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En film av Patience Nitumwesiga, Toulaye Sy, Nelson Foix

A short film bundle with focus on fatherhood.

HEAVEN SOUNDS BORING

Patience Nitumwesiga / 2022 / Uganda / Short / 22.16 min / Swahili with English subtitles

A father and his 7-year-old daughter desperately hold onto each other and their faiths when they realise they may never see each other again. Both Christianity and African tradition offer dead ends to their limitless questions.

 

ASTEL RAMATA

Toulaye Sy / 2021 / Sénégal, France / Short / 24 min / Pular with English subtitled 

It’s October, the end of the rainy season in Fouta, an isolated region in the north of Senegal. Astel (13) accompanies her father every day in the bush. Together, they look after their herd of cows. But one day, in the middle of the desert, the meeting between the young girl and a shepherd disrupts the peaceful daily life between Astel and her father.

 

YOUR KID

Nelson Foix / 2020 / France / Fiction /28 min / Creole with English subtitles

While being chased, Chris discovers on his stair landing a baby who seems to be intended for him. Doubtful of his paternity, he sets out to find the mother of the child.