Film series «África contraataca»

The selected films show how African audiences have engaged in dialogue with Hollywood, Bollywood, Asian cinema and European auteur cinema, appropriating their genres — from westerns to musicals, from comedy to samurai cinema — to transform them through their own codes. Far from mimicry, these films draw on local artistic traditions and reveal how cinema becomes entertainment, a tool for political criticism and an act of creation on a constantly changing continent.

Throughout December and January, the programme ranges across emblematic titles: «Abouna» by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun; «Talking About Trees», a moving testament to the love of cinema in Sudan; Katy Léna Ndiaye's works, which recover women's memory; generational portraits such as Coconut Head Generation; vibrant comedies such as «Ça twiste à Poponguine»; classics such as «Love Brewed in the African Pot»; and recent premieres, including Raoul Peck's «Ernest Cole: Lost and Found».

Each session opens a different window onto how Africa looks at the world… and how it looks at itself. Taken together, the series creates a luminous map of sub-Saharan cinematic creativity and its ever-distinctive and surprising response to a century of shared images.