LOVENA
2020
Genre : Drame / Parcours initiatique – Tout public
Durée : 28 mins
Réalisation : Olivier Sagne
Production : KANOPÉ FILMS / French Guiana – BEAR TEAM PRODUCTION / French Guiana
Cast: Esther Joseph, Modeste Jean-Gilles, Marie-Marcelle Louis
Synopsis : Lovena, 13, undocumented from Haiti, has just been crowned Chess Champion in Guyana. His next rival will travel to Brazil. The preparation for this duel and unexpected events will push her to her limits.
Sales: Canal + Caribbean (pre-purchase), Arte
Selections:
- Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (USA)
- International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie (Canada)
- FEMI Festival (Guadeloupe)
- Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia)
- Denton Black Film Festival (USA)
- Halifax Black Film Festival (Canada)
- The Pan African Film Festival (USA)
- Festival Internation du Film d’Aubagne – Music et Cinema (France)
- Seattle Black Film Festival (USA)
- Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Wales)
- Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (Canada)
- Afrika Film Festival Köln (Germany)
- The Roxbury International Film Festival (USA)
