Senegal Movies

This is the story of time passing, at the slow pace of Ousmane Sow, and of time rushing by, from the birth of a work to its unveiling one spring day...

Shocked by French président Nicolas Sarkozy’s claim that the African man has no history, filmmaker Cheikh N’diaye sets out to...

The president of an African country is closely allied with European entrepreneurs for his own benefit and theirs. The sky falls on their heads when a...

Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled...

Two young women - two stories. A rapper in Dakar and a wrestler in southern Senegal: Toussa and Emodj. They both strive for victory and recognition...

Talia is a 19-year-old Belgian girl, with Senegalese roots, who is visiting her country of origin for the first time. In Dakar, in his cousin's...

A young boy from an affluent family has the experience of a lifetime after his first day of school.

In 2013, former Chadian dictator Hissein Habré’s arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long combat for the survivors of his regime. ...

In a bid to impress his girlfriend, a young man engages a traditional healer to help him get rich quick. Unfortunately, he accidentally meets Gringo,...

Sindiely tells the story of a greedy father wishing to marry his daughter to a successful fabric merchant, despite her love for another young man....

Malian-French director Daouda Coulibaly's auspicious debut is a pulse-pounding political thriller. Wùlu tells the unsettling tale of a man's...

The former French colonies in Central and West Africa have been independent since 1960, but most of these countries still use the currency of the...

Idrissa lives in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal. As a result of budgetary restrictions imposed by the IMF, then headed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, he...

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.

The film examines polygamy and the attitudes of present-day youth in Senegal.

Once upon a time there was a morning, noon, evening and night when the inseparable shadows of man told us about memory... Interview with Ousmane Sow,...

Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy,...

When his novel Bound to violence was published in 1968 by the Editions du Seuil, Yambo Ouologuem was still a young Malian writer, a complete stranger...

Forty-year-old Babou Diop lives with his son Sada, his wife Coumba and a sheep they raise in the house. At nine, Sada ends up forming a very strong...