BANEL & ADAMA
Senegal/France/Mali | 87 min | Pulaar with English subtitles | 12A
IN CINEMAS 15 MARCH 2024
Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple live in a remote village in northern Senegal and for them, nothing else in the world exists. However, their perfect everlasting love seems on a collision course with their family’s traditions as drought strikes their community. Award-winning filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s breathtaking debut feature follows the fated lovers in their quest to carve a life for themselves beyond the expectations of others.
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Starring: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo
The UK release is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
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Festivals & Previews:
Dublin International Film Festival | 23 February
Irish Premiere + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
BFI Southbank, London | 8 March
International Women’s Day + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Glasgow Film Festival | 9 March
Scottish Premiere + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Picturehouse @ FACT, Liverpool | 10 March
Preview + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Hyde Park Picturehouse, Leeds | 11 March
Preview + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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Showroom Cinema, Sheffield | 12 March
Preview + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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Watershed, Bristol | 13 March
Preview + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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HOME, Manchester | 14 March
Preview + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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The Ritzy, London | 15 March
Special screening + Q&A with dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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“★★★★ This haunting modern fable moves with poetic grace”
“With its balletic choreography of performance and statuesque visual approach, Sy’s film is a work of remarkable composition”
“...such is the force of Sy’s imagery that the viewer, like the villagers, falls under a superstitious spell.”
