Francophone Shorts in Harlem presents three programs of short films streaming for $5 December 4th-18th
Series One
Bablinga, Fabien Dao, 2020, 14’, Burkina Faso
Une X la poussière retombée, Hervé Demers, 2020, 15, Canada
Zombie, Balojii, 2018, 14’, République Démocratique du Congo
Cut!Cut Action, Mohamed Ait Hamou, 2020, 1.5’, Algeria
Ceci n’est pas une valise, Lou du Pontavice, 2019, 14’, Belgium
La saison des Hibiscus, Eleonore Goldberg, 2020, 10’, Canada
Fouyé Zetwal, Wally Fall, 2020, 14’, Guadeloupe
Cru, David Oesch, 2020, 10’, Switzerland
Series Two
Rasta, Samir Benchikh, 2020, 29’, Côte d’Ivoire
Restes d’une frontiere, Steve Fotso, 2020, 13’, Cameroun
On est pas près d’être des supers héros, Lia Bertels, 2020, 19’, Belgique
Tabaski, Laurence Attali, 2020, 26’, Senegal
Le dilemme de Ma, Alexa Carrenard,2019, 9’, Canada
L’écume de la ville, Pierre Watteyne, 2020, 8’, Belgium
Series Three
Je finirai en prison,Alexandre Dostie,2019,23’, Canada
Au fils du temps, Fassar Maurice Sarr, 2020, 15”, Morocco
Temps de glace ,Rachel Samson, 2019, 3’, Canada
La dernière danse ,Fatoumata Diallo, 2020, 13’, Senegal
Un jour, un choix, Dymy Chouloute, 2020, 6’, Haïti
Mon père, Elvis, Eric Piccoli, 2020, 15’, Canada
Artur Rambo, Guillaume Levil, 2018, 19’, La reunion-France
On Saturday, December 12th at 10am EDT join a panel discussion with filmmakers Laurence Attali & Eric Piccoli moderated by Boukary Sawadogo.
Dr. Boukary Sawadogo is professor of cinema studies in the Department of Media and Communication Arts at the City College of New York - City University of New York.
Dr. Sawadogo is the author of numerous publications on African cinema, including three books, book chapters, articles, and film reviews.
Laurence ATTALI studied philosophy and cinema at Paris Sorbonne and theatre at Vincennes, before becoming an editor. She edited several features and documentaries before moving to directing in 1992. She made her first documentary, Mourtala Diop voyageur de l'art in Senegal.
Eric Piccoli is a director, screenwriter and producer known for the fiction series Temps mort, Projet-M and Public Writer. On the documentary side, he stood out by directing the films Yes (co-directed with Félix Rose) and Illegal Cannabis and the series The last felquiste (a co-production with Flavie Payette-Renouf and Félix Rose) on the mysterious death of Mario Bachand, a member of the FLQ.
On Saturday, December 12th at 11am EDT join a panel discussion with filmmakers Steve Fotso, Hervé Demers & Alexa Carrenard, moderated by Boukary Sawadogo.
Steve Fotso, is an editor who has been working in audiovisual for few years. His project ‘Restes d’une frontières’ is interested in an original form of conflicts resolution that took place between Bandjoun an Bayam to stop a stalemate that became a war that no one could win.
Hervé Demers is a filmmaker and a photographer. His award-winning films were selected by over a hundred international competitions and festivals, including Hot Docs and Clermont-Ferrand. Retrospectives of his body of work were presented in Morocco, Ukraine and South Korea. He was a jury of numerous film festivals, including the Busan International Short Film Festival. His commercial work is represented by L’ÉLOI.
Alexa Carrenard. Le dilemme de Ma, 2019, 9’, Canada
