Cyrielle Raingou
Directing
Biography
Cyrielle Raingou is a Cameroonian filmmaker passionate about African cultural identity, its promotion on an international scale and the economic interest it raises. She very often uses legends, metaphor, the symbolism of animals to unearth the complexity and mystery within human. She just completed her first feature length documentary Le Spectre de Boko Haram, focused on the life in a war zone from children perspective. Le Spectre de Boko Haram had its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023, where it won the Tiger award. Cyrielle Raingou holds master’s degrees in law and in documentary film directing.
Known For
Since 2014, the terrorist organisation Boko Haram have led strikes against the villages and people of the Far North Region of Cameroon. Today, this constant threat of violence has woven itself into daily existence.
The Spectre of Boko Haram
Impératrice is a young videographer and blogger who runs a social media platform that promotes the actions and lives of rural women. This year 2070 marks the beginning of the end of the Internet. A new order is introduced to regulate and reduce access to the connection. How far is the Impératrice prepared to go to keep her access to the Internet?
Challenge
All his life, working as a shepherd, Janos has been hoping for his independence. Like his sheep, wandering around the pasture carefree, he dreams of finally opening the door that limits his freedom. As he looks for a path to different worlds, we watch the life cycle, filled with magic, which takes place amid picturesque pastures, accompanied by birdsong and the rustle of leaves.
The Lamb
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Pour toi je reviendrai
The elderly Isabel Cardoso works in the kitchen of a nursery school. Her hands are worn, her memory sharp and heavy with grief. In moments of stillness she reaches across the divide, communicating with her deceased mother through the stirring winds, the rippling surface of water, the cracked earth. A richly intimate documentary mosaic of the strength, struggle and transcendence of black womanhood.