Soundtrack: Manu Dibango

Direction Samira Makhmalbaf · Claude Lelouch · Youssef Chahine · Danis Tanovic

Cast Ernest Borgnine · Ken Ogata · Tetsurô Tanba · Tomorô Taguchi

Plot A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the...

Direction Ousmane Sembene

Cast Tabata Ndiaye · Moustapha Yade · Ismaila Diagne · Matoura Dia

Direction Michel Ocelot · Bénédicte Galup

Plot Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became...

Direction Maria João Ganga

Cast João Roldan · Domingos Fernandes Fonseca · Júlia Botelho · Ana Bustorff

Plot A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the group and to reconnoitre...

Direction Bassek Ba Kobhio · Didier Ouenangare

Cast Eriq Ebouaney · Nadege Beausson-Diagne · Sonia Zembourou · Philippe Mory

Plot A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated...

Direction Paul Morrissey

Cast Orson Bean · Kevin Bacon · Mark Keyloun · Tommy Citera

Plot A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

Direction Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa

Cast Marie-Thérèse Badje · Bibi Kouo · Marthe Momha · Albert Mouangue

Plot After refusing the sexual advances of her village chief and her father's authority, a young woman runs away from home and goes to town. There she meets several members of...

Direction Alphonse Beni

Cast Alphonse Beni · Jean-Pierre Andréani · Françoise Massoma · Martin Trévières

Direction Jacques W. Benoit

Cast Isaach de Bankole · Roberta Weiss · Maka Kotto · Myriam Cyr

Plot A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher...

Direction Josiane Balasko

Cast Josiane Balasko · Isaach de Bankole · Jean-Pierre Léaud · Ticky Holgado

Direction Philippe Mory

Cast Philippe Mory · Amélie Joktane · Gisèle Revigne

Plot Abraham, a war veteran of France, returns to the country of his birth after his demobilization from active service. He has no other skill than to ply away at his...

Direction Flora Gomes

Cast Fatou N'Diaye · Ângelo Torres · Bia Gomes · Jorge Quintino Biague

Plot It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She...