A couple of young cinephiles hatch a plan before their theater closes down forever.
In a small town in the north of Senegal two young avid cinephiles, Baba and Sembene, are desperate to see a movie on the big screen of their local cinema before it closes its door forever
A film by Mamadou Dia
Senegal / USA, 2016, Fiction, 11 minutes, Colour, Fulah/ Pulaar/ Fulani - Wolof - French (with English subtitles), 14A
starring Assane Lô, Fallou Keïta, Saikou Lô, Penda Daly Sy, Cheikh Anta Diogue
Fourth short narrative
Running Time
11 mins
Shooting Format
HD
Sceening Format
DCP, BluRay, DVD,.mov, mp4 (HD)
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
5.1
CAST
Assane Lo, as "Sembene"
Fallou Keita, as "Baba"
Baba's dad / Saikou Lo
Post office writer / Cheikh Anta Diong
First customer / Penda "Daly" Sy
Singer / Yéla Diop
Calebasse / Mamadou Guéye
Baba's brothers / Bilal Keita, Tamara
Reseller / Pape Sène
Post office customers / Seynabou Thior, Pape Aissé
Stick man / Modou Diouf
Dancer / Ndiémé Diène
CREW
1st AD / Mamadou Diallo
Editor / Juhui Kwon
Editor / Mamadou Dia
Sound editor & fx / Brandon Sanders
Color correction / Sheldon Chau
Credits and poster / Suzanne Caerteling
Gaffer / Felipe Martinez Vara Rey
Key Grip / Lamine Camara
Best boy / Nestor Celaya
1st assistant camera / Jean Diouf
2nd assistant camera / Babacar Diop
G&E / Abdou Sy, Modou Doumbouya, Djiby Sarr
Groupman / Pape Sarr
Sound mixer / Demba Thiam
Set designer / Jean Jacques D'Erneville
Assistant designer / Mamadou Diao
Editing consultant / Alan Wu
Focal point Niague / Pape Ndiaye, Assane Ndiaye
Fire watch / Fallou Diop
Drivers / Modou Diouf, Ndama Sarr, Mamadou Sarr
Catering / Haby Ndiaye, Ndoumbé Dieng
Make up singing scene / Mbayang Ngom
Extras / Troupe Arco de Pikine, Troupe artistique Keur Gui de Lac Rose
Special Thanks
Financial Participation and support
Céline Payet
Abdoul et Chakeera Kane
Abdoulaye et Aminata Dia
Ameth Fall Diagne
Hugo Von Tilborg
Arthur Jadoul
Madji Sock
Arona Camara
Rafael et Maxim Durand
Soukeyna Gaye
Amadou Ba
Mariama Cécile Ndao
Cinema Christa, Malick Aw
Cinema Awa, Mbengue
Directeur de la poste Fann, Abdou Ndiaye
Nicolas Loomis
Tania Beard
Sarah Nehring
Giulia Paoletti
Modibo Diawara
Leyti Fall
Pape Ndiaye
Cheikh Tidiane Sy
Marieke Kruis
Alan Wu
Tony Koros
Ndiacé Gueye
Ndongo Dièye et Mapaté Wade
Alassane Sèye
Maguette Ndiour
Rokhaya Daba Fall
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2017 | Soirée FOPICA, Dakar, Sénégal | le 9/08/2017
* National Relase / Sortie Nationale (avec 8 autres courts métrages sénégalais inédits)
* Screening / Projection : Mercredi 9 août 2017, à 18h, au Grand Théâtre National. Entrée sur invitation.
Best Short Film - Fribourg IFF
Best Short Film - Image et Vie IFF, Dakar
Selected at the Venice IFF, IFF Rotterdam
73rd VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Venice, Italy)
August 31, 2016
41st TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Toronto, Canada)
September 8, 2016
31st FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FRANCOPHONE DE NAMUR (Official Selection, Belgium)
September 30, 2016
61st SEMANA INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE VALLADOLID (Official Selection, Valladolid, Spain)
October 22, 2016
36th FESTIVAL FILM AFRICANO DI VERONA (Official Selection, Verona, Italy)
November 4, 2016
16th WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Canada)
November 30, 2016
*BEST SHORT FILM*
16th FESTIVAL IMAGE ET VIE (Official Selection, Senegal)
December 17, 2016
SWEET AS FILM FESTIVAL DECEMBER'S EDITION (Official Selection, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
December 22, 2016
1st CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, India)
December 24, 2016
4th SUDAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Cinema from the World Section (out of Competition, Khartoum, Sudan)
January 21, 2017
46th INT'L FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM (Education Section, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
January 25, 2017
33rd INT'L FESTIVAL SARAJEVO "SARAJEVO WINTER" (Official Selection, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
February 14, 2017
17th FILUMS - INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Lahore, Pakistan)
February 17, 2017
26th INT'L PALENCIA FILM FESTIVAL (Int'l Short Film Competition, Palencia, Spain)
February 18, 2017
CINEMAFRICA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Stockholm, Sweden)
February 22, 2017
13th AKBANK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (non-competitive section "Perspective", Istanbul, Turkey)
March 13, 2017
19th MECAL PRO, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL (International Selection, Barcelona, Spain)
March 14, 2017
8th FLICKS INT'L STUDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Groningen, Netherlands)
March 15, 2017
HEADWATERS FILM FEST 2017 (Official Selection, Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA)
March 30, 2017
*SWISS CINEMA NETWORK JURY PRIZE*
31st FRIBOURG INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Int'l Short Films Competition, Fribourg, Switzerland)
March 31, 2017
15th PLEIN LA BOBINE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, La Bourboule, France)
April 18, 2017
11th AFRYKAMERA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Warsaw, Poland)
April 18, 2017
48th NASHVILLE FILMFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tennessee, United States)
April 20, 2017
22nd YOUNG AFRICAN FILMMAKER (YAFMAs) (Competition, Leuven, Belgium)
34th BUSAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official competition, South Korea)
April 25, 2017
46th SEHSÜCHTE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany)
April 26, 2017
TWISTER ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Woodward, OK, USA)
April 27, 2017
*SPECIAL JURY MENTION*
SKEPTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 (Official Selection, Cagliari, Italy)
May 10, 2017
LJUBLJANA INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2017 (Official Selection, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
May 12, 2017
16th FESTIVAL CINÉMAS ET CULTURE D'AFRIQUE DE ANGERS (Official Selection, Angers, France)
May 16, 2017
12th AFRYKAMERA AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Warsaw, Poland)
May 20, 2017
3rd NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)
May 20, 2017
7th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FICAIJ (Official Selection, Mérida, Venezuela)
May 29, 2017
5th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR KIDS AND YOUTH CINEMA IN SNEAKERS (Official Selection, Warsaw, Poland)
May 31, 2017
3rd KINOLUB - INT'L FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (Official Selection, Katowice, Poland)
June 1, 2017
19th MO&FRIESE KINDERKURZFILMFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Hamburg)
June 4, 2017
33rd HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Germany)
June 6, 2017
18th SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Maremetraggio Section, Trieste, Italy)
July 1, 2017
Quarantine Film Festival 2017 (Official Selection, Varna, Bulgaria)
July 4, 2017
10th BUEU INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Bueu, Pontevedra, Spain)
September 9, 2017