STORY: For photographer Amy Saar, a roll of film and her vintage Pentax camera are the best way to capture Senegal's capital city. "I find that Dakar looks great with certain colored films because ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - To capture the harsh reality of life in Senegal, film director Mati Diop chose young people she met at building sites, bars and in Dakar's poorer suburbs as the stars of 'Atlantics', ...

In a scene from Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sène Absa’s trilogy-concluding “Xalé” – the opening film at Joburg Film Festival – a bunch of kids sit on a beach and watch a movie as a projector throws ...

RUFISQUE, Senegal — Members of a 200-strong audience struggle to hold back tears as the credits roll on the film “Io Capitano” in a small auditorium in the outskirts of Senegal’s capital Dakar. The ...

Alain Gomis' film offers a raw look at a single mother whose passion for music helps her endure the harsh realities of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Jordan Mintzer Born in Paris to a ...

World premiering at the London Film Festival, the latest feature from veteran helmer Moussa Sene Absa tells a story of female rage that is both resonantly contemporary and as old as the hills. In a ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Noida, July 2025: In a landmark initiative to foster cross-cultural cinematic collaboration, the Indo Senegal Film and Cultural Forum, under the aegis of the International ...

Saloum opens with a musical riff that sounds like an accelerating jet engine, a declarative African drumbeat, and a droning white-noise machine fed together through a whirring meat grinder. It’s a ...