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Awa Moctar Gueye

13’ | 2022 | HD | Color

Synopsis

Pa kong-kong is a mysterious slender man who lives alone in a desertic gloomy market in the suburbs of Dakar. He carries on his back a strange bag. No one knows what’s inside of it. Rumor has it, he’s a torturer, a children's kidnapper. At night, he walks with a terrifying monster-dog. Binta, a nine year-old curious and courageous girl, decides to confront him. In the middle of the night, she’s scared but determined. Determined to question her friends’ decision not to pick a girl as their leader. If she succeeds, she’ll be named the new leader.

Festival selections

73rd Berlinale - Generations

Red Sea Film Festival

Festival International du Film de Bruxelles

Manlleu Film Festival

Black Movie Festival

Reggio Film Festival

Afrikamera

Ecrans Noirs

Clap Ivoire

Linz Cinema Africain

Marrakech Short Film Festival

Festival International de Namur

Helsinki International Film Festival

Drama International Short Film Festival

Silhouette Court Métrage

Colorado Diasporic

Festival Cinéma d’Afrique

Festival du Cinéma Africain de Vérone

Shorts Shorts Festival Tokyo

African Film Festival New York

Festival du Cinéma de Guadeloupe

Frauen Film Festival

Festival Vues d’Afrique Montréal

International Festival Signs of the Night - Urbino

Athens International Film + Video Festival

Festival International de Femmes

BUFF Film Festival Malmö

African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival - FESCAAL

Bayamon Film Festival

Arte Settima Film Festival

Tirana Film Festival

Aryan International Children’s Film

Festival of Jaipur

Crew

Director : Awa Moctar Gueye

Writer : Awa Moctar Gueye

Producer : Chloé Ortolé

Line producer : Souleymane Dia

Original score : Badara Seck

DOP : Louis Mas

Key gaffer & grip : Fattah Faris

Sound engineer : Michel Tsagli

1st assistant director : Salimata Ciss

Director’s consultant : Fabacary Coly

Set designer : Mamoune Sène & Marème Pollèle Dieng

Costume designer : Mati Fall

Location manager : Sokhna Aissatou Camara

With the support of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie & Yennenga Center

Post production made in Yennenga Center

Stills : Louis Mas

Backstage operator : Cheikh Sidath Sakhanokho

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