Tiphaine Depret

Bangui, Central African Republic. 17 year-old Robert dreams of a career in music, but civil war is tearing the country apart. When both his parents are thrown into prison, he is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.

Trapped in a forest, six men condemned to eternity, search for a way out.

At the height of the mating season in Gimouille, there are those who fuck – and those who don’t…

Theo is a young seasonal shepherd in the French Alps who works with his dog Potti. When Potti gives birth and can no longer protect the sheep, Theo takes a tragic decision for her as well as for him.

Ayman and Bilel are street peddlers who trick women abroad with Western Union scams. Bilel is worried as Ayman is scamming the wrong sister. Despite his friend's warnings and a mysterious call to prayer from above, Ayman is going down a dead-end road.

Sixteen-year-old girls Nine and Thaïs are passionate soccer players and spend their days on the sports field in the southern French town of Port Leucate. Shortly before New Year's and their first night out at a club, they're considering more feminine outfits than their soccer jerseys, hoping to attract boys. Eva, Thaïs's sister, helps them with this, also sharing certain, supposedly universal, rules of conduct for girls going out at night. But is this really the right style, one that suits their personalities?

Mbissine Thérèse Diop played the starring role in Ousmane Sembène’s landmark first feature, 1966’s Black Girl (La Noire de…). Today, she looks back on her experience as a Black actress in the 1960s.