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Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (2021)
On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year old daughter Maria. When Amina discovers Maria is pregnant and does not want a child, the two women begin to seek out an abortion, condemned by both religion and law. In the process, mother and daughter forge a connection stronger than any they’ve ever known.
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Hoopla
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54
6.7
/1906/
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/35/
62
/29/
3.6
/1924/
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/41/
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/40/
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A Screaming Man (2010)
Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.
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Kanopy
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51
6.9
/1070/
61
/13/
71
/18/
3.6
/1076/
100
/9/
77
/37/
78
/4/

Dry Season (2006)
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...
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40
7.4
/895/
73
/22/
70
/16/
4.0
/2849/
100
/14/
100
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Talking About Trees (2019)
Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1989. After years of distance and exile, they are reunited, hoping to finally make their old dream come true: to bring back cinema to Sudan by reopening the Halfaia Cinema, a dilapidated theater in Khartoum.
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38
6.6
/767/
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/13/
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/16/
3.5
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/14/
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/7/
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/10/

Abouna (2002)
Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to examine the frames. Their mother (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).
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Kanopy
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30
6.4
/616/
65
/13/
58
/19/
3.4
/843/
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/15/
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/3/
59
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Grigris (2013)
Souleymane, 25, dreams of being a dancer in spite of having a paralyzed leg. At nightclubs, he transforms into the beloved dancer Grigris, impressing people with his moves. However, when his stepfather falls seriously ill, Souleymane desperately needs money and decides to work for petrol smugglers.
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11
6.4
/227/
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/3/
56
/9/
3.5
/543/

Bye Bye Africa (2003)
A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema. The filmmaker decides to make a film dedicated to his mother.
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5.2
/8/
35
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45
/2/

Feminine Dilemma (1994)
A short film criticizing the practice of female genital mutilation. Alternating between real and enacted footage with various points of view.
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10
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The Third Day (1967)
The African pioneer Edouard Sailly created a distinctive poetic cinema. Here, he ponders the state of mind of a mourning fisherman.
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5.9
/14/
70
/2/

Captain Majid (2009)
Majid fights his own coach for Faiza's heart and the dream of playing international football.
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100
/1/

Your Manners Are Behind You (2005)
A young Chadian goes to Lybia to seek his fortune, but comes home empty handed.
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7.0
/216/
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/4/
59
/9/
3.6
/349/
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Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (2016)
In 2013, former Chadian dictator Hissein Habré’s arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long combat for the survivors of his regime. Accompanied by the Chairman of the Association of the Victims of the Hissein Habré Regime, Mahamat Saleh Haroun goes to meet those who survived this tragedy and who still bear the scars of the horror in their flesh and in their souls. Through their courage and determination, the victims accomplish an unprecedented feat in the history of Africa: that of bringing a Head of State to trial.
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6.9
/22/
71
/7/

Ivory. A Crime Story (2016)
Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled throughout 30 countries to make a route of ivory smuggling and to find out the true culprit of these crimes against elephants.
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Kanopy
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6.9
/73/
20
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/4/

Daresalam (2001)
In a small Central African village, boyhood friends Djimi and Koni have come of age under a post-colonial government that levies crippling taxes and legally robs local farmers of their meager crops. When impulsive Koni savagely attacks a visiting government official, the resulting massacre forces the two friends on a journey that will transform them from boys into men, from farmers into soldiers and from villagers into revolutionaries. "We fight in one world so we can live in another," declares Koni as the two battle shoulder to shoulder against government troops. But while Koni embraces the politics and carnage of their dangerous new guerilla existence, Djimi longs for the simplicity and grace of the village life they've left behind. As the rebels move closer to victory, the two friends move closer to a clash of their own.
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6.5
/27/
10
/2/
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/1/

Interdependence (2019)
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.
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6.6
/9/

A Taxi for Aouzou (1994)
In this wonderful hybrid of fiction and documentary, we become the close companions of Ali Baba Nour, a Chadian cab driver who explains his hopes and dreams, his challenges in a difficult and often violent society, and his optimism for the baby he and his wife are expecting. In this urban poem, we are treated to the color and movement of Ali Baba Nour's city. It is a generous postcard that one might send to a friend, telling of an unforgettable acquaintance and place.
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95
/1/

Lac (2019)
Kellou, in her forties, lives in Bol, the capital of Sahel’s province. She’s a fisher, profession transmitted from mother to daughter. She learned it from her mother. But since a few years, Lake Tchad has been shrinking, and fish has become rare. Kellou’s job is threatened. One day, after an un- successful catch, her 12 year old daughter Mouna gives her an idea: pick up plastic bags invading the lake and make ropes out of it to sell them on the market. By this simple gesture, Kellou gets to, in her own way, fight against plastic pollution and adapt to the new conditions brought about by climate change.
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5.9
/18/
46
/3/
100
/1/

Oustaz (2016)
After the death of his Arabic teacher, an American-born filmmaker in the northern African country of Chad revisits home videos to explore the moment they started making movies together.
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5.0
/31/
47
/3/

Expectations (2008)
Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.
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7.7
/15/

N'djamena City (2007)
In an unnamed African country, a journalist is jailed after attempting to report on a sadistic colonel's death squad.
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Guardian of the Well (2025)
Severe drought in Chad is the context for this exploration of climate emergency told through immersive sound and visceral thirst. Severe drought in Chad is the context for this exploration of climate emergency told through immersive sound and visceral thirst.
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Winning Battles (2024)
A short film produced for the European Commission's "Feeding Hope" campaign to raise awareness of the EU's crucial role in funding humanitarian aid operations.
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Choose Me (2023)
In Boutelfil, on the edge of the Chadian desert, a community gather to discuss the recent drought. For the first time in 30 years, they decide to organise ‘Amchilini’, a tradition that obliges unmarried women in the community to choose husbands in the belief that it will ward off misfortunes.
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Ballon de sable (2021)
The Chadian national team is unique in soccer. For decades, it has suffered nothing but defeats, failures, and disappointments. Les SAO (The Giants) have never qualified for an international competition final, whether it be the Africa Cup of Nations or the World Cup. Ballon de sable is the story of two football fanatics, Rapide, a former footballer and current coach, and Ezai, a midfielder for the Chadian national team. The film brings to life their deep emotions, frustrations, and shattered dreams.
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Maral tanié (1994)
Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
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Kalala (2006)
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun lost his close friend and collaborator Hissein Djibrine (nicknamed 'Kalala' after the Congolese footballer) to Aids in 2003. he returned to Chad to make this personal, cathartic documentary as an expression of his grief to unravel the facts about Kalala's death and to honour his memory.


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