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A SEEDBED OF IMAGINARIES
A space dedicated to short films and audiovisual projects created by students from film schools, community workshops, and emerging collectives with an Afrodisruptive or decolonial perspective. This section aims to showcase new voices, formative processes, and proposals that whether from the classroom, the community, or the territory imagine alternative futures.
 A Passion's Night BloomDirector: Kwesi Awotwi Writer: Kwesi Awotwi Producer: Kwesi Awotwi United Kingdom / 2024 / 9'46 Short Film Beatrice, a teenage girl from Brixton, wants to pursue a career in dancing, but her traditionally-minded Ghanaian parents do not agree with her career choice. |  La ballade de saturneDirectors: Fama Alla Dieng, Ismaela Camara, Ramata Sy, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Providencia Lauren Sanou Producer: Emma Sangare Senegal / 2025 / 20'52 Short Film Mounir, an expert in cyber security, sees his life change on the day of his thirtieth birthday. Jealous of the love their mother has for her brother, Awa, Mounir's deceased twin sister returns to haunt her brother in the hope of staying in the world of the living with their mother. |  Les crampons de l'espoirDirector: Mariama Niang Writer: Amy Niane Producer: Emma Sangare Senegal / 2022 / 22'19 Short Film This is the story of FADIOUCK, a former coach who gave up his career after surviving a terrible shipwreck—the sinking of the Joola ferry off the coast of Senegal—where he lost all the members of his football team. Twenty years after this tragedy, he finds himself facing an unexpected situation when KHADIJA, a 16-year-old aspiring footballer |
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 Neegu GoorDirector: Babacar D Diouf Writer: Assane Niang Producer: Emma Sangaré Senegal / 2025 / 16'25 Short Film Habib is an 8-year-old boy, clever and mischievous. He lives with his parents. After witnessing a circumcision scene, he was traumatized by sharp objects. He devised a list of strategies for his parents to avoid undergoing circumcision. One day, he is betrayed by the person he trusted the most—his namesake. |  V's SecretDirector: Bassma Farah Nancy Producers: Jesuit Cairo Film School, Antonious Bassily, Bassma Nancy Farah, Amir Fahim Egypt / 2024 / 12'50 Short Film Adam, 27, drops his wife’s G-string onto neighbor Bassem’s balcony. Bassem shuts the door, ignoring Adam’s explanation. Convinced Bassem took it, Adam retaliates, breaking a flowerpot. He sneaks into Bassem’s room, leading to a confrontation. But when the G-string is still missing, doubt begins to creep in. |  XYDirector: Seydina Mouhamed Ndiaye Writer: Seydina Mouhamed Ndiaye, Aichatou Ka Producer: Serigne Abdoul Aziz Diop Senegal / 2024 / 18'23 Short Film Xalil and Yamis, a couple bound by years of love, see their world shattered by the tragic loss of their only daughter. The accident that took her away leaves behind an immense void — a silence so heavy, it almost screams. Since that day, Xalil has withdrawn into himself. |
 Yadikoon, the little princeDirector: Moussa Manou NDIAYE Producer: Emma Sangare Hernandes Senegal / 2023 / 19' Short Film This is the story of Yama, a single mother with an autistic son, Yadikoon, who loses her job the day she brings him to work. Yama finds herself without a source of income while having to manage her life and care for her son, who relies solely on her. In a society where mothers with autistic sons are marginalized and misunderstood, how will Yama juggle her role as a mother |
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