A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives – which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith – abruptly disturbed.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Etienne Comar, Sylvie Pialat
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Script: Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
Director of Photography: Sofian El Fani
Production Design: Sebastian Birchler
Music: Amin Bouhafa
Sound: Bakary Sangaré
Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid
Cast: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki
Production. Les Films du Worso, Dune Vision, Arches Films, Orange Studio, Arte France Cinema

Awards
Ecumenical Jury Prize, François Chalais Award, Cannes IFF, 2014, 7 Cezar Awards, France, 2015, Oscar nomination, 2015, Best Film, Best Director – Lumiere Awards, 2015 and many others

Abderrahmane Sissako
Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritian-born Malian film director and producer known for films which explore globalization and displacement. He studied cinema at the Federal State Film Institute in Moscow and in the 1990s settled in France. His first feature-length film, Waiting for Happiness, won a FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes FF. His features Bamako (2006) and Timbuktu (2014) were widely acclaimed, with the latter selected to compete for the Palme d’Or and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Filmography (selected)
Rostov – Luanda (doc., 1997), Life on Earth (1998), Waiting for Happiness (2002), Bamako (2006), Timbuktu (2014), Black Tea (2024).