Francophone Short Films In Harlem

Schedule of Events

Post-screening discussion + coktails to follow
2022, 20 minutes
Directors:
Frederic Hainaut & Olivier Crouter (Des mondes lointains)
Juliette Boucheny (Ativo)

In the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Paul runs a grain mill. This morning, he is feverish, which does not prevent him from grinding grain. The machine's transmission belt breaks and that is a disaster. Paul sends Michel to Sakala to get a new belt. While he is hospitalized, he dialogues with his faraway lands.

Ativo

Juliette Boucheny
Togo-France
2022, 26 minutes

Agotimé-Adamé, a village two hours north of Lomé, Togo. Guénolé, a twelve-year-old boy, is gifted with obvious musical talent and dreams of playing the piano but doesn't own one. Supported by his sister Prudence, his grandmother Eternal, and aided by the spirits of nature, Guénolé succeeds in achieving his goal.

Bail, Bail

Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Québec/Canada
2024, 13 minutes

As they are signing their new lease, two longtime roommates realize that their new landlord is going to evict them illegally. They decide to fight to keep their apartment.
Humor, violence, western kung fu… in the middle of the holly season!

La Voix des Autres

Fatima Kaci
France
2023, 30  minutes

Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women, whose voices raise questions about her own history.

Crème a Glace

Rachel Samson
Québec/Canada
2024, 9 minutes

Under a blazing summer sky, Chloe, Jenny (12 years old), and Squeegee (19 years old) share one last ice cream at the local dairy bar. It's a poetic animated chronicle of childhood friendship, its challenges in the face of adolescence, and the first fractures of friendship.

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