Lovena

  • Lovena
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Short
Running time : 29 (in minutes)
https://lovena-lefilm.fr/

LOVENA comes from Haiti and lives illegally in French Guyana. She has no residence permit, but she is a brilliant chess player. But how is she supposed to represent her adopted country at an international chess competition with no papers?



Film by Olivier Sagne selected for the Afrika Film Festival of Cologne 2021

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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