title: The Man by the Shore

type: Backdrop

status: Released

overview: Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.

title: The Man by the Shore

title: Der Mann auf den Quais

overview: Der haitianische Regisseur Raoul Peck lässt seine Ehefrau Sarah über ihre Kindheit in den 1960er Jahren nachdenken, die von staatlicher Repression und Angst geprägt war.

title: L'Homme sur les quais

overview: À travers l'histoire d'une petite fille haïtienne, évocation de la dictature des Duvalier.

title: L'Homme sur les quais

overview: Ubicado a inicios de los 60, el filme “L'Homme sur les quais" analiza la violencia e inestabilidad de los días más oscuros de Haití. El corrupto François "Baby Doc" Duvalier ha llegado al poder, y su ejército privado, conocido como Tonton Macoutes, hace cumplir sus órdenes con un puño de hierro. El padre de Sarah, una niña de ocho años de edad, es un desacreditado oficial del ejército; este y su esposa se ven obligados a huir de su aldea rural a Cuba por culpa de Janvier, cruel miembro de los Tonton Macoutes. Sarah y sus dos hermanas quedan a cargo de su abuela Camille, que arriesga su vida para protegerlas de Janvier, empeñado ahora en la venganza y fiel al nuevo régimen. La historia es contada 30 años después por una Sarah adulta, cuyos recuerdos están cargados de pesadillas del hombre en la orilla de la playa que puso fin a su niñez.

character: Sarah

type: Cast

character: Camille

character: Sorel

character: Janvier

character: Tante Elide

character: Mirabelle

character: Gisèle Jeansson

character: Assad

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

job: Producer

department: Production

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

job: Editor

department: Editing

job: Production Design

department: Art

job: Set Decoration

job: Costume Design

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Screenplay

department: Writing

job: Original Music Composer

department: Sound

original_title: L'Homme sur les quais

original_language: ht

title: The Man on the Shore

country: US

production_countries: DE HT CA FR


title: Moloch Tropical

type: Poster

Moloch Tropical

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: In a fortress on a hill in Haiti a democratically elected president prepares himself for a state ceremony. On the day of the festivities the president finds his country in turmoil. The whole nation is in the grips of a riot that has broken out overnight. But nothing should stop the president’s ceremony.

title: Moloch Tropical

title: Moloch Tropical

title: 热带邪神

character: Jean de Dieu Théogène, the President

character: Michaëlle

character: Rachel Corvington

character: Anne Labuche

character: Francis

character: Odette Vilbrun

character: The girl in blue

character: John Baker

character: Singer

character: Ti Coq

character: The leader of the orchestra

character: Cléribert Myrtil

character: Executioner

character: Musician

job: Sound

job: Makeup Artist

job: Music

job: Sound Editor

job: Sound Mixer

job: Writer

job: First Assistant Director

job: Costumer

job: Casting

job: Production Director

original_title: Moloch Tropical

production_countries: FR HT


title: Stones in the Sun

Stones in the Sun - Trailer

site: Vimeo

overview: In the midst of increasing political violence, a young couple, two sisters, and a father and son are driven from Haiti to New York, where they must confront the truths of their interlocked pasts.

title: Stones in the Sun

character: Gerald

character: Ronald

character: Vita

character: Fanfan

character: Yannick

character: Micheline

character: Jenny

character: Guito

character: Max

character: Rebecca

character: Kelly

character: Cop

job: Director

job: Producer

job: Cinematography

department: Crew

original_title: Stones in the Sun

title: Wòch Nan Solèy

production_countries: US HT


title: Anita

overview: Young Anita's life consists of working as a servant to a wealthy family, leaving her little time for anything else. Her servitude (which some would call slavery) provides an insight into a frighteningly common experience for children in Haiti.

title: Anita

title: Anita

overview: La vida de la joven Anita consiste en trabajar como sirvienta de una familia rica, dejándole poco tiempo para otra cosa. Su servidumbre (que algunos llamarían esclavitud) proporciona una visión de una experiencia terriblemente común para los niños en Haití.

original_title: Anita


title: Haitian Corner

overview: A poet from Haiti flees to America after being imprisoned in his native country. Recovering from the experience, he begins to examine his past. One day he encounters his former torturer, and becomes obsessed with taking his revenge.

title: Haitian Corner

title: Haitian Corner

title: Haitian Corner

title: Haitian Corner

overview: Joseph, fuyant Haïti sous la dictature de Baby Doc, se rend à New York et devient obsédé par la traque de son tortionnaire.

character: Joseph

character: Sarah

character: Hegel

character: Theodor

character: Jolicoer

character: Mother

character: Wilson

character: Jean

character: 1st Witness

character: 2nd Witness

character: 3rd Witness

character: Joseph (child)

character: Sarah (child)

character: Maitre César

character: Man in bar

character: Preacher

character: Father

character: 1st Player

character: 2nd Player

character: Colleague

character: Factory boss

character: Man with a gun

character: Soundmixer

character: Barman

character: Restaurant owner

character: Worker

character: Busdriver

job: Director of Photography

job: Editor

job: Assistant Editor

job: Music Editor

job: Assistant Director

original_title: Haitian Corner

production_countries: FR DE HT US


title: Cafe Au Lait - with lotsa sugar, baby!

overview: Cafe Au Lait - with lotsa sugar, baby! begins when fair-skinned Alain (Pasha Brandt) falls for black Creole Minoushka (Milca Volny), and their family and friends are not at all happy about the romance. And the cozier the two get, the more determined their disapproving loved ones become on splitting them up. NikkiMix, Dadou Pasquet, Marie Felix Lemite and Aubry Blague co-star in this charming romantic comedy set in South Florida's Creole community.

title: Cafe Au Lait - with lotsa sugar, baby!

title: Cafe Au Lait - with lotsa sugar, baby!

overview: Cafe Au Lait - met veel suiker, schat! begint wanneer de blanke Alain (Pasha Brandt) verliefd wordt op de zwarte Creoolse Minoushka (Milca Volny), en hun familie en vrienden helemaal niet blij zijn met de romance. En hoe gezelliger de twee worden, hoe vastbeslotener hun afkeurende dierbaren worden om hen uit elkaar te halen. NikkiMix, Dadou Pasquet, Marie Felix Lemite en Aubry Blague spelen de hoofdrol in deze charmante romantische komedie die zich afspeelt in de Creoolse gemeenschap in Zuid-Florida.

character: Alain

character: Minoushka

character: Paul

character: Chantale

character: Armand

character: Beatrice

character: Himself

character: Herself

character: Freddy

job: Camera Operator

job: Graphic Novel Illustrator

job: Hairstylist

job: Craft Service

job: Music Director

job: Script Supervisor

job: Makeup Artist

job: Boom Operator

job: Production Manager

original_title: Cafe Au Lait - with lotsa sugar, baby!

title: Cafe Au Lait


title: I Love You Anne

overview: Anne falls in love with Don Kato, the reggae singer with dreadlocks. Tonton Bicha, her eccentric father, opposes. He will do anything to break the relationship while he favors Jude, the handsome but obscure entrepreneur.

title: I Love You Anne

character: Pe Demeran

character: Anne

character: Don Kato

character: Tonton Bicha

character: Jude Dutreuil

character: Wesley Lisket

character: Linda

character: Babas

character: Kleanta

character: Chatelain

character: Inspecteur Fontaine

character: Mere de Don Kato

character: Eugline

character: Fernande

character: Ritchel

character: Magalie

character: Nadine

character: Presentateur

character: Rose

character: 2eme Agent SWAT

character: 1er Agent SWAT

character: Minouche

character: Manager

character: 1er Racketteur

character: Journaliste Reporter

character: 2e Racketteur

character: Ami de Linda

character: Policier Arrestation

character: Policiere

job: Director

job: Writer

job: Original Concept

job: Executive Producer

job: Music

job: Sound

job: Costumer

job: Orchestrator


title: Tezen

overview: A restless daughter meets a spirit-fish who gives her pure water. But as her family devours the delicious water, they begin to suspect more than the origin of its taste.

title: Tezen

job: Casting

job: Assistant Camera

job: Sound Editor

job: Sound Mixer

job: Continuity

job: Editor

job: Cinematography

job: Producer

job: Line Producer

job: Script Editor

job: Assistant Director

job: Production Assistant

job: Additional Editor

original_title: Tezen


title: Olivia

overview: Trials and tribulations of a poor peasant woman who moved to Port-au-Prince. Shot on 35mm.

title: Olivia

character: Olivia

job: Director

original_title: Olivia


title: Bad Lucky Goat

overview: After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s pick-up truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation.

title: Bad Lucky Goat

title: Невезучий козел

overview: После того, как несовместимые брат и сестра случайно сбивают на отцовской машине насмерть козла, они отправляются в примирительное путешествие.

title: Koza u nogi

overview: Corn i Rita, wiecznie kłócące się rodzeństwo, przypadkowo zabijają kozę samochodem swojego ojca. Muszą szybko naprawić auto – problem w tym, że nie mają pieniędzy, a nie chcą, żeby ojciec dowiedział się o wypadku. W tej sytuacji są zmuszeni wyruszyć w podróż po swojej karaibskiej wyspie, w trakcie której odwiedzą rzeźnika, producenta bębnów, lombard, a nawet szamana.

title: Bad Lucky Goat

title: El día de la cabra

overview: Nadat ze per ongeluk een baardgeit hebben gedood met de pick-up van hun vader, beginnen twee onverenigbare broers en zussen in hun tienerjaren aan een reis van verzoening.

job: Writer

job: Executive Producer

job: Original Music Composer

job: Director of Photography

job: Production Design

job: Set Designer

job: Sound Designer

original_title: El día de la cabra

title: El día de la cabra

country: CO

title: When the Well Runs Dry

title: Невезучий козёл

country: RU


title: Loves of a Zombie

overview: Zombie escapes from prison and says in TV that he's in love with a woman, becoming very popular in Haiti. Politicians decide to support his candidature for president.

title: Loves of a Zombie

character: Zombie

character: Swamen

character: Nicole

character: Lucien Atié

character: Baron Samedi

job: Music

job: Screenplay

original_title: Les Amours d'un Zombi


title: Marché Salomon

overview: Two young workers at a busy Port-au-Prince open air market have a conversation about the mystical properties of common objects and whether the divine can inhabit any kind of object—mass produced bottles, toxic rivers, beheaded goats.

title: Marché Salomon

original_title: Marché Salomon

production_countries: HT PR


title: Nocturne

overview: Nocturne was shot over 10 days (mostly at night), while thinking about material and poetic transformation—in dreams, in darkness, through objects or ideas—in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. During this time I was hosted by the Quatre Chemins Festival, whose collaborators became an important part of the project. Daphne Menard, appears in Nocturne singing a traditional Haitian song about a young man who goes off to buy coffee and is arrested by police. Guy Regis Junior's mother, an assiduous lottery player, describes her lottery dreams and the common system for deciphering their codes. Two young theater students, from ENARTS, Port-au-Prince's art school, rehearse a speech, written for the occasion.

title: Nocturne

title: Nocturne

overview: Korte documentaire:  Nocturne werd gedurende tien dagen opgenomen (meestal 's nachts), terwijl hij nadacht over materiële en poëtische transformatie (in dromen, in duisternis, door objecten of ideeën) in Port-au-Prince, Haïti. Gedurende deze tijd was ik te gast bij het Quatre Chemins Festival, waarvan de medewerkers een belangrijk onderdeel van het project werden. Daphne Menard verschijnt in Nocturne en zingt een traditioneel Haïtiaans lied over een jonge man die koffie gaat kopen en door de politie wordt gearresteerd. De moeder van Guy Regis Junior, een ijverige loterijspeler, beschrijft haar loterijdromen en het gebruikelijke systeem voor het ontcijferen van hun codes. Twee jonge theaterstudenten van ENARTS, de kunstacademie van Port-au-Prince, repeteren een toespraak die voor de gelegenheid is geschreven.

original_title: Nocturne


title: Kafou

overview: Doc and Zoe are just hired for the night to deliver an unknown package. At a crossroad, they stumble upon a dog. In Haiti, each crossroad requires a sacrifice.

title: Kafou

title: Кръстопът

overview: Порт О Пренс през нощта. Док и Зоуи са наети да доставят пакет с неизвестно съдържание. Тяхната работа се обляга на три основни правила: никога не спирай колата, никога не сваляй прозорците, никога не отваряй багажника. На един кръстoпът, те неочаквано се натъкват на куче. Всеки кръстопът изисква жертвоприношение. Тяхното решение ще промени пътят им необратимо.

title: 秘术

title: Kafou

overview: Un soir à Port-au-Prince, Doc et Zoe sont embauchés pour livrer un paquet. On leur donne trois règles à suivre. Ne jamais arrêter la voiture, ne jamais baisser les vitres et ne jamais ouvrir le paquet.

character: Doc

character: Zoe

character: Captain Fritz Bama

character: Uncle Kernst

job: Sound Recordist

job: Sound

job: Sound Editor

job: Makeup Artist

job: Editor

job: Other

original_title: Kafou


title: Of Men and Gods

overview: A frank look at a largely unexplored area, Of Men And Gods examines the daily existence of several Haitian men who are openly gay. Prevalent, yet still taboo, homosexuality and gay culture are allowed to flourish within the context of Haiti's Vodou religion.

title: Of Men and Gods

original_title: Des hommes et des dieux

title: Homens E Deuses

country: BR


title: An Excavation of Us

overview: The shadows of Napoleon’s army fall upon their boat traveling through the mysterious cave named after Marie Jeanne, a female soldier who fought in the Haitian Revolution. It is this battle inside her cave that will become the most successful slave revolution in history.

title: An Excavation of Us

overview: Las sombras del ejército de Napoleón acechan en el barco que viaja a través de una misteriosa cueva que tiene el nombre de Marie Jeanne Lamartinière, una mujer soldado que luchó en la Revolución Haitiana. Sin embargo, los mitos locales cuentan otra historia sobre sus actos de rebelión. Como consecuencia, esta batalla dentro de la cueva se convertirá en la mayor revolución de esclavos de la historia.

title: An Excavation of Us

title: An Excavation of Us

overview: As sombras do exército de Napoleão viajam pela caverna misteriosa. A batalha que ocorreu lá dentro, se tornará a revolução de escravos mais bem-sucedida da história.

job: Producer

job: Sound Mixer

job: Visual Effects Supervisor

department: Visual Effects

job: Animation

original_title: An Excavation of Us

production_countries: FR GR HT


title: We Believe You Are an American Spy and You Are Not Protected Already

overview: This documentary, made in 1976, is a critique of naive painting in the Duvalierist era. It establishes the link between cultural and political context and deals in particular with the conditions of the emergence of this painting since the 40s, and the questions which it arises.

job: Writer

job: Director

original_title: Ou kouè you éspion amérikin ka you sin protéktè dèza (Un agent de la CIA peut-il être un grand mécène)

title: Art naïf et répression en Haïti

country: HT


title: Looking for Life

overview: Chèche Lavi is a lyrical portrait of two Haitian migrants, Robens and James, who find themselves stranded at the US-Mexico border with no way forward and no one to depend on but each other.

title: Looking for Life

job: Executive Producer

job: Cinematography

original_title: Chèche lavi

title: Buscando una vida

country: MX

title: Buscando al otro

production_countries: HT MX US


title: Madame Cléante will not go to the graveyard

overview: In French Guiana, in the middle of the carnival period, Emmanuel and Léon, two young, mixed-race brothers, attend their grandmother's funeral.  Confronted by the reminiscences of the past, the memories of their childhood resurface and with them deeply buried secrets.

title: Madame Cléante n’ira pas au cimetière

overview: In Frans-Guyana, midden in de carnavalsperiode, wonen Emmanuel en Léon, twee jonge broers van gemengde afkomst, de begrafenis van hun grootmoeder bij. Geconfronteerd met herinneringen uit het verleden, komen de herinneringen aan hun jeugd naar boven, en daarmee ook diep verborgen geheimen.

original_title: Madame Cléante n’ira pas au cimetière


title: Hegel's Angel (Zanj Hegel la)

overview: A boy in rural Haiti develops an interest in cinema and helps his father acquire a TV set.

title: Hegel's Angel (Zanj Hegel la)

original_title: Hegel's Angel (Zanj Hegel la)


title: Douvan Jou Ka Leve

overview: Stemming from her personal experience, her close ones’ testimonies and surprising encounters, Gessica Généus, Haitian filmmaker questions the “disease of the soul” devouring her native island.

title: Douvan Jou Ka Leve

title: Douvan Jou Ka Leve

title: Douvan Jou Ka Leve

overview: Quelle est cette « maladie de l'âme » qui ronge le peuple haïtien? Ce film autobiographique cherche à comprendre cette forme « d'ambivalence culturelle » exprimée principalement à travers la spiritualité.

character: Self

original_title: Douvan Jou Ka Leve

title: The Sun will rise


title: The Painter of Jalouzi

name: Behind The Story: The Painter Of Jalouzi

overview: The film tells the story of one citizen from Jalouzi, one of the largest slums in Haiti, who is determined to bring color to the impoverished area by helping paint the entire town, literally.  Believing that color has the power to transform his community, he’s helping to paint everywhere – on houses, on buses, and the entire hillside. Armed with brushes of bright blues, pastel pinks, and sunshine yellows, he’s helping to mobilize citizens of all ages, determined to turn the grey town into a rainbow full of color to lead the way to a brighter Haiti.

title: The Painter of Jalouzi

title: The Painter of Jalouzi

overview: Korte documentaire:  vertelt het verhaal van een burger uit Jalouzi, een van de grootste sloppenwijken van Haïti, die vastbesloten is kleur te brengen in het verarmde gebied door letterlijk de hele stad te helpen schilderen. Omdat hij gelooft dat kleur de kracht heeft om zijn gemeenschap te transformeren, helpt hij overal met schilderen: op huizen, op bussen en de hele heuvel. Gewapend met penselen van helder blauw, pastelroze en zonnegeel helpt hij burgers van alle leeftijden te mobiliseren, vastbesloten om van de grijze stad een regenboog vol kleur te maken om de weg te wijzen naar een helderder Haïti.

character: Himself

original_title: The Painter of Jalouzi


title: Thus Spoke the Sea

overview: The Haitian Sea, as you’ve never seen or heard it before: the sea tells the story of its relationship with the Haitian people, showcases its riches, reveals its mysteries and raises the alarm. From the excessive use of its resources to the consequences of climate change and pollution, all is revealed in different shades of blue. Haiti’s fate will be linked to the coasts and the children of Haiti – voodoo priestesses, fishermen, merchants, entrepreneurs, urban planners, historians, biologists and climate experts – help to tell the tale. A candid depiction of the challenges and the opportunities that must be seized before it’s too late.

title: Thus Spoke the Sea

original_title: Men sa Lanmè di

title: Ainsi parla la Mer


title: Three Blades

overview: One family, three men, three generations, all living together with their contrasting aspirations, within the contradictions of daily life in southern Haïti. Tensions mount between them, their ever-present machetes on-hand, defining them.

title: Three Blades

character: Benjamin

character: Dorvil

character: Saint-Juste

character: Woman with machete

job: Assistant Director

job: Sound Technical Supervisor

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Trois machettes

title: Trzy maczety

country: PL


title: Women's Courage

overview: Winner of the Djibril Diop Mambety award at the Cannes Festival in 2002, this film tells the story of 2 women stone crushers and their daily struggle for survival and dignity in today's Haiti. It shows the contrast between, on one hand, the Stone Age and on the other, the world of modern transportation

title: Women's Courage

original_title: Courage de Femmes


title: Haitian Song

overview: Haitian Song is an anthropological film about farmers in rural Haiti. The film follows Gustav and Zillmen and the everyday rituals that mark their lifestyle.

title: Haitian Song

original_title: Haitian Song


title: 407 Days

overview: Paul Junior Casimir, better known as Lintho, is a Haitian puppeteer. While he quietly carries on with his art, he becomes the object of jealousy from those around him and he is arrested without any reason. The artist will spend 407 days in prison.

title: 407 jou

overview: Paul Junior Casimir plus connu sous le nom de « Lintho » est marionnettiste à Port-au-Prince. Même si la vie n’est pas toujours facile, elle lui sourit de temps en temps. Alors qu’il se lie d’amitié avec une Française qui souhaite apprendre à faire des marionnettes, Lintho s’attire les jalousies des gens de son quartier qui pensent qu’il reçoit beaucoup d’argent. L’un d’eux décide de monter un complot pour que le marionnettiste soit arrêté. Le système défaillant de détention arbitraire amputera la vie de Lintho de 407 jours.

title: 407 Days

original_title: 407 jou

production_countries: BE HT


title: Machann Fig La

overview: Tinamiz, a banana saleswoman from Jacmel (Haïti) raises her seven-year-old daughter alone while she tries to win her husband Andre back, an artist who left them to supposedly find work in the city.

title: Machann Fig La

character: Tinamiz

character: Andrine

character: Marie-Jeanne

job: Graphic Designer

job: Casting Director

job: Screenplay

job: Art Direction

original_title: Machann Fig La


title: Una Sola Sangre

overview: Mondesir’s thesis film for York’s MFA program

title: Una Sola Sangre

original_title: Una Sola Sangre


title: Red Masisi

overview: Haitian artist and activist Sanba Yonel creates a queer tribute to the Lwa, Vodou gods and goddesses who once inspired a revolution. In Haiti, men perceived as feminine are known as masisi. The word is often used as a slur on gay men, transvestites and non-binary folks. Sanba Yonel comments on the plight of the masisi who, faced with prejudice and hostility, find shelter in the religious context of Vodou.

title: Red Masisi

title: Masisi Vermelha

overview: O artista e ativista haitiano Sanba Yonel cria um tributo queer aos deuses em uma série de performances que combinam Vodu e drag. No Haiti, homens considerados femininos são chamados de masisi, palavra que também é usada como xingamento para homens gays, travestis e pessoas não-binárias. Em face de preconceitos e hostilidades, muitas masisi encontram abrigo no contexto religioso do Vodu.

job: Sound Recordist

job: Editor

job: Sound Designer

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Masisi Wouj

title: Masisi vermelha


title: Madame Pipi

overview: Madame Pipi follows the personal journeys of female Haitian bathroom attendants in Miami’s hottest nightclubs and their support to Haiti through their tips.

title: Madame Pipi

original_title: Madame Pipi


title: Moune Ô

overview: Maxime Jean-Baptiste continues the research he started in "Nou Voix" (2018) concerning colonial memory, the Guyanese diaspora, and the staging of Black bodies. By questioning how “official” narratives are constructed, the film "Moune Ô" encourages a shift in perspective regarding the link between colonisation and extractivism.

title: Moune Ô

title: Moune Ô

title: Moune Ô

overview: La survivance de l'héritage colonial au sein d'un inconscient collectif occidental toujours empreint de stéréotypes.

character: (Voice)

job: Producer

job: Sound Editor

job: Sound Mixer

original_title: Moune Ô

production_countries: BE FR GF


title: This House

name: Cette Maison director Miryam Charles | BFI Q&A

type: Featurette

name: BANDE ANNONCE. Cette maison. Un film de Miryam Charles

overview: Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.

title: This House

title: Cette maison

overview: Bridgeport, 17 janvier 2008. Une adolescente est retrouvée pendue dans sa chambre. Alors que tout laisse croire à un suicide, le rapport d'autopsie révèle une autre évidence.

title: 这所房子

character: Tessa

character: Valeska

character: Mathilde

character: Mireille

character: Dr. Densmore

character: Tante Rhode

character: Nadine

character: Tracy

character: Voix hors champ (voice)

job: Director

job: Digital Intermediate Editor

job: Line Producer

job: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

job: Gaffer

department: Lighting

job: Grip

job: Post Production Coordinator

job: Colorist

original_title: Cette maison


title: Radio Haïti-Inter: Straight to the Point

overview: 1980: the repression is in full swing in Haiti. A decree is going to ban all independent speaking and all manifestation of thought. Artists, writers, journalists, democrats all pay the price. A radio station, Haiti Inter, and its journalists are at the center of the storm. This film reconstructs a typical broadcast of Haiti Inter in the 1980s.

original_title: Radio Haïti-Inter: le droit à la parole


title: Bitter Cane

overview: Filmed in secret under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, this incisive documentary explores the effects of foreign exploitation and oppression on Haitian society. From peasant coffee farms in the rugged tropical mountains to steamy U.S.-leased or -owned sweatshops in the teeming capital, the film takes the viewer on a journey through Haitian history to a deeper grasp of the country’s political economy. After the fall of Duvalier’s regime in 1986, students and popular organizations projected the film on movie screens, walls, and bedsheets in Haiti’s countryside and cities to raise political consciousness and understanding of the difficult anti-imperialist struggle that lay ahead.

title: Bitter Cane

original_title: Canne amère


title: Black Dawn

overview: Recounts the founding of Haiti through the eyes of two captured African tribespeople, Sili and Simba. Starting with their capture in Africa, the story follows their trans-Atlantic journey on a slave ship to Haiti. There they escape their slavery on a French plantation and join the fight for independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture and Dessaline, ultimately joining in the celebration of the first raising of the Haitian flag.

title: Black Dawn

character: Narrator (voice)

job: Animation

job: Painter

job: Assistant Picture Editor

job: Writer

job: Musician


title: Breaking Leaves

overview: In the Haitian countryside, where people have little access to doctors, hospitals, or conventional medicine, peasants have learned to use local leaves, herbs, and therapeutic massage as a way of curing simple ailments. This video follows several men and women as they take us into the bush to look for leaves that they need for healing. We then follow then home where they explain and demonstrate their way of preparing the poultice or infusion. Narrated by the people themselves –and with beautiful songs about the importance of leaves woven throughout – this poetic film gives unique insight into the culture.

title: Breaking Leaves

original_title: Breaking Leaves


title: Of What Death We Die

overview: A 26-year-old man becomes gravely ill and died of an unknown disease. He was clearly hexed: it’s October 1980 and we are in Haïti. Meanwhile, in Reagan's country, health authorities have decided that Haitians, Homosexuals, Hemophiliacs and Heroin users are to be part of the 4H club whose members are dying in New York City, San Francisco, and Toronto. Why put the Haitians in a separate group?

title: Of What Death We Die

original_title: Of What Death We Die


title: Drapo A

overview: The Haitian Revolution 1791-1804 echoes in a small town in Rio Grande do Sul. Ancestral and diaspora songs are evoked to confront the colony, its representatives and its laws.

title: Drapo A

overview: A revolução haitiana de 1804 ecoa na pequena cidade de Encantado, interior do Rio Grande do Sul. Cantos ancestrais e da diáspora são evocados para enfrentar a colônia, seus representantes e suas leis.

title: Drapo A

character: Jean Jacques Dessalines

character: Catherine Flon

character: Madan Sara

character: Papa Legba

job: Production Sound Mixer

original_title: Drapo A


title: Agwe

overview: Francois leaves Haiti by sailboat to the USA, leaving behind his wife, Mirlande, who is six months pregnant. She has to wait ten days to hear from her husband. And now ten years later, without any news, the woman who still hopes and waits offers a sacrifice to Agwe, the divinity of the oceans.

title: Agwe

title: Agwe

overview: François quitte Haïti pour les USA, laissant derrière lui sa femme, Mirlande, enceinte de six mois. Elle doit attendre dix jours pour avoir les nouvelles de son mari. Dix ans plus tard, sans aucune nouvelle, elle offre un sacrifice à Agwe, le dieu de la mer.

character: Mirlande

character: François

character: Agwe

character: Madame Philippe

job: Executive Producer

job: Music

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Agwe


title: Gazing at Stars

overview: In a working-class city of Mauritius, old Bolom has disappeared. His son Ronaldo sets out to find him and crosses paths with Ajeya, an Indian immigrant worker. He dreams of a golden boy's life, she flees her condition of modern slave. Together, their nocturnal crossing of the island takes on a new dimension, between a mystical journey and a desire for freedom.

title: Regarder les étoiles

overview: A 21 ans, Ronaldo voudrait quitter sa modeste cité ouvrière de Rivière Noire, à l’île Maurice. Il est né du mauvais côté de la rue, à deux pas des villas de luxe et du monde des bien-nés auquel il aurait voulu appartenir. Pour déployer ses ailes, Ronaldo a besoin d’argent mais Bolom, son père, chez qui il vit, refuse de vendre un lopin de terre qui pourrait financer ses rêves d’ailleurs. Ajeya, ouvrière immigrée du Bangladesh, travaille dans un atelier textile poussiéreux qui jouxte la maison de Ronaldo. Mais sur une île où il suffit de traverser une route pour changer de monde, Ronaldo et Ajeya se retrouvent liés : elle a besoin de lui pour fuir le quartier, il a besoin d’elle pour retrouver Bolom.

title: Gazing at Stars

title: Simin Zetwal

title: Contemplant les estrelles

overview: Un drama ambientat en la nit dels suburbis d’una ciutat obrera de les illes Maurici. Considerat el Ken Loach de la República de Maurici, David Constantin dirigeix cròniques socials protagonitzades per gent corrent, basades en l’actualitat i amb un toc de filosofia.

character: Bolom

character: Ronaldo

character: Ajeya

character: Policeman

job: Director

job: Screenplay

job: Production Director

job: Script Consultant

job: Assistant Editor

job: Sound Editor

job: Casting Director

job: Script Supervisor

job: Data Wrangler

job: Property Master

job: Third Assistant Director

job: Second Assistant Camera

job: Second Assistant Director

job: Location Manager

job: Producer

job: Editor

job: Casting Coordinator

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Simin Zetwal

production_countries: MU RE


title: Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters

key: DOjVxEnsfrg

name: Hot Docs 2023 Trailer: KANAVAL: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS

overview: Haitian history is presented through an explosion of colour, dance and music, as the country prepares for its legendary carnival.

job: Director

job: Executive Producer

job: Director of Photography

job: Sound

production_countries: HT GB


title: Sèt Lam

key: uAeB-McKhSw

name: Meet the Artist 2023: Vincent Fontano on "Sèt Lam"

type: Behind the Scenes

overview: In an insular city, a young girl is paralyzed by the fear of her loved ones disappearing. Her grandmother tells her the tale of Edwardo, the first one of his kind to have fought death.

title: Sèt Lam

title: Sèt Lam

overview: Dans le quartier d’une ville insulaire, au milieu d’un rituel de transe, une petite fille est tétanisée. Elle a peur de voir les siens se blesser ou disparaître. Sa grand-mère lui raconte alors l’étrange histoire d’Edwardo, le premier des leurs à avoir vu sa mort et à l'avoir affrontée. La petite fille est attentive, elle sent bien que sa grand-mère ne lui raconte pas cette histoire sans raison.

character: La Mort

character: Grand-mère

character: Edwardo

character: Petite fille

character: Femme d'Edwardo

character: Fils d'Edwardo

character: Père d'Edwardo

character: Doublure d'Edwardo pêcheur

job: Screenplay

job: Set Dresser

job: Production Design

original_title: Sèt Lam

production_countries: FR RE


title: La peur d'aimer

overview: A lawyer, living a hectic and seemingly successful existence in Port-au-Prince, is too busy to pay attention to his personal life until he takes a vacation to Jacmel with some friends.

title: La peur d'aimer

character: Secretaire de Roger Rabeau

character: Sarah

character: Tonton Bicha

character: Philippe

character: Roger Rabeau

character: Tante Hilda

job: Compositor

job: Cinematography

original_title: La peur d'aimer


title: We love you Anne

overview: Anne has grown up. Now she's allowed to see her boyfriend Kato who became a famous singer and musician. Jude is getting out of jail but has not forgotten the love of his life. Deme is still the loyal friend of Anne's father but his daughter Sofia wants to be part of the new love game. Bicha is soon unable to control the situation.

title: We love you Anne

character: Anne

original_title: We love you Anne


title: Port of a Prince

overview: A young Haitian boy must decide if joining a gang is the right path for him.

title: Port of a Prince

original_title: Port of a Prince

production_countries: HT US


title: The Opening

overview: An early cut of the footage seen in Chants and Dances for Hand.

title: The Opening

original_title: The Opening


title: Mountains

name: MOUNTAINS | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters August 16

name: MONICA SORELLE wins the SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards

name: Film Independent Presents MOUNTAINS Cast & Crew Q&A

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key: AyUSeJIQHIk

type: Clip

overview: While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying Miami neighborhood.

title: Mountains

title: Mountains

overview: A Xavier, un obrero haitiano de mediana edad, se le está quedando pequeña la casa de Little Haiti que comparte con su mujer Esperance, costurera y guardia de tráfico escolar, y su hijo Junior, un millennial que oculta a su padre sus aspiraciones de cómico. Xavier ha sido leal, trabajador y respetado durante décadas. Pero a medida que las obras de demolición se acercan a su casa, las realidades de la gentrificación salen a la luz y las lealtades de Xavier se ponen a prueba.

title: Montañas

title: Горы

overview: Ксавье живёт в Майами, в маленьком гаитянском анклаве. Он занимается сносом зданий и мечтает вскоре купить для своей возлюбленной жены Эсперансы просторный и удобный дом. Единственным огорчением для Ксавье является сын Джуниор, который не желает слушать отца, бросает колледж и пытается выстроить карьеру стендап-комика в интернете.

title: 群山之间

overview: 老泽维尔从事拆迁工作，梦想为做裁缝的妻子埃斯佩兰斯买一栋新房子。他们是居住在迈阿密的海地移民，与当地社区紧密相连，参加街头游行，圣餐和多米诺骨牌游戏。他们成年的儿子小泽维尔，另一方面，是一个大学辍学谁不得不搬回家。虽然他的父母讲克里奥尔语，但朱尼尔主要用英语回应，反映了他希望融入他所选择的社会。即便如此，他还是挖掘了自己的海地背景，为他保密的每晚脱口秀节目寻找素材。

title: 羣山之間

overview: 老澤維爾從事拆遷工作，夢想為做裁縫的妻子埃斯佩蘭斯買一棟新房子。他們是居住在邁阿密的海地移民，與當地社區緊密相聯，參加街頭遊行，聖餐和多米諾骨牌遊戲。他們成年的兒子小澤維爾，另一方面，是一個大學輟學誰不得不搬回家。雖然他的父母講克里奧爾語，但朱尼爾主要用英語回應，反映了他希望融入他所選擇的社會。即便如此，他還是挖掘了自己的海地背景，為他保密的每晚棟篤笑節目尋找素材。

character: Xavier

character: Esperance

character: Junior

character: Dominique

character: Angeline

character: Jorge

character: Jimmy

character: Chino

character: Magaly

character: Realtor

character: Farrell

character: Daniel

character: Wesner

character: Ritza

character: Hector

character: Flaco

character: Jordan

character: Tony

character: New Neighbor

job: Writer

job: Art Direction

job: Music

job: Unit Production Manager

job: Consulting Producer

job: Sound Designer

job: Production Sound Mixer


title: All the Days of May

overview: Following the shooting of a documentary on the death of her daughter, a mother reflects on her own life and especially on the passing of time.

title: All the Days of May

job: Editor

job: Producer

job: Translator

original_title: Tous les jours de Mai


title: Zion

overview: In Guadeloupe, Chris divides his time between deals, one-night stands and motorcycle rodeos. Spotted by Odell, the boss of the neighboring neighborhood, Chris is entrusted with a risky delivery. Despite his best friend’s warning, he accepts the mission. But on the day of delivery, he discovers that a baby has been left at his door. Then begins for him, a hellish race which will lead him to a crucial choice…

title: Zion

overview: Chris, jeune guadeloupéen de vingt-six ans, partage son temps entre ses petits trafics dans les ruelles sombres de Pointe-à-Pitre et des parties fines avec de jolies jeunes filles. Odell, un dangereux caïd d’un quartier voisin, lui propose de transporter des stupéfiants en échange d’un bolide flambant neuf. Chris accepte cette périlleuse mission. Le soir même, il reçoit un colis inattendu et anonyme sur le palier de sa porte : un bébé qui lui semble destiné.

title: Zion

title: Zion

overview: W Guadelupie Chris dzieli się swoim czasem między umowami, przygodami bez jutra i rodeo na motocyklu. Chris jest również sprzedawcą narkotyków. Znajduje opuszczone dziecko przed swoimi drzwiami. Zaczyna troszczyć się o malucha.

title: Zion

overview: In Guadeloupe verbringt Chris seine Zeit mit Deals, One-Night-Stands und Motorrad-Rodeos. Odell, der Boss des benachbarten Viertels, entdeckt ihn und beauftragt ihn mit einer riskanten Lieferung. Trotz der Warnung seines besten Freundes nimmt er den Auftrag an. Doch am Tag der Lieferung entdeckt er, dass ein Baby vor seiner Tür abgelegt wurde. Damit beginnt für ihn ein höllischer Wettlauf, der ihn zu einer folgenschweren Entscheidung zwingt…

title: Зайон

overview: Крис - наркоторговец, который находит брошенного ребенка на пороге своего дома и начинает о нём заботится.

title: Zion

overview: A Guadalupe, en Chris dedica el temps entre tractes, aventures d'una nit i voltes en moto. Descobert per l'Odell, el cap del barri veí, a en Chris li confien un lliurament arriscat. Malgrat l'advertència del seu millor amic, accepta la missió. Però el dia del lliurament, descobreix que han deixat un nadó a la seva porta. Aleshores comença per a ell una cursa infernal que el portarà a una decisió crucial...

title: Zion

overview: En Guadalupe, Chris divide su tiempo entre tratos, aventuras de una noche y rodeos en motocicleta. Descubierto por Odell, el jefe del barrio vecino, a Chris se le confía una entrega arriesgada. A pesar de la advertencia de su mejor amigo, acepta la misión. Pero un día descubre que han dejado un bebé en su puerta. Entonces comienza para él una carrera infernal que le llevará a una elección crucial...

character: Chris

character: Joe

character: Odell

character: Tidog

character: Lika

character: Jayson

character: Lucie

job: Director of Photography

job: Director

job: Original Music Composer

job: Third Assistant Director

job: Boom Operator

job: Foley Editor

job: Dialogue Editor

job: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

job: Supervising Sound Editor

job: Stunt Coordinator

job: First Assistant Editor

job: Music Editor

job: Script Supervisor

job: Armorer

job: Digital Compositor

job: Visual Effects Editor

job: Visual Effects Producer


title: Rosenfelde

overview: In the Schloss Friedrichsfelde–a picturesque, neoclassical pleasure palace in North East Berlin–the ghosts of history begin to make themselves seen. Summoned by a syncretic Afro-Caribbean prayer ceremony, embodied spirits emerge and usher us through the halls of former “Rosenfelde Palace.” Sold from Groß Friedrichsburg along the Gold Coast, these ghosts of history fill the Schloss Friedrichsfelde—built in part with the profits from their enslavement.

title: Rosenfelde

job: Editor

job: Cinematography

job: Lighting Artist

job: Sound Designer

job: Sound Recordist

job: Makeup Designer

original_title: Rosenfelde


title: Konpa

overview: A young Haitian-American learns how to dance Konpa to impress his crush.

title: Konpa

character: Jean

character: Minouche

character: The Father

character: The Nurse

character: The Manmi

job: Executive Producer

job: Director

job: Screenplay

job: Producer

job: Music

job: Costume Designer

job: Key Hair Stylist

job: Graphic Designer

job: Sound Mixer

job: Assistant Camera

job: Gaffer

job: Key Grip

job: Digital Imaging Technician

job: Grip

job: Wardrobe Assistant

job: Colorist

job: Production Assistant

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Konpa


title: Poto Mitan

overview: Told through compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each woman’s personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered, and how it impacts Haiti: inhumane working/living conditions, violence, poverty, lack of education, and poor health care.

title: Poto Mitan

character: Narrator

job: Executive Producer

job: Associate Producer

job: Co-Director

job: Co-Producer

job: Writer

job: Editor

original_title: Poto Mitan

title: Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy

title: Poto Mitan: Haitian women pillars of the global economy

title: Poto Mitan: Haitian Women


title: Cuando llega la noche

overview: A short film about the director’s relationship with sewing, a craft he knew from a very young age thanks to his seamstress mother.

title: Cuando llega la noche

job: Director

job: Screenplay

job: Cinematography

original_title: Cuando llega la noche

production_countries: CU HT


title: Kidnapping Inc.

name: Meet the Artist 2024: Bruno Mourral on "Kidnapping Inc."

overview: A group of kidnappers take the son of a wealthy presidential candidate in Haiti. Doc and Zoe are two amateur gangsters tasked with delivering the young man to their ruthless boss. With a hitman on their trail, Zoe accidentally kills the hostage. Panicked, Doc and Zoe come across Patrick and his very pregnant wife Laura. Patrick looks exactly like the senator’s dead son. Doc and Zoe decide to abduct the couple and replace the candidate's son with Patrick.

title: Kidnapping Inc.

title: 绑架公司

overview: 一位富有的总统候选人的儿子刚刚被绑架，绑匪要求一大笔赎金。多克和佐伊是两名业余的黑帮分子，也是足球迷，他们必须将这个年轻人交给他们冷酷无情的老板。冲动的佐伊意外地杀死了候选人的儿子。面对因杀害人质而可能面临的可怕命运，多克和佐伊遇到了帕特里克和他怀孕九个月的妻子劳拉。这对年轻夫妇必须不惜一切代价赶上飞往美国的航班，以便在美国生下孩子，为孩子争取美国公民身份。不幸的是，帕特里克长得和参议员的死去的儿子一模一样。在一场激烈的选举和巴萨对阵皇马的比赛中，多克和佐伊发现自己身处政治阴谋的中心。

title: Secuestro S.A.

overview: El hijo de un rico candidato presidencial acaba de ser secuestrado. Los secuestradores exigen un cuantioso rescate. Doc y Zoe son dos gánsteres aficionados -y fanáticos del fútbol- que deben entregar al joven a su despiadado jefe. La impulsiva Zoe mata accidentalmente al hijo del candidato. En medio de unas elecciones acaloradas y un clásico entre el Barça y el Real Madrid, Doc y Zoe se encuentran en el centro de una conspiración política.

title: Kidnapping Inc.

overview: Le fils d'un riche candidat à la présidence haïtienne vient d'être enlevé. Les ravisseurs exigent une lourde rançon. Doc et Zoé sont deux gangsters amateurs - et passionnés de soccer - qui doivent livrer le jeune homme à leur impitoyable patron. Zoé, impulsive, tue accidentellement le fils du candidat. Face à un sort terrible pour avoir tué leur otage, Doc et Zoé tombent sur Patrick et sa femme Laura, enceinte de neuf mois. Le jeune couple doit à tout prix prendre un vol pour quitter Haïti et accoucher aux États-Unis afin d'obtenir la citoyenneté pour leur bébé. La grande malchance de Patrick est qu'il ressemble exactement au fils décédé du sénateur. En pleine élection et lors d'un classico Barça-Real enflammé, Doc et Zoé se retrouvent au centre d'une conspiration politique.

title: Kidnapping Inc.

title: Kidnapping Inc.

overview: Grupa porywaczy porywa syna bogatego kandydata na prezydenta na Haiti. Doc i Zoe to dwaj gangsterzy-amatorzy, których zadaniem jest dostarczenie młodego mężczyzny swojemu bezwzględnemu szefowi. Z płatnym zabójcą na tropie, Zoe przypadkowo zabija zakładnika. Przerażeni Doc i Zoe natrafiają na Patricka i jego ciężarną żonę Laurę. Patrick wygląda dokładnie jak zmarły syn senatora. Doc i Zoe postanawiają porwać parę i zastąpić syna kandydata Patrickiem.

title: Kidnapping Inc.

overview: Doc och Zoe anlitas för vad som av allt att döma tycks vara ett helt vanligt kidnappningsjobb. Men inget går enligt plan och plötsligt är det olyckliga radarparet huvudpersoner i en politisk konspiration.

title: 綁架公司

overview: 一班綁匪擄走咗海地有錢總統候選人個仔。業餘古惑仔德克同柔伊奉命將個後生仔交俾佢哋個狠辣大佬。點知俾個殺手跟住尾，柔伊一個唔覺意搞出人命——殺咗個人質。德克同柔伊慌失失之際，撞啱咗樣貌同參議員個死鬼仔成個餅印咁似嘅柏德烈同佢大肚便便嘅老婆羅拉。德克同柔伊即刻諗到條“偷龍轉鳳”嘅屎橋——綁架呢對夫妻，夾硬用柏德烈頂替參議員個仔交差！

title: Sequestro S.A.

overview: Doc e Zoe são dois sequestradores desafortunados encarregados do que parece ser um simples sequestro de aluguel, mas descobrem que não é nada disso e acabam no meio de uma conspiração política.

title: Худшие похитители на свете

overview: На Гаити разгар президентских выборов. Чтобы повлиять на их исход криминальный босс решает похитить сына влиятельного кандидата, сенатора Пераля. Доставить заложника он поручает двум гангстерам – Зои и Доку, не самым сообразительным парням, одержимым футболом. Но даже эту непыльную работу они умудряются с треском провалить, случайно убив своего пленника. Незадачливые преступники понимают: босс не простит их, и очень возможно самих отправит на тот свет. Но тут они натыкаются на Патрика, который очень похож на погибшего сына кандидата. Вместе с беременной женой Лаурой они собирались в Америку, чтобы там родить ребёнка. Но их планы рушат наши горе-бандиты, в отчаянии решившие выдать Патрика за убитого, чтобы получить куш от выкупа.

character: Doc

character: Zoe

character: Audrey

character: Senator Benjamin Perralt

character: Laura

character: Patrick

character: Captain Fritz Bama

character: Eddy

character: Blan

character: Éric Laforêt

character: Guest

character: TV Set Director

character: Tv set cameraman

character: Mayor

character: Senator Philogène

character: Muriel Perralt

character: Captain Fritz's Bodyguard

character: Flash

character: Reporter

character: Self (archive footage)

job: Producer

job: Casting

job: Costume Design

job: Key Hair Stylist


title: Dreams Like Paper Boats

overview: Edouard has been living in Port-au-Prince with just his daughter Zara for five years. Since his wife left, his daughter and him have only received a cassette from her, and that was a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?

title: Dreams Like Paper Boats

title: Des rêves en bateaux papiers

overview: Edouard vit à Port-au-Prince seul avec sa fille, Zara, depuis cinq ans. Depuis que sa femme les a quittés, sa fille et lui, ils n’ont reçu qu’une cassette de sa part, il y a de cela longtemps. Après des années d’absence, que peut-on attendre d’un amour à distance?

title: 종이배의 꿈

overview: 아내를 미국으로 떠나보낸 에두아르는 딸아이와 함께 단둘이 살아간다. 그의 일상은 아내가 보내온 카세트 소리로 가득하다. 좁은 배를 타고 미국으로 밀입국해야 했고 이민국에 붙잡혀 강제 추방당해야 했던 아내의 모든 경험들이 카세트의 스피커를 통해 에두아르의 일상을 파고든다. 아내의 목소리는 아이티에서 시민권자로 살아가는 에두아르의 삶을 일순간 이주 노동자의 삶으로 치환한다. 그리고 주권자로 살아가는 아이티의 일상과 불법의 존재로서 추방당해야 하는 미국의 일상이 크게 다르지 않음을 주장한다.

character: Edouard

character: Zara

job: Original Music Composer

job: Sound Recordist

job: Sound Designer

job: First Assistant Director

original_title: Des rêves en bateaux papiers


title: Your Body, Your Responsibility

overview: Se Met Ko is a model fictional analysis of attitudes and misconceptions about AIDS within a Haitian-American neighbourhood. The video uses indigenous cultural references and socially-specific occasions to demonstrate how communities, with individuals acting in enlightened co-operation, can responsibly respond to the AIDS crisis.

title: Your Body, Your Responsibility

title: Se Met Ko

overview: Se Met Ko is een fictieve modelanalyse van attitudes en misvattingen over aids in een Haïtiaans-Amerikaanse buurt. De video maakt gebruik van inheemse culturele verwijzingen en sociaal-specifieke gelegenheden om te demonstreren hoe gemeenschappen, waarbij individuen in verlichte samenwerking handelen, op verantwoorde wijze kunnen reageren op de AIDS-crisis.

original_title: Se Met Ko


title: Profonds Regrets

overview: Winodia is kicked out from her mother's house. She goes to stay at her friend's house. While there, she unexpectedly sees her boyfriend  from Haiti.

title: Profonds Regrets

title: Profonds Regrets

character: Winodia

character: Lia

character: Dario

character: Carmen

original_title: Profonds Regrets


title: Mermaids

overview: Daniel, a widowed father in northern Martinique, lives with his 8-year-old daughter, Soraya. A fisherman and restaurateur, he struggles to survive in a town plagued by economic and social crises.

title: Mermaids

original_title: Sirènes


title: Boat People

overview: Inspired by true events, a Haitian refugee fights to survive the inhuman conditions at Guantánamo Bay.

title: Boat People

job: Executive Producer

job: Production Design

original_title: Boat People


title: Art: By Any Means Necessary

name: L’Art : Par Tous Les Moyens Nécessaires : Bande annonce du film (En Français)

name: ART: By Any Means Necessary - Official Trailer English Version

overview: Follows the defiance of two art institutions in the Caribbean: one closed but squatted by artists, the other fighting to stay open. Against the backdrop of political strife, Haitian and Guadeloupean artists grapple with the concept of freedom in their battle to preserve their spaces.

title: Art: By Any Means Necessary

title: Art: By Any Means Necessary

overview: Ce documentaire saisit des images de lutte de deux institutions caribéennes, l’une basée en Haïti et l’autre en Guadeloupe. La première est l’école de cinéma, aujourd’hui disparue en Haïti, et l’autre est le centre culturel de Pointe-à-Pitre, abandonné et occupé par des artistes en Guadeloupe.

job: Legal Services

job: Colorist

job: Title Designer

job: Graphic Designer

job: Driver

job: Production Assistant

job: Production Manager

job: Sound Editor

job: Sound Supervisor

job: Sound Mixer

job: Drone Pilot

job: Additional Camera

job: Assistant Camera

job: Associate Producer

job: Production Intern

title: L'Art: Pa Nenpòt Mwayen Nesesè ap kontinye vwayaj li

title: L'Art: Par Tous Les Moyens Nécessaires poursuit son chemin


title: Three Leaves

name: "Trois feuilles" de Éléonore Coyette & Sephora Monteau (Bande-Annonce/Trailer) - Cineffable 2021

overview: Esther lives her carefree life as a little girl until a small metal box appears in her life and follows her everywhere...

title: Three Leaves

character: (Voice)

job: Editor

job: Sound

job: Director of Photography

job: Producer

job: Director

job: Costume Design

job: Music

job: Co-Producer

job: Screenplay

original_title: Twa fèy


title: Kenbe Alada

Kenbe Alada Teaser

type: Teaser

overview: The result of a close collaboration between dancer-choreographer Linda I. François and filmmaker Wendy Desert. Song, poem, trance, and ritual blend into a folkloric world where every gesture tells the story of a people in search of their identity and roots.

title: Kenbe Alada

job: Writer

original_title: Kenbe Alada


title: Garanti 100% Kréol

overview: Some say that a garanti talisman offers a direct connection with the gods, while others believe that ancestors need to act as intermediaries. Whatever the case, the result is the same: a garanti offers protection and brings happiness.

title: Garanti 100% Kréol

original_title: Garanti 100% Kréol


title: Fragmented

overview: Ritual dances, incantations and fetishes in an associative sequence of mystical scenes reveal the roots of the Afro-Cuban minority in Bauta, Cuba, whose colonial past is guarded by a statue of a slave in chains. Tobacco smoke and magical ceremonies awaken the spirits of ancestors and invite them to fill the forgotten places of cultural memory of a young generation searching for their identity in a post-colonial era of political instability and religious syncretism.

title: Fragmented

title: Na tisíc kousků

overview: Rituální tance, zaříkávání a fetiše v asociativním sledu mystických výjevů odhalují kořeny afro-kubánské menšiny v kubánské Bautě, jejíž koloniální minulost střeží socha otroka v poutech. Tabákový kouř a magické obřady probouzí duchy předků a vyzývají je, aby zaplnili zapomenutá místa kulturní paměti mladé generace, která v post-koloniální éře politické nestability a náboženského synkretismu hledá svoji identitu.

original_title: En mil pedazos


title: Platanero

name: PLATANERO by Juan Frank Hernandez | TRAILER

overview: Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.

title: Platanero

overview: Ti-Frè et Gran-Frè, deux frères d'origine haïtienne vivant dans un bidonville en République Dominicaine, luttent chaque jour pour subsister. Une nuit de pleine lune, ils n'ont d'autre choix que de voler une plantation, où, dans l'ombre des bananiers, rôde une bête mystérieuse.

title: Platanero

title: Platanero

character: Ti-Frè

character: Gran-Frè

character: San-Je

character: Amadito

character: El Jefe

character: Agent Immigration #1

character: Agent Immigration #2

character: Agent Immigration #3

character: Contremaitre de la plantation

character: Cliente du dépanneur

character: Propriétaire du dépanneur

character: Homme costumé #1

character: Homme costumé #2

character: Homme costumé #3

character: Homme costumé #4

character: Homme costumé #5

character: Employé de la plantation #1

character: Employé de la plantation #2

character: Employé de la plantation #3

character: Employé de la plantation #4

job: Sound Designer

job: Executive Producer

job: Special Effects Supervisor

job: Character Designer

original_title: Platanero

production_countries: CA DO


title: Le president a-t-il le sida

overview: A singer who leads a wild life of sex and drugs falls in love for the first time in his life when he is diagnosed with AIDS.

title: Le president a-t-il le sida

character: Dao

character: Nina

character: Larieux

character: Georges

character: Carline

character: Dao's Drummer

character: Dao's Mother

job: Cinematography

job: Art Department Manager

job: Costume Set Supervisor

job: Story

original_title: Le president a-t-il le sida

title: Le Président a-t-il le sida?

country: FR


title: Journée d'couleur

overview: The emblematic film of Haitian youth and the most exemplary, giving a new color to the stories of college students adapted to Haitian life.

title: Journée d'couleur

character: Vonette

character: Phogny

character: Figurante

character: Maguy

character: Boss Zo

character: Le Modérateur

character: Maxime

character: Mitch

character: Stacy

character: Carla

character: Figurant

character: Boni

character: Marvin

character: Crowd

character: Smoye

character: Camille

character: Medjine

character: Le Professeur

character: Matéo

character: Le Directeur

character: Cendy

character: Sonia

job: Editor

job: Casting

job: Sound Editor

original_title: Journée d'couleur

title: Journée d'couleurs

title: Journée d'cooleur

title: Journée d'cooleurs


title: Vakans

overview: Three brothers go on a vacation and realize they need help around the house to function. One of them falls in love along the way.

title: Vakans

job: Director

job: First Assistant Director

job: Sound Mixer

job: Recording Supervision

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Editorial Staff

job: Production Assistant

original_title: Vakans


title: San pran souf

overview: An action film with multiple twists and turn; an almost unusual genre in Haitian cinema.

title: San pran souf

character: David

character: Sabine

character: Police Officer

job: Writer

original_title: San pran souf

title: À bout de souffle

title: À bout de souffle

country: CA


title: Bazilik Patikola, le voyage d'Esther

overview: Bazilik Patikola is a Haitian martial art and game of skill, practiced with a stick, and in its most advanced stage, with a machete. The documentary shares with us the initiatory journey of a young woman in the practice of this combat art.

title: Bazilik Patikola, le voyage d'Esther

job: Idea

job: Producer

original_title: Bazilik Patikola, le voyage d'Esther


title: Madanm Ti Zo

overview: A cinéma vérité documentary portrait of a wise old Haitian midwife and healer who runs a rural health clinic from her modest thatched roof hut near the Jacmel River along Haiti's southern coast. Madanm Ti Zo offers a rare glimpse into traditional life of rural Haitian peasants.

title: Madanm Ti Zo

character: self

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Madanm Ti Zo


title: Tropicana d'Haïti, une histoire de générations

overview: Documentary about L'Orchestre Tropicana d'Haïti, a multi-instrumentalist musical band founded in 1963 in the city of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.


title: Kalfou plezi pye devan

overview: A heartbreaking investigation about the sexual exploitation of Haitian homeless children living in poverty in the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital and most populous city of Haiti, in the mid-90s.

title: Kalfou plezi pye devan

character: Narrator

original_title: Kalfou plezi pye devan

title: Haïti, entre le plaisir et la mort


title: Défilé K-naval 2008: Rale mennen vini pou ayiti vét

overview: Come see the sites and sounds of Haiti's Kanaval (Carnival) 2008 in Port-Au-Prince, featuring a plethora of local music stars.

character: Themselves

character: Himself

job: Associate Producer


title: Manno Charlemagne: A Man's Life

overview: Documentary about the life of Haitian musician and song writer, Emmanuel Charlemagne.  That artist was an important element of the popular Haitian socio-political movements in the 1980's and 1990's.  His music had a strong presence and certainly influenced Haitian history prior to the departure of Jean-Claude Duvalier.

title: Manno Charlemagne: A Man's Life

job: Cinematography

original_title: Manno Charlemagne: Un hommer, une vie

title: Manno Charlemagne: Un hombre, una vida

country: CU

title: Manno Charlemagne: Konviksyon

title: Manno Charlemagne: Un hombre, una vida

country: ES

title: Manno Charlemagne: A Man's Life


title: July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?

overview: A curious college student travels to Haiti to unravel the life of the president. What she finds is...unspeakable. While investigating the past of President Moïse for a memoir, Shedeline walks into the heart of a life-changing event for her, Haiti, and its president; as she gets a front-row seat to the chaos and intrigue of a bloody political firestorm. This unexpected turn of events shakes her and introduces a terrifying twist to what she thought would be an ordinary story. Now, her memory is heavy with the answer to the prodigious question hanging over an unsettled nation. Who killed the president?

overview: L'étudiante Shedeline enquête sur le président haïtien Jovenel Moïse pour ses mémoires, mais se retrouve mêlée aux événements entourant son assassinat, témoin de première main du chaos politique tout en découvrant la vérité derrière son meurtre.

overview: La universitaria Shedeline investiga al presidente de Haití, Moïse, para escribir sus memorias, pero se ve envuelta en los acontecimientos relacionados con su asesinato, presenciando el caos político y la verdad detrás de su asesinato.

character: Shedline Jacques

character: Renel Monise

character: Eden

character: Bad

character: Jean Jacques

character: Bilio

character: Madga

character: Adam

character: Madame Jean Jacques

character: Ambassador

character: Swat

character: Journalist

character: Bad Girlfriend (voice)

character: Chief of Operations

character: Ex Haiti President

job: Production Design

job: Art Direction

job: Set Decoration

job: Assistant Set Decoration

job: Costume Design

job: Hair Department Head

job: Makeup Department Head

job: Production Manager

job: Unit Production Manager

job: Second Assistant Director

job: Construction Grip

job: Art Department Coordinator

job: Assistant Art Director

title: July 7


title: Children of Shadows

overview: A film about the restavèk children of Haiti, who, because their own parents are too poor to keep them, must leave their families to live and work as full-time, unpaid domestics in other households. The camera follows the children as they go through their daily chores, which include an endless cycle of mopping, cooking, washing, sweeping, marketing, and doing errands.

title: Children of Shadows

job: Director

original_title: Children of Shadows


title: Blue Heart

overview: Marianne and Pétion live in Haiti and wait impatiently for a call from their son in the USA. The promise of the American dream now seems to elude them, as the line between hope and reality becomes increasingly blurred.

title: Blue Heart

title: Blue Heart

overview: Marianne y Pétion viven en Haití y aguardan impacientes una llamada de su hijo en EE. UU. A medida que el silencio se prolonga, sus temores y preocupaciones crecen, revelando las grietas en sus propias vidas. La promesa del sueño americano parece eludirlos, mientras la línea entre la esperanza y la realidad se difumina cada vez más. (GIFF)

title: Синє серце

overview: Їхній улюблений син далеко. Маріанна і Петіон живуть на Гаїті з телефоном, чекаючи дзвінка зі США, куди їхній син поїхав за американською мрією.

title: Coeur Bleu

title: Coeur Bleu

title: 彼岸的（未）接來電

overview: 海地一隅，恐懼與擔憂在為疾病所困的日常裡漸漸滋長，夫婦焦急等待赴美逐夢的兒子來電。可當鈴聲響起，電話另一端究竟是希望，還是令人絕望的現實？啟發自導演父親真實經歷，以紀錄片般的凝視，折射出海地人美國夢背後的殘酷真相——當有人賭上一切離開，留下的人日子卻愈加難捱。

character: Marianne

character: Pétion

character: Samuel

job: Executive Producer

job: Production Director

job: Producer's Assistant

job: Sound Engineer

job: Assistant Camera

job: Grip

job: Sound Mixer

job: Sound

job: Original Music Composer

job: Producer

job: Editor

job: Writer

job: Director of Photography

original_title: Coeur Bleu

production_countries: HT FR


title: Zatrap

overview: The film Zatrap, shot in Black & White, in 16 MM, and in Creole/French, pinpoints the problems of a departmentalized Martinique, which no longer produces anything and depends on containers to feed its population. A Martinique that was preparing to "give" its daughters and sons to the mother country, metropolitan France, to work for the PTT (post office), the RATP (metro) and the AP (hospitals). At the time, Césaire called this transfer “genocide by substitution”, because at the same time as these young people were going into exile, other inhabitants from France were settling in Martinique.

title: Zatrap

original_title: Zatrap

title: Zaptrap


title: Biyè Vèt

overview: Down in Haiti, there is a lady named "Madan Paul". Madan Paul belongs to "Mesie Paul", her husband. Brenò is a poor guy with abslutely nothing and all he can think of is to be with Madan Paul. Breno poses as a Diaspora to win Madan Paul.

title: Biyè Vèt

job: Screenplay

original_title: Biyè Vèt

title: Biyèt Vèt

title: Madame Paul

title: Biye vet


title: 1964: Kamoken Cemetery

overview: In 1964, following the landing of around thirty men intent on overthrowing him, the Haitian dictator Duvalier launched a campaign of terror to deter peasants from joining the rebellion, composed of men from the Southeast region where they had settled. Over 50 years later, the peasants recount their story for the first time.

title: 1964: Kamoken Cemetery

original_title: 1964: Simityè Kamoken


title: Port-au-Prince, my unique and only love

overview: A portrait of Georges Corvington, the man who had one single passion in his life: Port-au-Prince; he patiently tried to decode its DNA and recreate its urban genome.

title: Port-au-Prince, my unique and only love

character: Self

job: Scenario Writer

job: Cinematography

original_title: Port-au-Prince, mon seul et unique amour


title: Jean & I

overview: Michelle, a 10-year-old survivor of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, attempts to escape both her past and her new home when she learns that her "new" family is not what they seem.

title: Jean & I

character: Michelle

character: Jean

job: Director

job: Production Designer

job: Music Supervisor

job: Sound Designer

job: First Assistant Director

job: Second Assistant Director

job: Camera Operator

job: Gaffer

job: Steadicam Operator

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Second Assistant Camera

job: Best Boy Electric

job: Key Grip

job: Grip Production Assistant


title: The Heroes of the Massacre River

name: The Heroes of the Massacre River: Post Screening QnA with Filmmaker

name: THE HEROES OF THE MASSACRE RIVER - OFFICIAL TRAILER

overview: The Heroes of the Massacre River is a powerful documentary that chronicles the stories of the pioneers behind the construction of the historic Canal of Ouanaminthe, a project that united Haitians across the nation and the diaspora. This film celebrates the groundbreaking efforts of key figures, centering on Dr. Bertrhude Albert, Dr. Naismy-Mary Fleurant, architect Wideline Pierre, economist Etzer Emile as well as dedicated canal workers Milourie Sylfrard, Theodore Johnson and Joseph Pressoir — all guided by the investigative journey of Max Angie Clervil. It also serves as a commentary on the complexity of colonialism and borders, tracing the role that the Massacre River continues to play in the history of Ayiti.

title: The Heroes of the Massacre River

job: Executive Producer

job: Consulting Producer

job: Assistant Production Coordinator

job: Logistics Coordinator

job: Director of Photography

job: Drone Operator

job: Travel Coordinator

job: Original Music Composer

job: Music

job: Art Designer

original_title: The Heroes of the Massacre River


title: Mesi / Dessalines

overview: A visual ode to Jean-Jacques Dessalines by Felix Morriseau-Leroy.

title: Mesi / Dessalines

job: Director

original_title: Mesi / Dessalines


title: Take Back

overview: A Haitian woman's tranquil life is shattered by foreigners as she fights to stay alive and protect her ancestral land, unleashing a journey of resilience and empowerment.

title: Take Back

character: Haitian Woman

job: Writer

original_title: Reprann


title: The Dangerous Seduction

overview: A hardworking husband is torn between loyalty to his family and the dangerous allure of a wealthy widow.

title: The Dangerous Seduction

character: Smith Casimir

character: Nicole Simon

character: Carine

character: Dr. William

character: Dr. Bicha

character: Judge Salvard

character: Ashley

character: Chris

character: Carl

job: Producer

job: Lead Editor

original_title: The Dangerous Seduction


title: A la mise pou Rodrig

overview: In 1980, the first feature film in Creole language "A la mise pou Rodrig" was distributed throughout the country featuring the singer Rodrigue Milien: filmed in 16mm and enlarged to 35 millimeters.

title: A la mise pou Rodrig

original_title: A la mise pou Rodrig


title: AbiZe

overview: Ze, a young bachelor who had lost faith in love. Encouraged by a friend, Ze decides to give love another chance and starts a new relationship with Abi, his colleague. As their romance unfolds, Abi captivates Ze, turning him into a hopeless romantic. However, their relationship takes an unexpected turn when they are confronted with a mysterious equation.

title: AbiZe

character: Abi

character: Ze

character: Chape

job: Sound Engineer

job: Boom Operator

job: Makeup Artist

job: Camera Operator

job: 3D Animator

job: Editor

job: Best Boy Electric

original_title: AbiZe


title: Se llamaba Joane

overview: Joane, a Haitian woman living in Chile, is accused of abandoning her baby at a municipal building. This leads to a series of events that result in the baby's death.

title: Se llamaba Joane

character: Joane

character: Wilfrid

character: Guardia de seguridad

character: Funcionario municipalidad 1

job: Assistant Director

job: Executive Producer

job: Art Direction

job: Assistant Art Director

job: Makeup & Hair

job: Director of Photography

job: Cinematography

job: Focus Puller

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Sound

job: Sound Assistant

job: Color Grading

original_title: Se llamaba Joane


title: Marie Madeleine

overview: In Jacmel, Haiti, the sea, the churches, and the spirits shape daily life. Marie Madeleine is a free woman. She makes a living as a prostitute and navigates the nights without submitting to the rules of those who save souls. Her path crosses Joseph's, a young evangelist. A relationship blossoms between these two opposite beings. As Joseph’s faith wavers, Marie Madeleine draws him into a world where desire and the quest for freedom open up a space where everything can be reinvented.

title: Marie Madeleine

overview: Â Jacmel, en Haïti, la mer, les églises et les esprits façonnent la vie. Marie Madeleine est une femme libre. Elle vit de la prostitution et traverse les nuits sans se soumettre aux règles de ceux qui sauvent les âmes. Sa route croise celle de Joseph, un jeune évangéliste. Une relation se noue entre ces deux êtres que tout oppose. Alors que Joseph vacille dans sa foi, Marie Madeleine l’entraîne vers un monde dans lequel désir et quête de liberté ouvrent un espace où tout peut être réinventé.

title: Marie Madeleine

title: 마리아 막달레나

title: Marie Madeleine

overview: À Jacmel, en Haïti, la mer, les églises et les esprits façonnent la vie. Marie Madeleine est une femme libre. Elle vit de la prostitution et traverse les nuits sans se soumettre aux règles de ceux qui sauvent les âmes. Sa route croise celle de Joseph, un jeune évangéliste. Une relation se noue entre ces deux êtres que tout oppose. Alors que Joseph vacille dans sa foi, Marie Madeleine l’entraîne vers un monde dans lequel désir et quête de liberté ouvrent un espace où tout peut être réinventé.

character: Marie Madeleine

character: Joseph

character: Jacques

character: Melody

character: Sexy

character: Dieudonné

character: Natacha

character: Kadou

job: Director

job: Writer

job: Producer

job: First Assistant Director

job: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

job: Dialogue Editor

job: Boom Operator

job: Sound Mixer

job: Foley Mixer

original_title: Marie Madeleine

production_countries: FR HT BE LU CA


title: The Tropic Sun and His Eyes

overview: Traveling on foot, a young man returns to Haiti to reconnect with his estranged father. When a persistent street kid won’t stop following him, Ruben makes a deal: help him find a shortcut, keep some distance, and the boy can stay.

title: The Tropic Sun and His Eyes

job: Executive Producer

job: Original Music Composer

job: Editor

original_title: Soley Twopikal Ak Pitit Li


title: Sikl

title: O Ciclo

overview: Jean tenta se livrar da cidade em que vive, e daquele com quem tem um acordo.  Feito em um final de semana para a maratona cinematográfica Abril Claquete, da qual ganhou os prêmios do júri de Primeiro Lugar(Amador) e Melhor Ator(Jean Madoche), além da categoria Voto Popular.

character: Jean, A Presa

character: Mãe com bebê(Não-creditada)

character: O Predador

character: Moça no terminal(Não creditada)

character: Manman/Madre(voz)

job: Assistant Director

job: Production Design

job: Music

job: Sound Director

job: Cinematography

job: Sound Engineer

job: Musician

original_title: Sikl

title: Ciclos

country: HN

title: O Ciclo


title: Job 1:21

status: PostProduction

overview: The film follows a group of former female inmates who stage a play condemning the country’s prison system. At its center is Nathalie, who fights for the release of her sister Aline, held in prolonged pretrial detention – a widespread practice in Haiti.

title: Job 1:21

job: Director

job: Writer

job: Producer


title: La Ronde des vodù

title: La Ronde des vodù

overview: Le Vaudou est-il une pratique diabolique ou une religion à part entière, indispensable à la survie d'un peuple en quête de son identité ? Sur des images de la vie quotidienne en Haïti, des hommes et des femmes de toutes conditions, engagés dans ce rite, témoignent.

original_title: La Ronde des vodù

title: Voodoo Dance


title: The Downfall of an Island

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name: The Downfall of an Island- Documentary Trailer

overview: A documentary that explores the complex shared history and current sociopolitical state between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

title: The Downfall of an Island

original_title: The Downfall of an Island


title: In Haiti

overview: The film depicts life in Port-au-Prince amid the fall of the government and social uncertainty, creating a feverish, dreamlike portrait of the city. Through intimate portraits of residents grappling with the daily struggle for survival, the film highlights their hopes, sorrows, and cultural rhythms, which shine through the all-encompassing violence.

title: In Haiti

overview: Film „W Haiti” obrazuje życie w Port-au-Prince w obliczu niestabilności politycznej i niepewności społecznej, tworząc wyjątkowy, oniryczny obraz miasta. Poprzez intymne portrety mieszkańców zmagających się z codzienną walką o przetrwanie film ukazuje ich odporność, nadzieje i rytmy kulturowe, które trwają pomimo wszechobecnej przemocy.

title: In Haiti

character: Guide

character: himself

job: Co-Producer

original_title: W Haiti


title: Alphabetisation en Haiti

overview: After falling victim to a misunderstanding, Josapha realizes the importance of learning to read and write and decides to go to school. All the dialogue in the film is spoken in Haitian Creole.

title: Alphabetisation en Haiti

original_title: Alphabetisation en Haiti


title: Rolland

overview: After the murder of a journalist, police investigate a young suspect: Rolland Rameau.

title: Rolland

original_title: Rolland