Rokhaya, a young director returns to her home in Dakar to make a film about a local historical figure. Throughout her research, which consists of interviews with local personalities, discussions with her team and fictional scenes shot on location, we discover the story of Aline Sitoe Diatta, a woman who inspires to this day.

starring
Nga Nga Rokhaya Baro, Moïse Diatta, Agnès Diatta, Marie Noël Diatta, Denis Diatta (Voice-over), Janos Diatta (Voice-over)

a short film by Rokhaya Marième BALDÉ

Switzerland / Senegal, 2021, Documentary-fiction, 27 min, in Diola, French & Wolof with subtitles

Graduation Film

Original Tite: À LA RECHERCHE D'ALINE
English Title: SEEKING ALINE
Duration: 27 min
Year: 2021
Countries: Suisse, Sénégal
Languages: Diola, Wolof, French
Subtitles: English, French
Format : PAL - 1920x1080p - 16/9 - couleur - 5.1

CAST
Nga Nga Rokhaya Baro... Aline
Moïse Diatta... Alou Guéye
Agnès Diatta... Cast Girl (Fille du casting)
Marie Noël Diatta... Cast Girl (Fille du casting)

VOICE
Denis Diatta
Janos Diatta

Producer
Delphine Jeanneret

Director
Rokhaya Mariéme Baldé

Script
Rokhaya Mariéme Baldé

Camera
Nicolas Gallardo

Film score composer
Hadrien Hepp

Music used
Hughie Charles, Ross Parker, D Day Darlings

Editing
David Nguyen

Special effects
David Nguyen

Set Design
Mado Eschenbrenner

Sound Editing
Thomas Stahel

Sound Mixing
Adrien Kessler

Text
Rokhaya Mariéme Baldé



Music by Niki Demiller, Ilère Ndiaye
Cinematography by Nicolas Gallardo
Film Editing by David Nguyen
Costume Design by Mado Eschenbrenner
First Assistant Director: Maxime Mudjeredian
Sound: Akim Ben Abass SOW
First assistant camera: Paolo Sabouraud

Graphics & Poster
Laetitia Troilo

PRODUCTION
HEAD (Haute école d'art et de design), Geneva
FOPICA, Dakar

DISTRIBUTION
HEAD - Genève (2020) (Switzerland) (video)

LINKS
https://headcinema.ch/diplome-e-x-s/2020/rokhaya-marieme-balde


AWARDS
Best Short Film, New Holland Island Int. Film Festival (2021)
Best Documentary Award, Indielisboa (2021)
Tënk Award, Visions du Réel (2021)


FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS

Miradasdoc
Spain, 04 - 12 March 2022

Festival Films Femmes Afrique
Senegal, 25 Feb - 12 March 2022

Sudu Ciné Talks
France, 08 Feb 2022

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival
- Category "African Perspectives"
(Clermont-Ferrand, France), 28 January - 05 Feb 2022

Solothurner Filmtage
Switzerland, 19 - 26 January 2022

Filmtage Uni Bremen
Germany, 18 - 20 January 2022

Weihnachtsfilmfestival
Germany, 22 - 26 Dec 2021

Corrida Audiovisuelle
France, 15 - 17 Dec 2021

RedSeaIFF
Arabie Saoudite, 06 - 15 Dec 2021

FIDBA
Argentina, 02 Dec 2021

Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Germany, 16 - 21 Nov 2021

Sheffield DocFest - Israac Somali Community Association
United Kingdom, 24 Oct 2021

Africa in Motion Film Festival
United Kingdom, 15 - 31 Oct 2021

New Holland IFF
Russia, 06 - 13 Oct 2021

Seytou Africa
France, 23 - 26 Sep 2021

Festival Silhouette
France, 27 Aug - 04 Sep 2021

Indielisboa
* Best Short Award
https://indielisboa.com/en/2021/09/06/here-are-the-awarded-films-of-indielisboa-2021/
(Lisbonne, Portugal), 21 Aug - 06 Sep 2021

Tbilisi International Student Film Festival
Georgia, 29 June - 04 July 2021

Festival 7ème Lune
France, 24 - 27 June 2021

Sheffield Doc/Fest
United Kingdom, 04 - 13 June 2021

International Film Festival Rotterdam
Netherlands, 02 - 06 June 2021

Vienna Shorts
Austria, 27 May - 01 June 2021

Musée international de la Croix-Rouge
Switzerland, 26 avril - 26 septembre 2021

Atlanta Film Festival
USA, 22 April - 02 May 2021

Visions du Réel
* World Premiere
- Category Opening Scenes
(Nyon, Switzerland), 15 - 25 April 2021
www.visionsdureel.ch/film/2021/a-la-recherche-daline/