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The filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy illuminates this elliptical story, set in unnamed Senegalese village, with daubs of strong colors and strikingly vivid imagery.

"Back when we were kings, masters of ourselves, masters of the world, free. Today, who are we?" Kino Lorber has revealed an official US trailer for Banel & Adama, a visually magical African love story movie from French filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy. This premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition, and went

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The haunting Senegalese love story from debut director Ramata-Toulaye Sy premiered in Competition at Cannes and will open in the U.S. in 2024.

Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s directorial debut is not only a love story about two star-crossed individuals, but about the whimsical landscapes of the place where they fall in love.

With her first feature film “Banel & Adama”, Franco-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy has chosen to shine a light on Fulani culture. She brings a feminist voice to the story of a young married couple…

From Martin Scorsese’s epic western “Killers of the Flower Moon” to “Banel & Adama,” a Senegalese gem from the promising young filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, these are the best films from the 2023 Cannes film festival.

The Cannes Film Festival 2023 competition presented Ramata-Toulaye Si's Banele E Adama and Toodd Haynes' May December.

Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy, a French Senegalese