Alma

Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned :

Year of production : 2015
Format : Short
Running time : 25 (in minutes)
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Alma is a beautiful young woman living with her husband in a fishing village in rural Cameroon. What seems an idyllic existence in the beginning soon turns into a harrowing story of domestic abuse, which unfolds in the context of a community that does nothing.

Director: Christa Eka Assam
Country: Cameroon
Year: 2015
Running time: 25 mins
Language: English Colour

NOTE OF THE PROGRAMMER (Film Africa 2015 London)
With a great performance by protagonist/ director Christa Eka Assam, Alma bluntly explores the tragic consequences of genderbased violence when un-denounced.
www.filmafrica.org.uk/baobab-shorts-part-ii/

Produced by ACE Entertainmnent and Binam Studio (Cameroon)
in collaboration with CoreUnit Group

2015 | Film Africa, London UK
* Selection - Baobab Award Competition
* EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE
www.filmafrica.org.uk/baobab-shorts-part-ii/

2015 | AFRIFF, Lagos Nigeria
* Best Short Film
afriff.com/afriff-2015-winners/

2015 | Ecrans noirs 2015, Yaoundé, Cameroun
* Meilleur court-métrage

2015 | Mis Me Binga, Yaoundé, Cameroun
* Grand prix