UN FILS/A SON

African Film Festival: UN FILS/A SON

The 16th year of the African Film Festival is slated for March 25-27, 2022 at Brown Hall, Room 100 - Washington University.

Un Fils/A Son
In Arabic and French with English subtitles
by Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia, 2019, 95m

11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.
Young Talent Award for Best Feature Film, Hamburg Film Festival Y (2019) Best Actor, Lumiere Awards (2021) Horizons Award for Best Actor, Venice Film Festival (2019)


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Tang Jer
In Wolof with English or French subtitles
by Selly Raby Kane (Senegal, 2020, 14m)

In his mysterious restaurant, an unusual Tangana tenant, the incessant ballet of the beings that populate the city of Dakar.