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Dawn
L'aurore

Switzerland / Senegal, November 2023
FILM, Fiction, 30 min.

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directed by: Alicia Mendy
Written by: Alicia Mendy
Status: In distribution

When a parasite contaminates all the drinking water of Dakar, pills are created to neutralize it. Alioune is a young man who can no longer afford his pills and is exposed to the symptoms of the parasite: Madness and dementia. As the days go by, he realises that he had never been so lucid, and thus begins his journey of political and spiritual awakening.

credits

World Premiere: November 2023
Original Version: Wolof (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 30 min.
ISAN: 0000-0006-D6D2-0000-B-0000-0000-4
Production: Amka Films Productions SA, Haute école d'art et de design - Genève (HEAD – Genève) Département Cinéma, Lido Pictures, Guddi Productions
Producer: Rhea Plangg, Amel Soudani, Iman Dijonne
directed by: Alicia Mendy
Written by: Alicia Mendy
Cinematography: Diara Sow
Editing: Léa Porretta
Location Sound Mix: Ousmane Coly
Sound Editing: Sebastian Friedmann
Sound Design: Yatoni Roy Cantu
Re-Recording Mix: Yatoni Roy Cantu
Music: Alicia Mendy
Production Design: Mohamed Diouf
Costumes: Mariam Diop

Cast

El Hadji Alioune Diagne as Alioune
Cheikh Omar Diaw as Minuit

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights: Amka Films Productions SA , Lido Pictures , Guddi Productions

Awards

(a selection)

Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Award for the Best Swiss Shool Film 2023 (Winner)
Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Prix du meilleur film des écoles de cinéma suisses (Industry Award) 2023 (Winner)
Alicia Mendy

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