Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that...

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

Twelve international filmmakers create connections between humans and animals, through biodiversity, ecosystem, climate change, environment and...

20 short films about human rights.

Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in...

Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village who dream of repairing an old broken car, and moving to the city and starting life over.

A small African village. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila...

Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for...

Samba (Bakary Sangare) has returned unannounced to his home village, bringing with him a suitcase full of money. Despite his protests that this is...

Eugene, an idealistic young African farmer and musician, decides to leave his village and family momentarily to try out his luck in the city. He...

The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.

This drama focuses upon the psychological adjustment problems of a young boy whose family moves him from Africa to Paris, France. Moctar, a boy...

Short directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo.

Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo.

Patrick, a young Frenchman in his thirties, has been working for a year in a small village in Burkina Faso. He has a relationship for a few months...

A dwarf born into an intolerant village meets a farmer who teaches her about love, friendship and sacrifice.

Short directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo.

The beautiful Awa, from a poor background, decides to marry for money rather than love and ends up with the much older Karim. While married, she...

For love, a young woman wants to leave her family and her country, which the other young man who loves her cannot understand.

Issa is a traditional weaver in Burkina Faso who loves his trade. However, so as not to lose his clientele and continue making enough to keep his...