Fiction | GARIBOU (2023) – CAMEROUN, CHINA, FRANCE

 

On the marketplace of a Malian village, a young "Garibou" named Baillo begs every day on behalf of his caretaker, the Moualim. In the evening, the Moualim imposes terror over Baillo and the other children of the Koranic school. To escape this tyranny, Baillo takes refuge in his imagination. But when his barely 6 years old brother Sékou is placed with the Moualim, nothing can turn him away from the unbearable reality of their condition...

Format : 20'
Co-Production : Tara (Cameroun) and Neon Rouge Productions (Belgium)
Director : Seydou Cissé
Partners : Le Fresnoy, Shelter Prod, Taxshelter.be, France Télévisions, Pictanovo, images en Hauts-de-France, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, CNC, Association Krysalide, Fonds Images de la Francophonie, African Culture Fund
Festivals : UNICEF Prize for the promotion of children's rights Ouaga Côté Court Festival 2023, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2024, Broadcast on the “Libre Court” program on France 3
Distribution : Habebo Studios