Short Film – 40 minutes
Made in collaboration with Hommes et Terre – a multinational agency that performs large-scale ecosystem regeneration in the Sahel – La Forêt de Djibril is an award-winning short film about the problem of desertification in West Africa.
The film tells the story of Djibril, a young Sahelian shepherd who travels far to find the forest his grandfather told him so much about. He pays a high price. He is betrayed and abused only to realise that this forest no longer exists. But then his father comes to his aid.
Status: finished
Release: 31/01/2020
Awards:
- Santa Cruz International Film Festival – Best Social Short Film
- TAFIC Tapiales International Film Festival – Best Short Film
- Ayodhya Film Festival – Best Long Short Film
- Glendale International Film Festival – Best International Short Film
- Lake City International Film Festival – Best Long Short Film
- 7 Colors Lagoon, Bacalar International Film Festival – Best Midsize Film
- Zero Degree Film Contest – Best Environmental Short Film
Written by Kristoff Leue and Thomas Ceulemans
Directed by Thomas Ceulemans
Produced by Kristoff Leue and Saydou Kalaga
Trailer:
For more information about Hommes et Terre: www.hommesetterre.com
Language: Moore
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Spanish
Cast:
Djibril: Gaetan Didier Tiendrebeogo
Grandfather: Saydou Bande
Father: Issa Ouedraogo
Mother: Dayane Wend a Marie Therese Konvolbo
Amadou: Moise Kodire
Moussa: Moubarack Ouedraogo
Salif: Kevin Zoundi
Abdul: Kontogomde Sidik
