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