In the presence of the director
Direction: Nino Tropiano
Synopsis:
The story of Samira, a young woman from Zanzibar, who dreams of starting a family like all her friends, but is also determined to pursue higher education and a career. Throughout the seven years of her life, social pressure and respect for traditions constantly push her to choose one path over the other.
Duration: 88 minutes
Year: 2022
Feature-length Documentary Competition
DOMIN Award selection
Country and Language:
Tanzania
Swahili
Subtitled in French and English
Production
Fall Films
Luna Films
Location
Ciné Cambaie
Screening:
07/04 at 6:30 PM
Nino Tropiano first worked as an actor, director, and freelance photographer in Dublin, where he graduated from the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. After several short and medium-length films, his first feature film, Ndoto ya Samira / Samira’s Dream, was selected in over 60 festivals worldwide and recently won the Best Feature Film award at Babel Film – International Competition for Minority Language Cinema. Nino is currently preparing a new documentary feature (WILDMAN JAZZ), and AN IMPOSSIBLE MOTHER—a fiction feature—is in development.
The FIFOI aims to highlight the cinematic diversity of our regions.
Opening Ceremony
April 5th, Stella Matutina, 6:30pm
Feature-length documentary competition : 1st part
April 6th, Ciné Cambaie, 2pm
Feature-length documentary competition : 2nd part
April 7, Ciné Cambaie, 6:30pm
Short film competition
April 8th, Ciné Cambaie 6:30pm
Awards and closing ceremony
April 9th, Stella Matutina, 6:30pm
The Film Market
April 6th to 9th, Hôtel Le Récif