DEMBA
Fiction
‘116 Mins
Sénégal
Scénario : Mamadou Dia
DOP : Shledon Chau
Montage : Alan Wu
SYNOPSIS:
As Demba approaches retirement after 30 years at city hall, he struggles with grief nearing the two-year anniversary of his wife’s passing. Amid his mental decline, he reconnects with his estranged son.
MAMADOU DIA
Mamadou Dia is a director with an MFA in Directing / Writing from NYU. His film Baamum Nafi won the best 1st feature at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2019. It represented Senegal for the 2021 Oscars.