Senegal Movies

Director Alice Diop was born in France of Senegalese parents. After their death, she felt the need to explore her roots. Armed with her camera, she...

Americo-Senegalese Tabara suffers from nightmares, in which an evil creature taunts her. After unsuccessful therapy, Tabara decides to travel to...

First iteration of a three part curatorial essay made in Dakar in August 2020. The project explores the rhetoric of black and African folklore and...

"All Equal!" is an evocative animated film that unfolds around a village fire where a grandfather narrates the poignant tale of his ancestors and...

A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his...

55-year-old Demba is about to retire after 30 years of service at the city hall in his small town in Northern Senegal. That hot summer, as the 2-year...

From the coast of Gorée, director Arma Gòo embarks on the "Kumba Kastel", with a troupe of the island's best storytellers, dancers,...

This film poses the problem of the emancipation of women in Senegal through the intersecting story of three young girls from the same family. Raised...

An African immigrant finds Paris to be other than the stereotyped image of the city.

We hear the thoughts of Amy, a girl from a rural area of Senegal who works as a domestic for a well-to-do family in Dakar. She complains about her...

“Sooner or later, I’ll return to where my other self is.” The everyday experiences of a Senegalese student in West Berlin are...

The Senegal River forms the national border between Mauritania and Senegal. In 1989, war broke out between these countries, along and around the...

This film follows Maria Esther, Jose Agrippino's partner, as she falls into a trance; the film takes place in the day-to-day setting of a room...

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...

Dyma and Tina, an actor and make-up artist from neighboring villages, share a love life in town. When he learns that his father gave him away for...

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...

AI: African Intelligence explores the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages of the Atlantic coast...

A kind of Dakar rap musical, or contemporary urban opera, Teranga Blues is a reflection on the social mutations affecting the pride of the Senegalese...

Cinema is Magic offers a rare insight into the filmmaking process of one of African cinema’s foremost directors Djibril Diop Mambéty....

Tells the story of an official that misappropriates public funds to seduce a courtesan.