20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Maïmouna Doucouréâs short film Maman(s) (2015) was selected for nearly two hundred festivals worldwide and won more than sixty awards, including the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the Best Short Film award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the César Award for Best Short Film. In 2019, Doucouré was awarded the Gold Fellowship for Women by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. Cuties (2020), her first feature-length film, won the Best Director award at Sundance and a Special Mention from the Generation Kplus International Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival. Hawa (2022) is her most recent film.
Fifteen-year-old Hawa lives alone with her gravely ill grandmother and fears she will be placed in another home by social services. So she hatches a plan to be adopted by someone she admires more than anyone elseâone of the most powerful women in the world. On her quest, Hawa meets several people who help her get closer to her dream.
Director : Maïmouna Doucouré
Producer : Zangro
Screenwriter : Maïmouna Doucouré, Alain-Michel Blanc, Zangro, David Elkaïm
Cinematographer : Antoine Sanier
Production Designer : Bénédicte Kermadec
Editor : Nicolas Desmaison
Sound : Pascal Armant, Pascal Villard, Sabrina Felgueiras, Cyril Holtz
Production Company : Bien ou Bien Productions
International Sales : Amazon Prime Video