Tabaski
Synopsis
Dakar, a few days before the feast of Tabaski, a painter is shut away in his studio, working on the theme of the ritual sacrifice of the ram. The red paint drips from the sketches hanging on clotheslines. An inscription on the wall: "Tabaski, who's next?". Three characters and a sheep revolve around him and reconnect him with reality.
Note
This hybrid movie, blending fiction, art and politics, is freely inspired by the work of the painter Iba Ndiaye (1928-2008) "The Tabaski round, who’s next?" painting in the 1960s and 1970s. A sort of allegory in which the sheep is presented as the symbol of all victims. Indeed, Iba Ndiaye was not thinking directly about the sacrifice of sheep for Tabaski in Senegal, but rather of the victims of colonization, segregation, and apartheid. "Painting is remembering," he said.
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- Executive Producer : Autoproduction
- Foreign production company : Les Films Mame Yandé
Full credits (19)
- Screenwriter : Laurence Attali
- Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
- Music Composer : Orchestre de La Paillotte
- Assistant Director : Fabacary Assymby Coly
- Editor : Laurence Attali
- Sound Recordist : Michel Tsagli
- Costume designer : Oumou Sy
- Foreign Producer : Ousmane William Mbaye
- Line Producer : Ousmane William Mbaye
- Voice : Baba Diop
- Assistant Operator : Fattah Faris
- Camera Operator : Rémi Mazet
- Production Manager : Ousmane William Mbaye
- Sound editor : Laurence Attali
- Production Designer : Moustapha Ndiaye
- Special Effects : Moustapha Ndiaye, Fattah Faris
- Visual effects : Moustapha Ndiaye, Fattah Faris
- Sound mixer : Myriam René
- Narrator : Laurence Attali
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Art, Politics, Painting, Traditions, Freedom
- Production language : French, Wolof, English
- Coproducer countries : Senegal (50.0%), France (50.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (Senegal, France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 26 min 3 seconds
- Visa number : 150.758
- Visa issue date : 30/08/2019
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : DTS 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (3)
Delegations (1)
Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR)
The Netherlands, 2020
Director : Laurence Attali
Producer : Ousmane William Mbaye
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