African cinema to be celebrated at Women’s Film Festival of Salé

The 15th edition of the International Women’s Film Festival of Salé to take place from September 26 to October 1 will celebrate African cinema through the programming of “a Special Africa”, with Senegal as guest of honor.

The choice of Senegal, considered one of the precursors of cinema on the African continent, as guest of honor of this edition comes as part of the celebration of “Rabat Capital of African Culture”.

Four feature films, between fiction and documentary, directors and filmmakers who have addressed, through their works the issue of women and women’s impact on Senegalese society, will be screened on this occasion. These are “Atlantique” by Mati Diop, 2019 (Opening Film), “Congo, a doctor to save women” by Angèle Diabang (2014), “On a time for us” by Katy Léna Ndiaye (2019), as well as “Des étoiles” by Dyana Gaye (2013). A tribute will be paid to Senegalese cinema for everything it shares with Moroccan cinema, and to celebrate “Rabat capital of African cinema”, the organizers said.

The Festival features “a Special Africa” to pay tribute to the images-sounds of women in Africa through a panorama of sub-Saharan cinema that includes 8 films, representing 8 countries.

“Annatto” by Fatima Ali Boubakdy (Morocco, 2021) will open this panorama, which features “In the footsteps of a migrant” by Delphine Yerbanga (Burkina Faso, 2021); “Zinder” by Aicha Macky (Niger, France, Germany, 2021); “The African who wanted to fly” by Samantha Biffot, (Gabon, 2015); “Chambre N°1” by Leila Thiam (Central African Republic, 2017); “Chez jolie coiffure” by Rosine Mbakam (Cameroon, 2018); “Sema” by Machérie Ekwa (Democratic Republic of Congo, 2019); and “Une femme, un destin” by Hanifa Ali Oumar (Chad, 2020).