Mati Diop

About the return of the royal treasures of Abomey in Benin, snatched away by colonial plunder, to a country that has had to build itself up and come to terms with their absence.

About the return of the royal treasures of Abomey in Benin, snatched away by colonial plunder, to a country that has had to build itself up and come to terms with their absence.

Cuando se conocieron, Sara vivía con François, el mejor amigo de Jean. Ahora, Jean y Sara se quieren y viven juntos hace 10 años. Un día, Sara ve a François por la calle. Él no se da cuenta, pero a ella le invade la sensación de que su vida podría cambiar repentinamente. Al mismo tiempo, François retoma el contacto con Jean por primera vez en años y le propone volver a trabajar juntos. A partir de aquí, todos perderán el control.

Realizada durante el encierro, "In My Room" nos sumerge en la conmovedora historia de una mujer en el ocaso de su vida, a través de grabaciones de la abuela fallecida del director. Las salas de estar se convierten en escenarios donde se desarrolla la vida. Las ventanas se convierten en portales a la vida de los demás.

Realizada durante el encierro, "In My Room" nos sumerge en la conmovedora historia de una mujer en el ocaso de su vida, a través de grabaciones de la abuela fallecida del director. Las salas de estar se convierten en escenarios donde se desarrolla la vida. Las ventanas se convierten en portales a la vida de los demás.

Realizada durante el encierro, "In My Room" nos sumerge en la conmovedora historia de una mujer en el ocaso de su vida, a través de grabaciones de la abuela fallecida del director. Las salas de estar se convierten en escenarios donde se desarrolla la vida. Las ventanas se convierten en portales a la vida de los demás.

Realizada durante el encierro, "In My Room" nos sumerge en la conmovedora historia de una mujer en el ocaso de su vida, a través de grabaciones de la abuela fallecida del director. Las salas de estar se convierten en escenarios donde se desarrolla la vida. Las ventanas se convierten en portales a la vida de los demás.

A lo largo de la costa atlántica, una torre futurista que pronto será inaugurada se cierne sobre un suburbio de Dakar. Ada, de 17 años, está enamorada de Souleimane, un joven trabajador de la construcción. Pero ella ha sido prometida a otro hombre. Una noche, Souleimane y sus compañeros desaparecen en el mar. Poco después, regresan para atormentar a su antiguo vecindario tomando posesión de las novias que dejaron atrás. Algunos de los trabajadores han venido reclamando venganza y amenazan con quemar la torre si el desarrollador no paga sus salarios. Pero Souleiman ha regresado por Ada, para que puedan estar juntos por última vez.

A lo largo de la costa atlántica, una torre futurista que pronto será inaugurada se cierne sobre un suburbio de Dakar. Ada, de 17 años, está enamorada de Souleimane, un joven trabajador de la construcción. Pero ella ha sido prometida a otro hombre. Una noche, Souleimane y sus compañeros desaparecen en el mar. Poco después, regresan para atormentar a su antiguo vecindario tomando posesión de las novias que dejaron atrás. Algunos de los trabajadores han venido reclamando venganza y amenazan con quemar la torre si el desarrollador no paga sus salarios. Pero Souleiman ha regresado por Ada, para que puedan estar juntos por última vez.

For the 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille about thirty directors have done us the honor of offering us some very beautiful short films.

First of a triptych of shorts using, reusing, misusing unused and behind-the-scenes footage from Félicité.

Full moon above the city of Paris. A young man crosses the city neighborhoods on his bike, when elsewhere a group of distinguished young people that seem to come from another planet, stroll, smoke and chat.

Camila, una joven directora de teatro, viaja de Buenos Aires a Nueva York gracias a una beca artística que le permite trabajar en su nuevo proyecto: la traducción al español de "Sueño de una noche de verano", de William Shakespeare. Pero al poco de su llegada, Camila ya se da cuenta que el trabajo quizá no es suficiente para compensar el hecho de haber dejado atrás a sus amigos y a su novio.

Four filmmakers share a montage of their original ghost images and rushes on a mix of I've seen the future.

Jules had been hard at work rehearsing the steps to "Billie Jean" for the end-of-the-year show. That same year, he jumped onstage in the middle of a post-rock concert, took off his shirt, leapt into the crowd. That’s when we started to film him. Then we offered to spend a day in a studio and film him dancing.

Jules had been hard at work rehearsing the steps to "Billie Jean" for the end-of-the-year show. That same year, he jumped onstage in the middle of a post-rock concert, took off his shirt, leapt into the crowd. That’s when we started to film him. Then we offered to spend a day in a studio and film him dancing.

Roger es el compañero de un militar que está en misión en Djibouti. Roger se ha quedado solo en la base de Fort Buchanan y es víctima de la violencia de su hija adoptiva, Roxy. Roger va a pedir consejo y consuelo a sus amigas y buscará una nueva confianza junto a su entrenador deportivo.

A dreamy, ironic comedy about a generation of hedonistic students in the 1990s. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly. During a series of vacation days filled with sun-drenched naps, squabbling, waterskiing competitions and love-making, the amateur actors discuss their concerns in dry dialogues. For instance, semi-intellectual reflections on the end of time and how Michael Jordan plays basketball.

In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on quay, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates the personal and universal inheritance which represents "Touki Bouki." What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.

In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At the fateful moment, Anta embarks. Mory stays alone on quay, unable to tear himself away from his land. Forty years later, "A Thousand Suns" investigates the personal and universal inheritance which represents "Touki Bouki." What has happened since? Magaye Niang, the hero of the movie, has never left Dakar. And today, the old cowboy wonders where Anta is, the love of his youth. Stories about family, exile and cinema meet between the sphere of intimacy and that of myth.

When Roger's husband deploys to Djibouti, he's left alone at Fort Buchanan with his temperamental daughter Roxy. Her violent outbursts drive him to seek comfort in friends and self-confidence through boxing lessons with a personal trainer.

Film following a Vietnamese director's wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscences.

Film following a Vietnamese director's wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscences.

Film following a Vietnamese director's wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora reminiscences.

Un graduado reciente en la universidad va a París después de romper una relación con su novia que duraba 5 años. Una vez allí, se enamora de una joven prostituta y comienza un viaje fatídico.

Un graduado reciente en la universidad va a París después de romper una relación con su novia que duraba 5 años. Una vez allí, se enamora de una joven prostituta y comienza un viaje fatídico.

1915. Louis, aged 17, arrives on Reunion Island to find his father, Count Kerdiguen. He has built himself a new family with Salima, his native partner, and their daughter Sita. Between the white and native communities, tensions are increasingly mounting...

An American babysitter comes to look after a young French teenager in her parents' chalet in the French Alps. Teenage sexual awakening fantasy.

An American babysitter comes to look after a young French teenager in her parents' chalet in the French Alps. Teenage sexual awakening fantasy.

Corsica, summer 2009. Pascal, a young medic indulges in his boredom and melancholy between the hospital corridors and streets of the city. Mustapha an illegal worker at a hotel in the center of the island is forced to go underground. Between the two, a choir of young people changes the world.

Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the atlantic to get to Europe. Will life be easier there or not?

Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the atlantic to get to Europe. Will life be easier there or not?

Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the atlantic to get to Europe. Will life be easier there or not?

Lionel, a widower, has raised his daughter, Josephine, on his own since she was young. The two are used to living alone, depending solely on one another. But, now that Josephine is older, Lionel is beginning to realize they cannot stay isolated forever.

Christopher Columbus discovered America while looking for India. Columbus' journeys are subjective and undefined. Illusions take over objective observation. When one leaves, it is always his/ her own dreams that take off first. The edge of the world is definitely more narrow than the idea of it.