Senegal Movies

A young fisherman dreams of motorizing his boat to make his work easier. His dream becomes reality, thanks to his courage and his determination but...

After his mother develops cancer from dépigmentation, Khalilou fights toxic beauty standards. Disguised as Leila, he enters the "Miss...

In a rural African village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from...

Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.

The French Michel and the Senegalese Malik, childhood friends now grown and both working in government, deal with rapid changes taking place as...

Awa, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, is happily living her teenage years alongside her twin brother Adama who dreams of Europe. When their grandmother...

It showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological...

An experimental short that explores a surfer’s belief in Animism.

Dakar, Senegal. Ousmane, a 7 year old child, begs in the streets. He decides to write a letter to Santa Claus.

Tokara wants to marry his cousin, the beautiful Nafi, bringing their fathers into conflict with one another. The youngest brother is a clergyman,...

Return To Podor is a documentary that follows Senegalese artist Baaba Maal and Mumford and Sons on their journey to the most remote music festival in...

When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of...

Guinaw Rail, a forgotten neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar, is emptying out. Bulldozers are demolishing houses along the route of the...

While helping tend her family’s herd of cows in a northern region of Senegal, a 13-year-old girl faces changes that threaten her tight bond...

During the 1997 war in Congo DRC former Zaire, Francine, a 12-year-old Congolese girl, was recruited by the Rwandan army and its Ugandan ally, led by...

Une nation est née depicts the progression of Senegal from colonization to sovereignty, shown allegorically through scenes of dance and...

Badou Boy, a cheeky young man, travels through the streets of Dakar on the city buses and experiences adventures.

Ngor is a young man living in a Senegalese village who wishes to marry Coumba. Ongoing drought in the village has affected its crop of groundnuts and...

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

Following the steps of Oumar Seye, first black African professional surfer, Cherif, Paké, Assane and Mbabou, childhood friends from Ngor...