Senegal Movies

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....

In a near future, the villages of a Sub-Saharan area have all been deserted. Mad and disabled people as well as child soldiers are the only ones who...

Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen before on screen. We...

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...

A young fisherman dreams of motorizing his boat to make his work easier. His dream becomes reality, thanks to his courage and his determination but...

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

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...

Thierry, a world-famous cyclist, meets Fae, a sex worker, on his holiday in Senegal, and they sense in each other the love they seek. However,...

Ramatoulaye, a 50-year-old teacher, has been married to lawyer Modou Fall for 25 years. The couple is very close and happy. When her husband takes a...

Pamvura (At the Water) is a story about beliefs and unknown forces. Netsai, a devout young christian woman, she loses her child while doing laundry...

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...

A three-part study that introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author Aimé Césaire, who coined the term "négritude"...

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

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...

Tokara wants to marry his cousin, the beautiful Nafi, bringing their fathers into conflict with one another. The youngest brother is a clergyman,...

Kipou is the only friend of 11-year-old Aïssatou. He is also a kitten who keeps her company while she sells products for her mother in front of...

For the benefit of their community, two children want to hand over to the authorities a precious stone discovered in an archaeological site. They...

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...

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