Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story
Malagasy with French, Spanish, German, and English subtitles
Distribution visa n° 156.482 issued on 07/03/2024
Synopsis
Madagascar, nowadays. Twenty-year-old Kwame struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines and is taken back to his hometown by an unexpected turn of events. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. Now, he will have to choose between easy money and loyalty—between individualism and political awakening.
Credits
Executive Producers: Jonathan Rubin & François Magal
Co-producers: Herizo Rabary, Nicole Gerhards, David Constantin, Carolyn Carew
Director: Luck Razanajaona
Screenplay: François Hébert, Marcelo Novais Teles, Ludovic Randriamanantsoa, Luck Razanajaona
Cast: Parista Sambo, Laurette Ramasinjanahary, Joe Lerova, Drwina Razafimahaleo, Jérôme Oza
First Assistant Director: Manon Colomb de Daunant
Cinematography: Raphaël O’Byrne
Sound: Julien Verstraete
Production Manager: Augustin Werkoff
Production Design: Florence Dumont
Costume Design: Sandra Rajaonarivo
Film Editing: Marianne Haroche, Patrick Minks
Sound Editing: Pierre George
Music: Pierre Gratacap
Color Grading: Yannig Willmann
Sound Mixing: Guy Steer
In co-production with Africamadavibe Production (Madagascar), NiKo Films (Germany), Caméléon Production (Mauritius) & Free Women Films (South Africa)
With production support from CNC – Aide aux cinémas du monde, Fonds Images Francophones, Région Réunion, World Cinema Fund, TV5MONDE, TV5MONDEPlus, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, Doha Film Institute & Ateliers de l’Atlas Marrakech
Awards
Festivals
1. Berlinale (Generation 14plus) – Berlin, Germany
2. Marrakech International Film Festival – Marrakech, Morocco
3. Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) – Cairo, Egypt
5. TIFF Next Wave (Toronto International Film Festival) – Toronto, Canada
6. FESPACO – Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso
7. Carthage Film Days (JCC) – Tunis, Tunisia
8. Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) – Durban, South Africa
9. FIFF Namur – International Francophone Film Festival – Namur, Belgium
10. Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) – Seattle, USA
11. Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) – Luxor, Egypt
12. African Film Festival of Tarifa-Tangier (FCAT) – Spain
13. African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL) – Milan, Italy
14. Mashariki African Film Festival (MAAFF) – Kigali, Rwanda
15. Nairobi Film Festival (NBO Film Festival) – Nairobi, Kenya
16. AFRIKALDIA – Basque Festival of African Cinemas – Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17. Afrika Film Festival Köln – Cologne, Germany
18. Africa Alive (DFF) – Frankfurt, Germany
19. ADIFF – African Diaspora International Film Festival – New York, USA
20. New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) – Lincoln Center, USA
21. Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF) – Mexico
22. International African Film Festival in Argentina (FICAA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
23. Film Africa (Royal African Society) – London, United Kingdom
24. Black Harvest Film Festival – Chicago, USA
25. Cinemas of Africa Festival – Lausanne, Switzerland
26. Indian Ocean International Film Festival (FIFOI) – Réunion Island, France
27. Africlap – Toulouse, France
28. Afriques en Vision – Bordeaux, France
29. Der Neue Heimatfilm – Freistadt, Austria
30. Film by the Sea International Film Festival – Vlissingen, Netherlands
31. French Film Days Tübingen-Stuttgart – Germany
32. Bolzano Film Festival Bozen – Italy
33. Cinemas of Africa Festival of Apt (FCAPA) – France
34. Cinemas of Africa Festival of Angers – France
35. Ciné Sans Frontières Festival – Arcachon & La Teste-de-Buch, France
36. Ciné Bala Festival – Chambéry, France
37. One Country One Film International Festival – Issoire, France
38. Mostra de Cinemas Africanos / Brazil African Film Festival – São Paulo & Salvador, Brazil
39. Trans-Saharan and Maghreb Film Festival (Zagora / Oujda) – Morocco
40. Cinema In Verde – Environmental Film Festival – Rome, Italy
41. Quibdó Africa Film Festival (QAFF) – Quibdó, Colombia
42. African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM) – Winnipeg, Canada
43. Nara International Film Festival – Nara, Japan
44. This Human World – International Human Rights Film Festival – Vienna, Austria
45. MOVE IT! Film Festival – Dresden, Germany
46. Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival – Tel Aviv, Israel
47. Atesib! Tel Aviv African Film Festival – Israel
48. Muestra de Cine de Casa África – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
49. África es Imprescindible – Pamplona, Spain
50. African Cinema Festival – University of Burgos – Burgos, Spain
51. European Film Festival – Antananarivo, Madagascar
52. European Film Festival – Union of the Comoros – Comoros
53. Berlinale Spotlight: Accra – Accra, Ghana
54. Filmfest Osnabrück – FilmFest for Peace and Human Rights – Osnabrück, Germany
55. Humans of Film Festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands
56. iAfrica Film Festival – The Hague, Netherlands
57. Augen Blicke – Afrika (African Film Festival Hamburg) – Hamburg, Germany
58. AfroBrix Festival – Brescia, Italy
59. Chiala African Film Festival – Graz, Austria
60. Madagascar Film Festival – Antananarivo, Madagascar
61. New African Film Festival – Maryland, USA
62. Salon-de-Provence Film Encounters – France
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