Country: Belgium, France
Year: 2021
Language: Miscellaneous
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Runtime: 90 mins.

Aya grows up with her mother on the island of Lahou. Joyful and carefree, she likes to pick coconuts and sleep on the sand. However, her paradise is doomed to disappear under the waters. As the waves threaten her house, Aya makes a choice: the sea can rise, but she will not leave her island.

DIRECTOR
Simon Coulibaly Gillard

Simon Coulibaly Gillard was born in Bulgaria and grew up in Brittany. After studying Mechanical Engineering, he did a U-turn and decided  to live of his love for film. Throughout his master’s degree in film-directing at INSAS, Simon developed a strong relationship with the people and territories of West Africa where he lives and works part of the year. He made all his films there, alone with his cameras and microphones, accompanied by his assistant, Lassina Coulibaly.

Director: Simon Coulibaly Gillard
Cinematography: Simon Coulibaly Gillard.
Production: Alice Lemaire.
Screenplay: Simon Coulibaly Gillard.
Editing: Marie-Hélène Mora, Bertrand Conard.
Sound: Simon Coulibaly Gillard.
contacto: submissions@taskovskifilms.com



 Screenings

GIFF OnLine
disponible a partir del:19.9.2021
00:00 (Horario CST)
GIFF OnLine

León
20.9.2021
20:00 (Horario CST)
Cinema Picnic | Jardines del Forum Cultural Guanajuato

San Miguel de Allende
23.9.2021
15:00 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Luciérnaga | Sala 7

Irapuato
26.9.2021
14:15 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Jacarandas | Sala 10