Banel & Adama
Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage
Ramata-Toulaye Sy / Feature Narrative / France, Senegal, Mali, Qatar / 87 min / Original Language: Pulaar / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists. Yet their perfect everlasting love is on a collision course with their community’s customs. Because in this world, there is no room for passion, let alone chaos.
Credits
- Director
- Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Screenwriter
- Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Producer
- Eric Névé & Maud Leclair-Névé (La Chauve-Souris), Margaux Juvénal (Take Shelter), Souleymane Kébé (Astou Production), Oumar Gabar Sy (Astou Films), Andrey S. Diarra (DS Productions)
- Production Company
- La Chauve-Souris, Take Shelter, Astou Production, Astou Films, DS Productions
About the Director
French-Senegalese Ramata-Toulaye Sy, born and raised in the Paris region, embarked on her cinematic journey at La Fémis, enrolling in the Screenwriting department in 2011 and graduating in 2015. Throughout her career, she has contributed as a screenwriter to notable films such as ‘Sibel’ (2018) by Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, and ‘Our Lady of the Nile’ (2019) by Atiq Rahimi. In 2020, Ramata-Toulaye directed her first short film, ‘Astel’, which was selected for more than 80 festivals and pre-selected for the 2023 César Awards. ‘Banel & Adama’ marks her debut feature film and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Margaux Juvénal
- Email:
- margaux@takeshelter.eu
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Main Contact
Maud Leclair Névé
- Company:
- La Chauve-Souris
- Email:
- mleclair@lachauvesouris.eu