London-based outfit Taskovski Films has acquired world sales rights to Moumouni Sanou’s first feature “Night Nursery,” which bows in the Forum section of the Berlinale this week.
The documentary is set in the district town of Bobo-Dioulasso, near Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, where every night sex workers entrust their children to Mrs. Coda, an elderly woman. The young women then stroll through the “Black,” a lively alley in the city center, until daybreak, when they come to pick up their babies.
Sanou is considered part of the new generation of Burkinabe documentary filmmakers. Before shooting this feature, he has worked as a director of photography on several productions as well as edited and directed several shorts.
The director told Variety: “What I observed in the relationship between Adam’s, Odile and Fatim is a solidarity that is necessary among single women. And other women such as Mrs. Coda,...
The documentary is set in the district town of Bobo-Dioulasso, near Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, where every night sex workers entrust their children to Mrs. Coda, an elderly woman. The young women then stroll through the “Black,” a lively alley in the city center, until daybreak, when they come to pick up their babies.
Sanou is considered part of the new generation of Burkinabe documentary filmmakers. Before shooting this feature, he has worked as a director of photography on several productions as well as edited and directed several shorts.
The director told Variety: “What I observed in the relationship between Adam’s, Odile and Fatim is a solidarity that is necessary among single women. And other women such as Mrs. Coda,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Davide Abbatescianni
- Variety Film + TV
A total of €395,000 awarded to projects from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €395,000 ($455,000) to 14 projects in its latest funding round.
The recipients hail from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Amanda Nell EU (Tiger Stripes), Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen), Khavn de la Cruz (Love Is A Dog From Hell) and Katy Léna Ndiaye (Une Histoire Du Franc Cfa).
The latest funding round includes...
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €395,000 ($455,000) to 14 projects in its latest funding round.
The recipients hail from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Amanda Nell EU (Tiger Stripes), Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen), Khavn de la Cruz (Love Is A Dog From Hell) and Katy Léna Ndiaye (Une Histoire Du Franc Cfa).
The latest funding round includes...
- 7/22/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Projects by Sylvie Verheyde, Robert Schwentke, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Wissam Charaf, Berni Goldblat and Cédric Ido will be showcased at the co-production market event in Mulhouse on 26 and 27 November. 220 professionals will descend on Mulhouse tomorrow for the 17th Franco-German Film Meeting (26 and 27 November). Organised by UniFrance, German Films and the Académie Franco-Allemande du Cinéma, in partnership with the Cnc and Ffa, the event will host debates on topics impacting the industry on both sides of the Rhine but also a co-production market with 22 projects to be showcased.One of the most notable of the 12 French...
- 11/25/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
With plenty of evidence of the decline of Western Civilization presenting itself on TV news daily, the New York African Film Festival gives filmgoers a chance to experience fresh perspectives on the world. Now in its 25th year, with more than 30 films on its slate, and criss-crossing three of New York's venerable film institutions, this year's festival includes new films from emerging filmmakers, shorts programs, revivals, panel discussions and an art exhibition. Opening Night will spotlight Apolline Traoré’s award-winning film, Borders, which speaks to migration as well as to African women’s struggles, in a timely echo of the #MeToo movement. French director Berni Goldblat’s Wallay will...
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- 5/15/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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