conflictos de los adultos.

title: Baamum Nafi

overview: Zwei Brüder streiten sich um die Hochzeit ihrer Kinder. Tiernos Rolle als Vater und seine Verantwortung als spiritueller Führer stehen im Widerspruch.

title: 納菲的父親

overview: 塞內加爾的偏僻小鎮上，青年納菲的婚事引發了意外紛爭。新郎父親提爾諾在兩大派系的爭執間左右為難，艱難權衡作為父親與領袖的雙重身份。這場由於理念相阻發生的激鬥事件癒演癒烈，逐漸走向不可追的極端。影片的清冷色調和沉靜運鏡極為寫實地展現了暗流涌動的時刻。

character: Tierno

character: Nafi

character: Ousmane

character: Rakia

character: Tokara

character: Alfa

character: Binta

character: Ogo

character: Demba

character: Abda (Bilal)

character: Mama

character: Le maire

character: Bassa

character: Munzir

job: Sound Mixer

job: Sound Editor

job: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

job: Associate Producer

job: Supervising Sound Editor

job: Line Producer

job: Screenplay

job: Costume Design

original_title: Baamum Nafi


title: Astel

overview: While helping tend her family’s herd of cows in a northern region of Senegal, a 13-year-old girl faces changes that threaten her tight bond with her father in this vividly realized directorial debut by screenwriter and filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy.

title: Astel

title: Astel

overview: Au Sénégal, en octobre, après la saison des pluies, Astel, treize ans, accompagne son père dans la brousse pour faire paître leur troupeau de vaches.

title: Astel

title: Astel

overview: Mientras ayuda a cuidar el rebaño de vacas de su familia en una región del norte de Senegal, una niña de 13 años enfrenta cambios que amenazan su estrecho vínculo con su padre.

character: Astel

character: Le père

character: Le jeune berger

character: La mère

character: Le petit frère

job: Production Director

original_title: Astel

production_countries: FR SN


title: Banel & Adama

name: Storytelling & Love Q&A | Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy | With Savanah Leaf

type: Featurette

name: Five Questions with Ramata Toulaye-Sy (Banel & Adama)

name: Mark Kermode reviews Banel & Adama (2023) | BFI Player

name: Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy on Banel & Adama | BFI Q&A

overview: Chaos ensues shortly after a young man in a remote village in northern Senegal refuses to accept his role as the new village chief.

title: Banel e Adama

overview: Banel et Adama s’aiment. Ils vivent dans un village éloigné au Nord du Sénégal. Du monde, ils ne connaissent que ça, en dehors, rien n’existe. Mais l’amour absolu qui les unit va se heurter aux conventions de la communauté. Car là où ils vivent, il n’y a pas de place pour les passions, et encore moins pour le chaos.

title: Banel & Adama

title: Banel e Adama

title: 바넬과 아다마

overview: 세네갈의 어느 마을, 젊은 남녀 바넬과 아다마는 맹렬히 사랑에 빠졌습니다. 서로가 아닌 다른 것은 그들에게 존재하지 않죠. 하지만 둘의 사랑은 전통을 강요하는 마을의 관습과 충돌합니다. 결국 마을을 떠나기로 약속한 두 사람. 알라가 이끄는 운명의 길 앞에서 바넬과 아다마는 이 완벽한 사랑을 끝까지 지켜낼 수 있을까요? 이 신비로운 이야기의 주인공은 ‘바넬과 아다마’.

title: 我要我們在一起

overview: 青青草原上，粉紅領巾隨著陣陣徐風飄揚，班內與阿達瑪這對年輕夫妻，趁著牧牛享受獨處時光，即便太陽炙熱又刺眼，但在戀人眼裡只要映著彼此臉龐，就仍是朦朧美好。阿達瑪拒絕世襲接任首領，班內對生育沒興趣，兩人不願依循傳統規範，夢想在村落外擁有屬於自己的房子。當雨季延遲、乾旱降臨，牛隻相繼死去，人們議論紛紛是否違背天意，他們的愛情將面臨一場風暴來襲。

title: 贝内尔和阿达玛

title: Banel & Adama

overview: Het noodlot slaat toe wanneer de echtgenoot van Banel in een put valt en overlijdt. Volgens de tradities moet diens broer, Adama, zijn plaats innemen. Voor Banel is dit een welkome wending, want van jongs af aan is zij verliefd op Adama. Naarmate de twee steeds onafscheidelijker worden, begint Adama zijn plichten als dorpshoofd te verzaken. De geliefden dromen ervan om hun leven in het dorp achter zich te laten en zich in een verlaten huis buiten het dorp te vestigen. Maar wanneer een periode van extreme droogte aanbreekt, slaat de stemming onder de dorpsbewoners om en worden hun plannen gedwarsboomd.

title: 巫雨戀曲

overview: 一對命中註定的戀人，生活在塞內加爾北部村落，紅色頸巾牽紅線，在燦爛陽光下，他們享受着放牧時的共處時光。眼中只有愛，別無其他，有情人終成眷屬，這是最好的時候，卻也可能是風暴前夕。男的拒絕接任族中首領，女的未想生兒育女，只想自建安樂窩雙棲雙宿，不理習俗規條。然而大旱來臨，村民紛紛歸咎這對小夫妻違背天命。哈瑪達圖蕾希首部長片，透過如詩似畫的攝影，刻劃愛情轟烈，尤其是女性對命運的反抗。代表塞內加爾角逐奧斯卡最佳國際電影。

title: Banel i Adama

overview: Młoda para mieszkająca w odległym Senegalu staje w obliczu nowego wyzwania, gdy ich wioskę nawiedza susza.

title: Banel & Adama

overview: En Banel i l'Adama estan bojament enamorats. Aquest jove matrimoni viu en un remot llogaret del nord del Senegal. Per a ells no existeix res més. No obstant això, el seu perfecte amor etern xoca amb els costums de la seva comunitat. Perquè en aquest món no hi ha lloc per a la passió, i molt menys per al caos.

title: Hvisken i støvet

overview: Filmen 'Hvisken i støvet' er Senegals officielle Oscar-bidrag.  Handlingen udspiller sig i en lille landsby i det nordlige Senegal, hvor det unge par, Banel og Adama, lever i samhørighed.  Hvis Banel fik lov at bestemme, ville de være fuldstændig uadskillelige. Men Adama står foran vigtige beslutninger.  Hidtil har han standhaftigt nægtet at følge i sin ældre brors fodspor som leder af landsbyen, men da alvorlig tørke, sygdom og død rammer deres samfund, begynder Adama at tvivle. Er det i virkeligheden hans svigt, der forårsagede vanskelighederne?  Tvivlen driver en kile ned mellem de unge elskende og bringer Banel endnu mere på kant med resten af landsbyen. Kærligheden driver hende snart videre ud i vanvid og desperation.  Filmen var nomineret til Guldpalmen på Cannes-festivalen i 2023.

title: Μπανέλ & Άνταμα

overview: Σε ένα απομακρυσμένο χωριό στη βόρεια Σενεγάλη ένα νεαρό παντρεμένο ζευγάρι ζει τον έρωτά του. Ωστόσο η τέλεια αγάπη τους βρίσκεται σε τροχιά σύγκρουσης με τα έθιμα της κοινότητάς τους, ειδικά σε μια περίοδο παρατεταμένης ξηρασίας που αναζωπυρώνει ζήλιες, έριδες και δεισιδαιμονίες.

title: Banel & Adama

overview: Banel e Adama estão apaixonados. O jovem casal vive em uma aldeia remota no norte do Senegal. Para eles, nada mais importa. No entanto, seu amor eterno e perfeito entra em rota de colisão com os costumes da comunidade. Neste mundo não há espaço para a paixão, muito menos para o caos.

title: Banel e Adama

overview: Una joven pareja en Senegal debe contentarse con la desaprobación de su remota aldea.

title: Banel e Adama

overview: Banel liebt Adama und Adama liebt Banel. Die beiden leben im Norden Senegals und sehnen sich unter gleissender Sonne nach einem eigenen Zuhause, weg von Familie und sozialen Verpflichtungen. Doch dann bleibt der Regen aus. Ramata-Toulaye Sy hat mit ihrem visuell betörenden Erstling ein wahres Bijou gestaltet und es gleich in den Wettbewerb von Cannes geschafft.

title: Banel y Adama

overview: Banel y Adama están locamente enamorados. Este joven matrimonio vive en una remota aldea del norte de Senegal. Para ellos no existe nada más. Sin embargo, su perfecto amor eterno choca con las costumbres de su comunidad. Porque en este mundo no hay lugar para la pasión, y mucho menos para el caos.

title: Banel și Adama

overview: Banel și Adama locuiesc într-un orășel izolat din Senegal și sunt foarte îndrăgostiți. Ei își doresc propria casă, departe de familiile lor.

character: Banel

character: Adama

character: Adama’s Mother

character: Racine

character: Coudy

character: Abou Dia

character: Malik

character: Uncle #1

character: Uncle #2

character: Djibril

character: Omar

character: Marie

job: Visual Effects

department: Visual Effects

job: Co-Producer

job: Producer

job: Casting

job: Production Design

job: Post Production Supervisor

title: BANEL E ADAMA

title: 我要我們在一起


title: Sisterhood

overview: Twin sisters Husai and Hassi want to leave Sierra Leone to look for work in the Middle East, so they can lift their parents out of poverty. They haven’t always been as united as they are now. Husai grew up with her aunt and was the more enterprising of the two—she’s already had some misadventures abroad. When she got pregnant, unmarried, her family was outraged. Now their taciturn father supports their plan to emigrate, but their mother is opposed to the decision. However, the sisters are in no mood to change their minds.

title: Sisterhood

title: Sisterhood

overview: De tweelingzussen Husai en Hassi willen Sierra Leone verlaten om in het Midden-Oosten werk te zoeken en zo hun ouders uit de armoede te halen. Ze zijn niet altijd zo eensgezind geweest als nu. Husai groeide op bij haar tante en was de meest ondernemende van de twee – ze heeft al de nodige avonturen in het buitenland beleefd. Toen ze ongehuwd zwanger raakte, was haar familie woedend. Nu steunt hun zwijgzame vader hun emigratieplan, maar hun moeder is ertegen. De zussen zijn echter niet van plan van gedachten te veranderen.

job: Director

original_title: Sisterhood

production_countries: SL ZA


title: A Golden Life

overview: In Burkina Faso, young men look under the earth for gold – and a better future. As a result, 16-year-old Rasmané barely seems like a teenager any more. This mainly observational film follows him into the 100-metre abyss of small-scale mining.

title: A Golden Life

title: Or de vie

overview: Au Burkina Faso, dans le site d’orpaillage de Bantara, Rasmané, 16 ans, descend à plus de 100 mètres de profondeur dans des mines artisanales pour extraire de l’or. Angoissé par les accidents, Rasmané trace son chemin dans ce monde d’adulte féroce dans l’espoir de s’émanciper…

job: Sound Designer

job: Director of Photography

job: Editor

job: Sound

job: Assistant Director

original_title: Or de vie

production_countries: BJ BF FR


title: Demba

overview: 55-year-old Demba is about to retire after 30 years of service at the city hall in his small town in Northern Senegal. That hot summer, as the 2-year anniversary of his wife’s passing approaches, he realizes he just can’t “shake it off.” As his mental health deteriorates, he discovers a new connection with his once estranged son.

title: Demba

character: Demba

character: Awa

character: Bajjo

character: Oumy

character: Salam

character: Pekane

character: Rama

character: Mayor

original_title: Demba

production_countries: DE QA SN


title: Goufdé

status: PostProduction

title: Goufdé

overview: Dans la communauté peulh, il existe une coutume qui permet de se marier sans payer de dot ni de fête, c'est le goufdé. Le fiancé enlève sa promise et ne la libère qu'après que le mariage a été prononcé, dans les heures qui suivent l'enlèvement. Malheureusement, cette tradition est très régulièrement détournée et dans ce cas, les jeunes filles kidnappées ne connaissent souvent même pas l'homme qui a commandé leur rapt. Goufdé donne la parole aux victimes de ces mariages forcés et questionne la notion de tradition. Comment la remettre en cause dans une société très conservatrice ?

original_title: Goufdé


title: Il Cielo è Perso

title: Il Cielo è Perso

overview: Il rapporto tra due fratelli viene messo alla prova dalla paura quando il loro mondo puro, formato da grandi foreste e acqua cristallina, inizia a deteriorarsi. Si genera quindi un conflitto in cui amore e violenza riescono a coesistere.  Oppressi dall’avvelenamento del loro ecosistema, i due fratelli si muovono incerti, alla ricerca della libertà.

character: Primo Fratello

character: Secondo Fratello

original_title: Il Cielo è Perso


title: Rewo daande Maayo

title: De l'autre côté du fleuve

overview: Chronique de la vie quotidienne dans un village du Fouta Toro, sur la rive mauritanienne du fleuve Sénégal, où le gouvernement a implanté la culture du riz dans une communauté d'origine nomade.

original_title: Rewo daande Maayo


title: Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions

overview: After foiling a plot against the crown, Katanga is named head of the army. Seeking reassurance, he consults a soothsayer who foretells a stark destiny: he will either ascend to the throne as king, or die in the next coup.

title: Katanga: The Dance of the Scorpions

job: Executive Producer

job: Casting Director

job: Makeup & Hair

job: Sound Engineer

job: Original Music Composer

job: Script

job: Colorist

job: Sound Mixer

job: Sound Effects

job: Theatre Play

original_title: Katanga - La danse des scorpions

production_countries: BF SN SE BE


title: The Last Shore

key: KIPmjvarGnc

name: Trailer | La Dernière rive | Jean-François Ravagnan

overview: In January 2017, a video showing a young Gambian man named Pateh Sabally drowning in the waters of Venice’s Grand Canal went viral on social networks. From the shore, passers-by could be heard insulting him, rather than attempting to help. 4,000 kilometres away, the voices and faces of his family tell the story that preceded this tragedy, the story behind the images.

title: The Last Shore

job: Music

job: Producer

original_title: La Dernière rive

production_countries: BE FR QA