Senegal Movies

Part of a series of 4 films, Kinshasa (2018), Shenzhen (2019), New York (2019) and Dakar (2018), the project explores the relationship between...

Baba, a 20 year old Senegalese, dreams of becoming a soccer player in France.

Ndar, original name of Saint-Louis, an island at the mouth of the Senegal River, was the port of colonial penetration into West Africa four centuries...

“Sooner or later, I’ll return to where my other self is.” The everyday experiences of a Senegalese student in West Berlin are...

When Serigne Ibra finally decides to get married, he declares that his future bride must not only be a ravishing beauty, but also must not have any...

1980 short film by Ousmane William Mbaye

The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple...

Since 2009, Seiny alias Platoch, president of the Ladies' Turn association, has had a greater ambition than a simple career as a soccer player: to...

Maodo returns to his home in Nouakchott after a long trip. He resumes his old job as a traveling merchant to support his family. One night, the young...

This film was made in the Delta of the Saloum (Senegal), over a period of four years and shot during different seasons. It is the story of a young...

When the lions eat the rooster

Newsreel of Senegal’s 16th anniversary Independence celebrations. At the Demba-Diop stadium, tens of thousands of people watch the show...

An unusual Tangana tenant observes in his mysterious restaurant, the incessant ballet of the beings that populate the city of Dakar.

An investigation and reflection on the figure of the Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor. The filmmaker collects his...

To sail down the Niger River for over five hundred kilometers to meet the populations and their music, that is the challenge taken up by a dozen...

From école Normale Supérieure to the barricades of May 68 in Paris, to the jails of Gorée Island in Dakar where he died in 1973,...