Director
Marjolijn Prins
Music (original)
Johana Beaussart
Cast
Makhissa Camara, Nana Gassama, Fanta Turpin
Edition 2025
71'
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2025
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Family, Documentary, Youth / Coming-Of-Age
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
French
Director Marjolijn Prins follows 14-year-old Fanta in Guinea-Conakry as she balances school, caring for her sick mother, and her dream of becoming an acrobat in the Amoukanama Circus, navigating gender roles. This coming-of-age documentary blends magical realism with stunning night photography, capturing Fanta’s quest for identity and freedom in poetic shades of blue.
Director Marjolijn Prins takes us to Guinea-Conakry, where fourteen-year-old Fanta (Fanta Camara) divides her days between school, caring for her ailing mother (Aissata Camara), and her burning dream: to shine as an acrobat in the Amoukanama circus (featuring Balla Moussa Bangoura, among others). As one of the few girls in the troupe, she searches for balance in a world where expectations, traditions, and gender roles confine her freedom. Prins seamlessly weaves together documentary and magical realism: night photography in magnetic shades of blue and an animated natural world reflect Fanta’s body and discipline. Intimate friendships and music that pulses like a heartbeat through her days shape her inner search for a voice of her own. The result is a poetic coming-of-age film about becoming a woman, balancing care and ambition, and the power of devotion and daring to dream big.
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Credits
Directors
Marjolijn Prins
Music (original)
Johana Beaussart
Cast
Makhissa Camara, Nana Gassama, Fanta Turpin
Scenario
Marjolijn Prins
Director of Photography
Johan Legraie
Editors
Ciska Slowack
Producers
Mirna Everhard, Ellen De Waele
Production studios
Serendipity Films, The Film Kitchen, Stenola Productions, VraiVrai Films
More info
Dialogue
French
Countries of production
Belgium, The Netherlands, France
Year
2025
Filmography
Marjolijn Prins
Mum, me and the house (short, 2016), Paper Borders (short, 2022), Fantastique (2025)
Technical Specs
Format
DCP
