WHERE:
17.3.26: Metropol - Brunnenstrasse 20 - 40233 Düsseldorf
18.3.26: Flimhaus Köln - Maybachstraße 111 · 50670 Köln
PIÉ DANS LÔ
R: Kim Yip Tong, (RE, FR), 2024, 14', OmeU
On 25 July 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef off the east coast of Mauritius. Twelve days later, oil spilled, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region.
RENTRONS
R: Nasser Bessalah, (FR), 2024, 24', OmeU
In a village in the Bejaoui mountains in northern Algeria, Nouria meets Abdel, a Frenchman who lives and works in the country. After losing a bet, the two young people set off on a moped along the Mediterranean coast. Their goal: to board a boat that will take them back to France.
LEES WAXUL
R: Yoro Mbaye, (SN, FR, BE), 2024, 22', OmeU
Dans son village où le pain est un luxe, Ousseynou, un ancien pêcheur, n'a que la vente de baguettes rassies - le fagadaga - pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. Cependant, l'ouverture de la boulangerie traditionnelle de sa belle-sœur Nafi sonne comme un affront pour lui et menace progressivement son business.
GIOIA
Director: Nixon Singa, (FR), 2024, 21', OmU
Fifteen-year-old Gioia, a black teenager, leads a boring life at school. In the evenings, she indulges in her passion: Afro dance. When she shares this activity with Amandine, a popular student at the school, their two worlds collide.
In attendance of director Nixon Singa