Synopsis
Agou and Emélie live together in a small one-piece in Bangui, Central African Republic. They are young, Emelie is expecting a child and they are dreaming theirselves as in an american tv show. But Agou work as a moto-taxi and is barely making a living. After a moto accident, how are they going to pay for the hospital when the baby will come ?
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
FIPADOC
PCMMO - Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient
Seytou Africa Festival
Festival Reflets des cinéma africains
"Un pays sans sommeil" Exhibition
Rafiki Fariala
Central African director and slam artist
Born in 1997 in Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rafiki Fariala initially made a name for himself as a slam artist under the stage name Rafiki RH2O, amassing a large following. In the fall of 2017, he was selected to participate in the Varan documentary directing workshop in Bangui. During this workshop, he created his first film, Mbi na Mo - Toi et Moi, which was screened at numerous festivals, including FIPADOC in Biarritz.
In 2022, Rafiki Fariala directed his first feature documentary, Nous, étudiants !, which won the Libraries' Prize at Cinéma du Réel 2022 and was showcased at many festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), making history as the first Central African film to be screened there. The film was released in cinemas in France in November 2023.
About : Workshops in Central African Republic
In 2017, Ateliers Varan and the Alliance Française in Bangui organised a first filmmaking workshop in the Central African Republic.
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