Issaka Sawadogo

The desert eats away at the land. The endless dry season has caused the village well to run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. (imdb)

Kaat Beels' debut feature explores the destructive consequences of living a lie when six seemingly unrelated individuals descend upon Hotel Swooni, an oasis where the wealthy spend idyllic sunny afternoons lounging by the rooftop pool. Beels ultimately exposes the darker picture lurking beneath the surface. (tiff.net)

Amadou, a strong and charismatic African man, is washed up on a beach in southern Europe. Fate leads him to Brussels where, full of optimism, he tries to make a better life for himself. Exploited by traffickers, his daily life is slowly drained of hope, until he meets Agnès, a beautiful and brilliant businesswoman. She is seduced by his charm and force of character, while he projects all his hopes and dreams onto her. (imdb)

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. (imdb)

In Sweden of today, Alex is among a group of people carried in an underground "prison" waiting for their expulsion from the country. We do not know to where, do not know why. (imdb)

1992: The undocumented Ghanaian Agymah (50) lives a secluded life as a cook in the outskirts of Amsterdam. When the ambitious dreamer Nina (12) arrives, Agymah is effectively forced to become her guardian. Nina drives Agymah crazy with her callous way of life and her eagerness to make contact with the outside world. Gradually, though, Agymah comes to understand that this is exactly what he has been escaping from.

The refugee Matthew wait in the outfit centre schiphol East for its flight to Sudan. If that of but, Arash, a despair action commits, Matthew get suddenly the chance of escaping

A chance meeting between a Dutch cleaner and an African asylum seeker leads to an unexpected relationship and two extraordinary weeks.

A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners. (imdb)

A man dies in a car accident and, upon reawakening, strikes up a conversation with a god. Answers to his questions lead to an insight about the meaning of life. (imdb)

The story of Samba, a young idealist in 1962 Mali, trying to spread the word of the socialist revolution and finding himself confronted by the harsh realities that revolution entails when the regime cracks down on culturally subversive activities such as dancing to western music and also as it comes between him and the woman he falls in love with.

After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves pitted against each other in a conflict that could ignite everything and have tragic consequences.

At the age of 14, Ali is a teenager adrift. His mother, who was raising him alone, found no other solution than to send him to a village in Mali to finish his education. Ten years later, Ali returns. Despite the doubts of his mother, to whom he is ready to do anything to shine, he becomes the town's imam. Adulated by all and driven by his pride and success, Ali decides to organize his own pilgrimage to Mecca.

Seydou and Moussa are two young men who leave Dakar to make their way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centers in Libya and the perils of the sea. (cineuropa.org)