title: Cabascabo

status: Released

overview: Cabascabo, a veteran of the French colonial army in Indochina, returns to his home town in Niger, acclaimed by friends and relatives. In fragmented flash-backs, he tells the story of his adventure and the battles in that distant land.

title: Cabascabo

character: Cabascabo

type: Cast

character: Hawa

job: Writer

department: Writing

type: Crew

job: Director

department: Directing

original_title: Cabascabo

original_language: ha

production_countries: NE FR


title: The Fruitless Tree

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

The Fruitless Tree - Trailer

site: Vimeo

type: Trailer

overview: There is certainly some pressure to procreate in Western societies, but in some countries, it’s not even a question of choice. Married but childless, director Aicha Macky’s circumstance is judged unacceptable in her native Niger. Doctors haven’t been able to determine why she can’t conceive, but in her conservative Muslim society, women are always getting blamed for infertility, while men are rarely diagnosed. Speaking to her departed mother who died in childbirth, she expresses her deep sadness: “By giving life, you lost yours, whereas I’m dying a slow death by not being able to give life.” Drawing from her personal experience, Macky bravely addresses the taboo of childlessness and the stigma Nigerien women like her must endure. Through delicate, exquisitely shot portraits, and sensitive observation of other women’s secret suffering, she finds a way to affirm herself as a fulfilled individual among mothers.

title: The Fruitless Tree

title: L'arbre sans fruit

overview: Documentaire évoquant le problème de l'infertilité au Niger, L'Arbre sans fruit raconte, à travers l'expérience de la réalisatrice elle-même, le combat de ces femmes exclues socialement.

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Cinematography

department: Crew

job: Producer

department: Production

original_title: L'arbre sans fruit


title: Shaihu Umar

overview: Set in northern Nigeria towards the end of the 19th century, Shaihu Umar begins with a discussion between Islamic students and their renowned teacher, the wise man Shaihu Umar. Asked about his origins, Umar begins to tell his story: he comes from a modest background and is separated from his mother after his father dies and his stepfather is banished. His subsequent trials and tribulations are marked by slavery, and he is put to any number of tests until he finally becomes the adopted son of his Arabic master Abdulkarim. He attends Quranic school and is made an imam upon reaching adulthood. Following a particular dream, he resolves to search for his mother.

title: Shaihu Umar

title: Shaihu Umar

character: Shaihu Umar

character: Fatima

character: Umar (3 years up)

character: Makau

character: Abdulkarim

character: Kaka

original_title: Shaihu Umar

title: Shehu Umar

country: NG


title: Zerzura

overview: Zerzura is a feature-length ethnofiction shot in the Sahara desert. Mixing folktales and documentary, the film follows a young man from Niger who leaves home in search of an enchanted oasis.

title: Zerzura

overview: Suivant les traces de son frère, un jeune homme traverse le désert à la recherche de l'oasis mythique de Zerzura.

title: Zerzura

character: Oncle

character: Mère

character: Habiba

character: Ahmoudou

character: Man in hole

character: Bandit #2

character: Bandit #1

job: Screenplay

job: Co-Producer

job: Sound Designer

department: Sound

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Zerzura

production_countries: NE US


title: Tatsuniya II

overview: A group of students at the Shehu Sanda Kyarimi school in Maiduguri, Nigeria develops surreal tableaus using children’s games, poetry, and exercises from a physical education book for secondary school students.

title: Tatsuniya II

job: Sound

original_title: Tatsuniya II


title: The Milkmaid

THE MILKMAID TRAILER

site: YouTube

overview: A Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Sub-Saharan Africa in a quest to locate her missing sister, but efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated.

title: The Milkmaid

character: Zainab

character: Haruna

character: Aisha(as Nieta Kalunta)

character: Tanko

character: Garba

character: Abu Nasiru

character: Mallam Farooq

character: Hauwa

character: Dangana

original_title: The Milkmaid


title: R

overview: The idea for the project “Reykjavik Butterflies” was originally to create a narrative based film about art groups in Reykjavik. There were many artists that took part in this project, like musicians, street performers, illustrators, designers and filmmakers. They were alway presenting and performing new things every week. The most known art group was the street theater (“Götuleikhúsið”), like always their performance was impressive. Many artists that participated in the project are musicians. I chose three of them and used their music in the film. When I was halfway through filming, the idea changed into an experimental film. I decided to try to combine all of my filming and editing styles. I also experimented with new styles that I have never used before.

title: R

title: R

original_title: R


title: Blood and Henna

overview: 2012 Nigerian film directed by Kenneth Gyang, starring Ali Nuhu, Sadiq Sani Sadiq and Nafisat Abdullahi that received 6 nominations at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards, and won the award for Best Costume Design. The film narrates the ordeal of the 1996 Pfizer Clinical Test in Kano, Nigeria.

title: Blood and Henna

original_title: Blood and Henna


title: Marked

overview: This documentary explores Nigeria's cultural practice of marking, including its origins and meaning as a symbol of identity, beauty and spirituality.

title: Marked

title: Nos marques tribales

overview: Ce documentaire s'intéresse à la pratique de la scarification au Nigéria, de son origine à sa signification en tant que symbole d'identité, de beauté et de spiritualité.

title: Marked

overview: Deze documentaire onderzoekt Nigeria's culturele praktijk van het merken, inclusief de oorsprong en betekenis ervan als een symbool van identiteit, schoonheid en spiritualiteit.

title: Marcados: Tradições da Nigéria

overview: Este documentário explora a prática cultural nigeriana da escarificação, suas origens e seu significado como símbolo de identidade, beleza e espiritualidade.

original_title: Marked


title: Zinder

overview: Unemployed youths, many looking to leave the country for want of better options, are swelling the ranks of gangs that sow violence in Zinder, in Niger. Aïcha Macky explores the origins of the radicalization that is spreading through her hometown and the prospects for escaping it.

title: Zinder

title: Zinder

overview: Entre violence et tentatives  de sortir de l’ornière, la vie sur le fil d’un gang dans une ville du Niger.

title: Zinder

overview: Em Zinder, no Níger, no distrito marginal de Kara Kara dominado pelos chamados “palais”, a violência em seu estado bruto parece ditar as relações que sustentam o tecido social. Realizado na cidade natal da diretora, o filme interpela com franqueza as contradições dos sujeitos que constituem esse território, transitando sensivelmente entre o trauma – causado ou sofrido – e o desejo genuíno por mudanças. Empregando diversas abordagens documentais, o filme assume os riscos que emanam do seu próprio processo, no difícil limiar entre experiência pessoal e retrato coletivo.

title: Zinder

original_title: Zinder

production_countries: FR DE NE ZA


title: Voiceless

key: kZYdyd-YWdo

name: VOICELESS Nigeria Movie Trailer| November 2020

overview: A bright and promising young girl gets abducted and taken to a terrorist camp, where she unexpectedly crosses paths with her soulmate.

title: A Saga de Salma

overview: Uma jovem brilhante é raptada e levada para um campo terrorista, onde acaba conhecendo sua alma gêmea.

title: Voces por la libertad

overview: Una chica brillante y con un futuro prometedor es secuestrada y llevada a un campamento terrorista donde, contra todo pronóstico, conoce a su alma gemela

title: Voces por la libertad

overview: Una joven brillante y prometedora es secuestrada y llevada a un campamento terrorista, donde se topa inesperadamente con su alma gemela.

title: Voiceless

overview: Une jeune fille brillante à l'avenir prometteur est enlevée et emmenée dans un camp de terroristes où, contre toute attente, elle rencontre son âme sœur.

title: Voiceless

title: أصوات مُهمَّشة

overview: تُختطَف فتاة ذكية وذات مستقبل واعد لتُنقَل بعد ذلك إلى مخيّم للإرهابيين حيث تعثر مصادفةً على آخر ما يمكن توقّعه هناك… توأم روحها!

title: أصوات مُهمَّشة

title: A Saga de Salma

title: Voiceless

overview: Une jeune fille brillante et à l'avenir prometteur est kidnappée et emmenée à un camp de terroristes, où étrangement elle trouve son âme sœur.

character: Salma

character: Lafiya

character: Banza

character: Bulus

character: Proprietor

character: Insurgent

character: Salma's Mother

character: Salma's Baby

character: Little Boy

character: Dalia

character: Commander

character: Goni

character: Umma

character: Teenage Beggar

character: Lamido

character: Salma's Father

character: Miss Binta

character: Priest

character: Goni's Mum

character: Godiya

character: Musa

character: Kauna

job: Music

job: Photoscience Manager

job: Production Manager

job: First Assistant Director

job: Property Master

department: Art

job: Makeup Effects

job: Assistant Property Master

job: Special Effects Assistant

job: Boom Operator

title: أصوات مُهمَّشة

title: A Saga de Salma

title: Voces por la libertad

title: Makeroom


title: Fati’s Choice

overview: A beach reminds us of Fati’s recent past. She came to Italy by sea, without papers, pregnant for the fifth time. Longing for her children, she returned to Ghana six months later – without her husband. The people around her can’t understand this decision. “You’ve created a mess,” a friend says. “How do I tell people?” a sister asks. But Fati wants to provide for her family, even though she still has to liberate three of her children from the custody of her in-laws.

title: Fati’s Choice

title: Fatin valinta

overview: Fati meni naimisiin 16-vuotiaana ja on nyt viiden lapsen äiti. Fati on muuttanut miehensä perässä Italiaan, mutta on tyytymätön rasistiseen ja vihamieliseen maahan, joka ei osoittautunutkaan paratiisiksi. Hän palaa Italiasta takaisin kotimaahansa pitämään huolta lapsistaan. Hän joutuu kohtaamaan yhteisönsä juorut ja epäonnistujan maineen. Generation Africa -sarjan dokumenttielokuvassa Fati tekee kaikkensa saadakseen takaisin lapsensa, jotka hänen ex-miehensä perhe on häneltä vienyt.

job: Director

job: Executive Producer

job: Editor

original_title: Le choix de Fati


title: The Forest Maker

name: THE FOREST MAKER - Documentary by Volker Schlöndorff

overview: Together with African small farmholders Tony Rinaudo, an Australian agronomist, has been fighting against the spread of the desert for 30 years and challenges ideas of conventional reforestation with his simple yet effective method.

title: Der Waldmacher

overview: 1981 kommt der Australier Tony Rinaudo als junger Agrarwissenschaftler in den Niger, um die wachsende Ausbreitung der Wüsten und das Elend der Bevölkerung zu bekämpfen. Radikale Rodungen haben das Land veröden lassen und einst fruchtbare Böden ausgelaugt. Doch Rinaudos Versuche die Wüste durch das Pflanzen von Bäumen aufzuhalten scheitern und nahezu alle seine Setzlinge gehen wieder ein. Dann bemerkt er unter dem vermeintlich toten Boden ein gewaltiges Wurzelnetzwerk – eine Entdeckung, die eine beispiellose Begrünungsaktion zur Folge hat und unzähligen Menschen neue Hoffnung schenkt.  In beeindruckenden Bildern lässt Volker Schlöndorff die Zuschauer daran teilhaben, wie dank der Passion eines Mannes eine ganze Region wieder aufblüht.  Tony Rinaudo wurde 2018 für sein Engagement mit dem Alternativen Nobelpreis geehrt.

title: The Forest Maker

title: L'homme qui ressuscite les arbres

overview: Dans ce documentaire, le prolifique cinéaste Volker Schlöndorff a suivi l’infatigable Tony Rinaudo, sexagénaire polyglotte, dans ses travaux auprès des populations rurales du Niger, du Sénégal, du Ghana ou d’Éthiopie, qui professent désormais les bienfaits de l’agroforesterie.

title: Повелителят на горите

overview: В сътрудничество между малкият собственик на земеделска земя — Тони Ринаудо и австрийски агроном, който се е борил срещу разпространението на пустинята, в продължение на 30 години; поставяйки конвенционалните идеи под изпитание в един прост, но ефективен метод.

character: Self

job: Producer

job: Writer

job: Co-Director

original_title: Der Waldmacher

title: L'homme qui ressuscite les arbres

country: FR

title: Der Waldmacher

country: AT

title: Der Waldmacher

country: DE

title: Šumotvorac

country: HR

title: Twórca Iasu

country: PL

production_countries: DE US ET SN


title: Kamanni

overview: Khalid (Ramadan Booth) returns home after a long trip and find his girlfriend Deeja (Nafisa Abdullahi) missing in a brothel where she is in the custody of Magajiya (Fatima Isa Makamashi), he violently begins a quest for her whereabout which leads him to the home of an influential man Alh Kabir (Ali Nuhu). His curiousness and edgy nature lead to a journey that makes him discover some events that left him shocked

title: Kamanni

original_title: Kamanni


title: Amina

title: Amina

overview: De la science-fiction qui reflète les batailles entre les systèmes de croyance en utilisant beaucoup de symbolisme. Cela montre finalement que peu importe nos efforts, nous ne pouvons pas fuir notre nature humaine.

title: Amina

character: voice female

character: voice male

job: Screenstory

original_title: Amina


title: This Land Is Ours

overview: Kasarmu Ce mixes Hausa and western storytelling techniques to create an enlightening, politically potent and culturally rich African thriller, complete with conspiracy, murder, and the power of "Dodo" spirits. Sani, a young man of charm and quiet self-confidence, is moved to act when his grandfather is killed by agents of a corrupt businessman, who wants to buy up the entire village with revealing that precious stones have been found all over its lands.

title: This Land Is Ours

title: Kasarmu Ce

overview: Kasarmu Ce combineert Hausa en westerse verteltechnieken om een verhelderende, politiek krachtige en cultureel rijke Afrikaanse thriller te creëren, compleet met samenzwering, moord en de kracht van 'Dodo'-geesten. Sani, een jonge man met charme en rustig zelfvertrouwen, wordt tot actie bewogen wanneer zijn grootvader wordt vermoord door agenten van een corrupte zakenman, die het hele dorp wil opkopen met de onthulling dat er overal op zijn land edelstenen zijn gevonden.

character: Sani

job: Production Design

job: Lighting Camera

job: Sound

original_title: Kasarmu Ce


title: Fear And Water

overview: Ibrahim navigates through his phobia to sounds made by water. He eventually faced it when he visits the river again with his friends.

title: Fear And Water

character: Ibrahim

character: Kasim

character: Third guy

character: Ibrahim's father

character: Mai ruwa

character: Voice

job: Co-Producer

job: Director of Photography

job: Assistant Director

original_title: Tsoro Da Ruwa


title: Yan Diga - Ils traverseront des pays comme des jardins

overview: Serge Moati describes his film as "the saga of the 'children of the roads', builders of the future who "will one day cross countries that will look like gardens", as a lyric-amphigouric dialogue prophesied, declaimed by actors, quite amateurs, crossed all along the dusty tracks..."

production_countries: FR NE


title: Almajiri

overview: THE ALMAJIRI is a movie that is based on true stories as it affects millions of children in Nigeria and other countries who are victims of trafficking and other forms of child slavery as we saw with Nafisat and Salihu, two young children who were separated from their parents from childhood by the cruel business of Alhaji Makarfi. The gullible villagers believe him, love him and even revere him higher than the chiefs in the North. He is showered with gifts, praise, some villagers even go the extra mile to sell their valuables to offer him bribes just to get their wards enlisted for his scholarship scheme, unknown to them that none of their children ever gets to see the wall of a school let alone have the liberty of pursuing a trade. They are beaten, brainwashed and force to become prostitutes, suicide bombers and ALMAJIRIS.

title: Almajiri

original_title: Almajiri


title: Silent Verses

status: PostProduction

overview: A stuttering young boy, pressured by his father, finds solace in his bicycle—until a troubled boy steals it, leading to an unlikely friendship.

title: Silent Verses

character: Sadiq

character: Sunnie

character: Sadiq’s father

character: Mama

character: Madrasah Teacher

character: Sadiq’s Mother

job: Cinematography

job: Sound Mixer

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Silent Verses


title: 2G

overview: Agadez in Niger has long been the starting point for people smugglers moving migrants through the desert to Libya. Under pressure from Europe, the Niger government has been trying to combat people smuggling, but the local economy offers few alternatives. Those who give up smuggling usually end up in gold mining. But it’s hard and dangerous work, and only a few make their fortunes.

title: 2G

title: 2G

overview: Després que el Níger prohibeixi el contraban de persones, quatre antics contrabandistes fan un viatge a través del Sàhara per unir-se als buscadors d’or. Perduts enmig del desert, entre esperances i desil·lusions, lluiten per sobreviure en un entorn cada cop més hostil i inestable.

job: Location Sound Mixer


title: Les mains qui travaillent

overview: While separating peanuts from their shells, the women in a collective in Agadez, Niger, talk to each other about the men passing by and the filmmaker being present. Focusing on their working hands, the camera reveals the harsh conditions of these women’s daily lives.

title: Les mains qui travaillent

job: Director

original_title: Les mains qui travaillent


title: My Beloved/Titanic

overview: Nigerian version of the classic Titanic movie made by James Cameron, the movie is filmed with video footage of abandoned warehouses and ships at Lagoos Nigeria. Also with archive footage from the Titanic movie from 1997.

title: My Beloved/Titanic

character: Abdul

character: Binta

original_title: Masoyiyata/Titanic


title: Mati at zazzau

overview: Story of a Cunning man named Mati, who escape his home town village rimau and goes to zazzau in order to look for the treasure left behind by his wealthy deceased father.

title: Mati at zazzau

character: lead actor

original_title: Mati a zazzau


title: Yearning

overview: Two former lovers reunite years after their breakup, and uncomfortably struggle to acknowledge the complicated feelings between them.

title: Yearning

character: Sanda

character: Amina

original_title: Bege


title: Salamatu’s Rhapsody

overview: A devout Muslim daughter, stands at a crossroads as her father's desire to honor his late mother clashes with her dream of becoming a rapper, challenging the bonds of family and tradition.

title: Salamatu’s Rhapsody

character: Salamatu

character: Salamatu's Father

character: Salamatu's Mom

original_title: Salamatu’s Rhapsody


title: Mai Martaba

overview: Jallaba's trade boom crumbles due to internal conflict among the ruling clans. A new dynasty promises stability, shattered by a king's heir choice - his daughter. Princess, rival, and a deposed clan clash for the throne. Who will rule - and can Jallaba survive?

title: Mai Martaba

character: Shugaba

character: Princess Sangaya

character: Magajin Gari

character: Turaki

character: Sanaya

character: Sarkin Yaki

character: Zinariya

character: Wakili

character: Narrator (voice)

character: Godiya

character: Iyan Gari

character: Madawaki

character: Manga

character: Waziri

character: Wali

character: Fulani Habiba

character: Balejo

job: Story

job: Music

job: Executive Producer

original_title: Mai Martaba


title: Blaming the Innocent

overview: One of the last celluloid films created during the rise of the Nollywood film industry. Film adaption of the homonymous novel written by Umaru Danjuma Katsina in the early 80s. Set in post-independence northern Nigeria the film traces a teenage girl’s descent into an illicit human trafficking ring, dedicated to the sexual exploitation of school girls by the country’s political rich.

title: Blaming the Innocent

original_title: Kulba na Barna


title: Kaka

overview: Duma, a farming community, is ravaged by banditry and a scarcity of potable drinking water.  Kaka, a schoolgirl from Duma village, is unhappy with her grandmother's traditional midwifery practice, which has led to the deaths of a few women in the village.  Will she give up on her aspirations as a young girl having escaped to the city, or can she reconnect with the path to her desired destination?

title: Kaka

title: Kaka

overview: Duma, een agrarische gemeenschap, wordt geteisterd door bandieten en een tekort aan drinkwater. Kaka, een schoolmeisje uit het dorp Duma, is ontevreden over de traditionele vroedvrouwenpraktijk van haar grootmoeder, die al tot de dood van enkele vrouwen in het dorp heeft geleid. Zal ze haar dromen opgeven nu ze naar de stad is gevlucht, of kan ze de weg naar haar gewenste bestemming hervinden?

job: Writer

original_title: Kaka


title: RUWAN DARE

overview: Kamal and Bashir finish their first degree and become pride and ambitious, they become to pride for a side jobs their only mission is to start somehow big and become rich in no time with that degree.

title: RUWAN DARE

character: Kamal

character: Bashir

character: Raliya

character: Lawal

character: BABA

character: Umma

character: Yaya

job: Producer

job: Producer's Assistant

original_title: RUWAN DARE

title: Ruwan Dare


title: Mountain of Gold

name: Trailer | La Montagne d'or | Roland Edzard

overview: Gold fever has gripped northern Niger. In search of the precious metal, and despite the risks, an army of researchers has invaded the sites of interest. While camps are set up and dismantled as rumours of new leads spread, Moussa and his companions are banking on the Ikazan vein.

title: Mountain of Gold

title: La Montagne d’or

job: Editor

original_title: La Montagne d’or

title: LA MONTAGNA D’ORO

country: IT

production_countries: BE FR


title: A Tomb For The Abandoned

A TOMB FOR THE ABANDONED (Short Film)

type: Featurette

overview: After an insurgent attack on his village, Dahiru experiences the harsh conditions of living in an IDP camp while struggling with grief and loss.

title: A Tomb For The Abandoned

character: Dahiru

character: Jeremiah

job: Production Assistant

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Second Assistant Camera

job: Boom Operator

job: Colorist

job: Art Designer

job: Gaffer

department: Lighting

job: BTS Photographer

job: BTS Videographer

original_title: A Tomb For The Abandoned


title: Femmes d'Agadez

overview: Agadez, a desert city in northern Niger, is weighed down by geopolitical interests and the harsh European border policy. The filmmaker weaves testimonies of three courageous women who each, in their own way, try to confront this reality. They speak about their work, their role in the community, and how they put solidarity into practice. Their inspiring stories offer a glimpse of a feminism that is not theoretical, but rooted in everyday life—a feminism that is truly practiced and lived.

title: Femmes d'Agadez

job: Director

job: Co-Producer

job: Associate Producer

original_title: Femmes d'Agadez