STORY: For photographer Amy Saar, a roll of film and her vintage Pentax camera are the best way to capture Senegal's capital city. "I find that Dakar looks great with certain colored films because ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - To capture the harsh reality of life in Senegal, film director Mati Diop chose young people she met at building sites, bars and in Dakar's poorer suburbs as the stars of 'Atlantics', ...

In a scene from Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sène Absa’s trilogy-concluding “Xalé” – the opening film at Joburg Film Festival – a bunch of kids sit on a beach and watch a movie as a projector throws ...

Alain Gomis' film offers a raw look at a single mother whose passion for music helps her endure the harsh realities of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Jordan Mintzer Born in Paris to a ...

(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Noida, July 2025: In a landmark initiative to foster cross-cultural cinematic collaboration, the Indo Senegal Film and Cultural Forum, under the aegis of the International ...

RUFISQUE, Senegal — Members of a 200-strong audience struggle to hold back tears as the credits roll on the film “Io Capitano” in a small auditorium in the outskirts of Senegal’s capital Dakar. The ...

Faded movie posters peel off the walls, a big screen lit only by sunbeams pushing through the broken roof of the musty, abandoned cinema, a symbol to many of the death of Senegal's film industry.