37th edition
18-26 january 2025

L'Avance

Djiby Kebe

Grand Jury Prize
French short films // Groupe Chessé endowment fund

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France
2024 Fiction 18 min
OV without subtitles+English subtitles

Aliou, a rising student at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, sells a painting of his deceased mother to a famous collector for 3,000 euros. The delivery of the painting becomes a long journey during which he will feel the whole weight of the money he has just earned.

Cast : Saabo Balde, Julia Faure, Juliette Speck
Cinematography : Tarajay Bangalter
Sound : Hugo Cohen
Editing : Maxence Tasserit
Production : Chérubins productions
Distribution : Manifest

Djiby Kebe is a young director, currently studying at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. He previously graduated in photography from the École Kourtrajmé. In 2021 he co- founded an artistic collective called Air Afrique.