Competition - Grand ReportageFilms in VOD
Above water
By Aïssa Maïga
The village of Tatiste, in northern Niger, is falling victim to global warming: the drought is raging. Every day, 14-year-old Houlaye and her friends walk a great distance to fetch water, which prevents them from attending school. The lack of water also forces the adults to leave in search of resources. However, the region's subsoil hides a gigantic lake: its inhabitants are literally walking on water, and all it would take to improve their lives is a borehole. The village rallies...
Section Competition - Grand Reportage & Films in VOD
Original language(s) French
Subtitle(s) English
- Director(s)
- Aïssa Maïga
World sales
- ORANGE STUDIO
Distributor
- Jeanne Loriotti
Production
- BONNE PIOCHE
- echo studio
Cinematographer
- Rousslan Dion
Music
- Uèle Lamore
Sound
- Matthieu Mangematin
Editor
- Isabelle Devinck, Linda Attab Apenouvon
- Duration
- 90'
- Year
- 2021
- Production country
- France & Niger
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
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