While a few months pregnant in Paris, I decide to investigate my aquaphobia. I return home to Cameroon to see my mother and sister, who are also afraid of water, in order to find the origin of our affliction. I travel up the Lobé River, on the Cameroonian coast, to meet a sand miner and two traditional chiefs who have a deep and mystical connection with the water. Together, we contrast beliefs, the visible world with the invisible, and psychoanalysis.
In order to grieve and properly say goodbye to her love ones, Isabel Cardoso, decides to share with her late mother, certain key moments of her life. This is a mother-daughter relationship transcending space, time and dimension while highlighting black womanhood and struggle in Portugal.
Since 2014, the terrorist organisation Boko Haram have led violent strikes against the villages and people of the Far North Region of Cameroon. In her debut feature, Cyrielle Raingou follows a group of children as they navigate life in a war zone.
Taslim is originally from Guinea. While awaiting his legal documents, he recalls his meeting with the Belgian King. In a sort of loop, emphasized by the sound landscape, we discover little more about his life. Life punctuated by incessant visits to the hall of masks. These masks represent brothers and sisters who never reached the promised land.
During the spring, many lambs dream of being born/freed in the very near future…
All his life, working as a shepherd, Janos has been hoping for his independence. Like his sheep, wandering around the pasture carefree, he dreams of finally opening the door that limits his freedom. As he looks for a path to different worlds, we watch the life cycle, filled with magic, which takes place amid picturesque pastures, accompanied by birdsong and the rustle of leaves.