Dëmm

Switzerland / Senegal, November 2025
FILM, Fiction, 17 min.

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directed by: Aïda Captijn
Written by: Aïda Captijn
Status: In distribution

Genre Film

Haunted by the death of her mother, a young woman drifting through Dakar crosses paths with a secretive sisterhood of soul-eating women — the dëmm — triggering a mysterious metamorphosis that forces her to confront loss and identity.

credits

World Premiere: November 2025
Original Version: Wolof (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 17 min.
ISAN: 0000-0007-5DD1-0000-H-0000-0000-N
Production: Lido Pictures, Haute école d'art et de design - Genève (HEAD – Genève) Département Cinéma, Guddi Productions, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer: Rhea Plangg, Anita Hugi, Celya Larré, Iman Dijonne
directed by: Aïda Captijn
Written by: Aïda Captijn
Cinematography: Diara Sow
Editing: Nina Wolf
Sound Editing: Sebastian Friedmann
Sound Design: Yatoni Roy Cantu
Re-Recording Mix: Philippe Ciompi
Music: Alicia Mendy

Cast

Aminta Mbaye Diop as Aminta
Ibrahima Mbaye as Lam
Emilie Adams as Dior

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights: Haute école d'art et de design - Genève (HEAD – Genève) , Lido Pictures , Aïda Captijn

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