Country: Mali

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Massitan Ballo · Ismaila Cissé · Dounamba Dany · Omou Diarra

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Issiaka Kane · Aoua Sangare · Niamanto Sanogo · Balla Moussa Keita

Plot A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father. Cannes Film Festival 1987: Jury Prize (tied with Shinran: Shiroi michi).

Direction Abderrahmane Sissako

Cast Aïssa Maiga · Tiécoura Traoré · Maimouna Helene Diarra · Habib Dembélé

Plot Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share...

Direction Abderrahmane Sissako

Cast Abderrahmane Sissako · Nana Baby · Mohamed Sissako · Bourama Coulibaly

Direction Dani Torres

Cast Pau Donés · Àlex Tenas

Plot Jarabe de Palo visits Mali to collaborate with the NGO VOCES.

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Omou Diarra · Balla Moussa Keita · Bubukar Keita · Baba Niare

Direction Mambaye Coulibaly

Plot The "Wise Ones" have told the King of Ségou that a baby boy will be born during the rainy season, who will be a threat to his power. In Macina,...

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Aminata Cissé · Badjénèba Cissé · Magnini Koroba Cissé

Direction Fan Sissoko

Plot Ada goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on raising a child in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her...

Direction Abdoulaye Ascofare

Cast Aminata Ousmane · Balla Moussa Keita · Safiatou Mahamane · Oumar Mbarek

Plot The story of Zamiatou, a Songhaï woman, in North Eastern Mali. With two young sons, a pretty daughter and a handicapped husband, Zamiatou struggles to survive in a remote and...

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Sokona Gakou · Badra Alou Sissoko

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Falaye Dabo · Myriam Thiam

Direction Adama Drabo

Cast Fanta Berete · Dumu Berté · Yamadou Cissé · Fanta Coulibary

Plot A group of woman in an African village finds a mystical mask. Using the mask, they reverse gender roles, women act like men, and men act like women.

Direction Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Cast Oumar Namory Keita · Koti · Bala Moussa · Diarrah Sanogo

Plot Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.

Direction Daouda Coulibaly

Cast Ibrahim Koma · Inna Modja · Ndiaye Ismaël · Jean-Marie Traoré

Plot A young man begins trafficking cocaine and quickly becomes embroiled in the Malian drug ring.

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Sidi Yaya Cissé · Mariame Amerou Mohamed Dicko · Balla Moussa Keita · Vusi Kunene

Direction Salif Traoré

Cast Fily Traoré · Sotigui Kouyaté · Habib Dembélé · Maimouna Helene Diarra

Direction Souleymane Cissé

Cast Dounamba Dany · Fanta Diabate · Omou Diarra · Balla Moussa Keita

Plot A young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. The film also sketches the social/economic situation in urban Mali in the 1970s, particularly in...

Direction Ousmane Samassekou

Cast Esther Dorothee Safiatou · Kadijatou Ouattara · Eric Alain Kamdem · Natacha Akim

Plot At the southern edge of the Sahara desert stands The House of Migrants: a safe haven for those on their way to Europe, or those returning home. Here they come...

Direction Ladji Diakite · Adama Drabo

Cast Souleymane Diakite · Djenebou Kone · Modibo Traoré