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by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda / Democratic Republic of the Congo / 1999 / 19mins Blasty and Céli love each other, but Blasty has another love: his stereo radio set.
by Fanta Régina Nacro / Burkina Faso / 2001 / 31mins A Burkinabé woman wants to send her daughter to school despite her family's resistance.
by Francois Woukoache / Cameroon and Belgium / 1997 / 23mins Malou has come to spend the weekend with Bwesi, a young filmmaker living in Brussels. Things seem alright, but Malou is a kind of undecided girl, willing, not willing, yet willing.
by Dyana Gaye / Senegal and France / 2000 / 24mins Souleymane is a young Senegalese man who arrived in Paris three years ago. Trying to overcome his solitude, he creates for himself another kind of life, an imaginary one.
by Imunga Ivanga / Gabon / 2001 / 80mins The tribulations of five youths start this film. Libreville is home to Mougler and his friends, Baby Lee, Joker, Jackson and Bezingo. The boys are left to fend for themselves and decide to rob a dôlé stand, a new game of chance in which you can become a millionaire.
by Roger Gnoan M'Bala / Ivory Coast / 1993 / 90mins In The Name of Christ is a wry fable of religion in Africa that follows the exploits of a self-proclaimed “cousin of Christ.” In this derisive satirical drama, an untutored West African pig-keeper has a vision, which sends him to his people to save them for Jesus.
by Gahité Fofana / Guinea / 2001 / 78mins Mathias, a young French-Guinean man, travels back to Guinea to find his biological father but is mugged on arrival.
by John Riber / Zimbabwe / 2000 / 90mins Tiyane is 17. He is the rising star of the city’s soccer team and doing well in high school. His hormones are running riot and everyone wants a piece of him, especially Linda, a long-time friend.
