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Safi, the Little Mother (2004)


Film overview :
Director : Rasò Ganemtore
Actors : Madina Ouédraogo, Alimata Salouka, Aminata Dao, Antoine Yougbaré, Halidou Sawadago, Joséphine Kaboré
Short film, Fiction , Drama, Society, Traditions
Production language : French
Nationality : Minority French (Italy, Burkina Faso)
French release :
Runtime : 30mn
Associate production company : Porte Rouge
Co-production : Kenzi
Film export/Foreign Sales : Kenzi
Synopsis
When her mother dies in childbirth, eight-year-old Safi finds herself with a newborn baby brother on her hands and has to flee her village where, according to a cruel tradition, he would have been condemned to death in order to stave off the evil eye. She takes refuge in a large city where she faces a double problem of survival for herself and her brother. However, an understanding family takes her in and the sellers at the market transform into a multitude of mothers ready to give their milk to the baby...
Festival selections
Awards
> Arcipelago - Rome International Festival of Short Films & New Images - 2005 :
- Best International Short Film
> Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Directors - 2006 :
- Jury Mention - Mediterranean Competition
> Pan-Africa International Film Festival (Montréal) - 2005 :
- Special Jury Mention
> Siena International Short Film Festival - 2004 :
- Prix Kodak - Meilleure Photographie
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