THE CEMETERY OF CINEMA
By Thierno Souleymane Diallo
Country: France, Senegal, Guinea, Saudi Arabia
Production year: 2023
Runtime: 93'
Production company: L'Image d'Après
In 1953, Mamadou Touré directed the film “Mouramani”, a film considered as the first ever made by a black French-speaking director.
However, the mystery remains. No one knows where to find a print, neither if one even exists.
“The Cemetery of Cinema” is the search for that film, also an ode to cinema, both the kind we watch and the kind we make.
A road-movie from east to west, north to south, a film full of love, humor and tenderness towards his peers and the new generation to come but also a quest as Souleymane marches with a sign demanding “Mouramani”’s return…
Berlinale 2023 – Panorama (World Premiere)
Fespaco 2023 – Competition
CPH DOX 2023
Red Sea Documentary Days 2023
Jeonju IFF 2023
Hot Docs 2023
DocLisboa 2023
Afrika Film Festival Köln – People Choice Award
IDFA 2023
Films from the South 2023
Black Movie FF 2024
Docpoint 2024
ICA 2024
Belgrade Dokumentary FF 2024
Luxor African FF 2024
Glasgow IFF 2024
Bergamo Film Meeting 2024
DOXA Docu Vancouver 2024
