Astel
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Production year2021
Runtime24 min
Synopsis
It's October, near the end of the rainy season in Fouta, an isolated region up-north in Senegal. Astel (13) accompanies her father in the bush every day. Together, they look after their herd of cows. But one day, in the middle of the desert, the meeting between the young girl and a shepherd disrupts the peaceful daily life between Astel and her father.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : La Chauve-Souris, Kazak Productions
- Foreign production company : Astou Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Sudu Connexion
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : Margaux Juvénal, Maud Leclair-Névé, Amaury Ovise, Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Screenwriter : Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Director of Photography : Amine Berrada
- Music Composer : Amine Bouhafa
- Assistant Director : Fabacary Assymby Coly
- Editor : Nathan Jacquard
- Sound Recordist : Ousmane Coly
- Costume designer : Fatimata Sow
- Foreign Producer : Souleymane Kébé
- Assistant Operator : Oumar Ba
- Production Manager : Souleymane Kébé
- Sound Editor : Olivier Voisin
- Continuity supervisor : Khady Diédhiou
- Production Designer : Mouhamed Siradji Sow
- Grader : Julien Blanche
- Make-up Artist : Marième Timéra
- Sound Mixer : Romain Ozanne
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Fula
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Senegal (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (12)
Awards (5)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2022
Award for Best First Fiction Film
Special Jury Prize in the National Competition
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