Père(s)-Fille(s)
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| Free Admission |
| French with English subtitles |
| Foyer |
They are daughters — and also artists, entrepreneurs, sportswomen, or activists. Their stories are shaped not only by who they are, but by the relationships they’ve had to inspiring caretakers, including their fathers. In this film series french filmmaker Marina Gning has interviewed senegalese fathers and daughters about their often close, motivating, inspiring and empowering relationships.
In Senegal, the role of the father often comes with social, economic, and familial responsibility. Yet beyond this visible role, little is said about how fathers connect — or fail to connect — with their daughters on a personal, emotional level. Especially in a patriarchal society, where the conversation around female empowerment tends to focus on mothers, sisters, or women alone, the father–daughter bond remains largely unexplored.
This film and portrait series gives space to these relationships: the shared memories, the silences, the gestures of care, and the tensions. Through interviews and dual perspectives, fathers speak about their daughters, and daughters speak about their fathers — not to idealize them, but to understand the role this relationship – or a similar relationshop with another caretaker and role model – plays in shaping identity, trust, freedom, and belonging.
As part of the film series Marina Gning also filmed an illuminating interview with senegalese anthropologist and professor Cheikh Sadibou Sakho about positive ways for men to show emotions, to develop their masculinity and fatherrole in a socially more flexible way although they may come from a traditional partriarchal understanding of being a father.
Film Titles
Confidences (Vertrauen / Trust)
Eveline Diatta / 2023 / Dakar – Video 5:49 Min
Être soi-même (Man selbst sein / Being Yourself)
Walimata Seye & Seyni Seye / 2023 / Dakar – Video 7:55 Min
Héritage (Erbe / Heritage)
Fatou Binetou Ba / 2023 / Bambilor – Video 10:27 Min
Complicité (Vertrautheit / Closeness)
Ndeye Marieme Ba & Alioune Elimane Ba / 2023 / Thiès – Video 8:30 Min
Présence (Präsenz / Presence)
Tacko Sy & Oumar Sy / 2023 / Dakar – Video 7:43 Min
Amour (Zuneigung / Affection)
Khadija Sy & Makha Sy / 2023 / Dakar – Video 10:06 Min
Mettre de la lumière (Licht geben / Bringing Light)
Almaz Dramé & Djibril Dramé / 2023 / Dakar – Video 7:58 Min
Rougir les yeux (Die Augen röten / Reddening the Eyes)
Mariane Ouattara & Ouanza Ouattara / 2023 / Dakar – Video 9:11 Min
Se libérer (Sich befreien / Breaking Free)
Seynabou Thiam & Mathiam Thiam / 2023 / Somone – Video 11:25 Min
Harmonie (Harmonie / Harmony)
Selbé Faye & Mamadou Faye / 2023 / Saly – Video 7:51 Min
Il est toujours temps (Es ist nie zu spät / It’s Never Too Late)
Kiné Diong Riquet / 2023 / Malicounda – Video 11:20 Min
Nouveau commencement (Neuanfang / New Beginning)
Prof. Cheikh Sadibou Sakho / 2023 / Ngaparou – Video 10:47 Min
The film series was produced in cooperation with the regional project “Sport for Development in Africa” (S4DA) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Coordination: Catherine Daraspe
Production/Video: Marina Gning