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After a parasite contaminated all of Dakar’s drinking water supplies, a private pharmaceutical company began developing pills to neutralize it. A poor young man who could no longer afford his pills realized as the days passed without his treatment that he had never been so lucid.
- Type
- Diploma BA
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Year
- 2023
- Country
- SwitzerlandSenegal
- Sound
- Stereo
- Shooting format
- UHD
- Language
- Subtitles
- Direction
- Alicia Mendy
- Production
- HEAD – Geneva
- Rhea Plangg for Amka Films
- Iman Djionne
- Alicia Mendy
- Salif Cima Cissé
- Diara Sow
- Léa Porretta
- Ousmane Coly
- Yatoni Roy Cantu
- Yatoni Roy Cantu
- Alicia Mendy Sekzy
- Claudia Maharaj
- Cast
- Baye Diagne
- Cast
- Cheikh Omar Diaw
- Cast
- Mame Fatou Sene
- Cast
- Moussa Thiam
- Cast
- Moustapha Ngom
- Cast
- Pape Malick Thiam
- Cast
- Mouhamed Banda
- Cast
- Abdoulaye Ba
- Cast
- Louis Michel Ndene
- Cast
- Ike Forest Doumingou
- Cast
- Darlene Obone
- Cinéma Africain Festival Linz
Austria, - Festival Itinérant de Cinemes Africans de Catalunya
Spain, from the 31 October 2025 - Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema Zózimo Bulbul, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
Brazil, from the 15 October 2025 - Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema Zózimo Bulbul
Brazil, from the 15 October 2025 - Tripoli Film Festival, Italie
Lebanon, – - Tripoli Film Festival
Italy, - MECAL International Short Film Festival
Spain, – - Nova Frontier Film Festival
USA, - Generator
Denmark, - Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique d'APT
France, from the 05 June 2025 - Parish International Film Festival, Jersey
USA, - Sheffield Showroom
United Kingdom, - Backronym Films, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, - Lighthouse cinéma, Dublin
Ireland, from the 03 May 2025 - Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
United Kingdom, from the 29 April 2025 - Cinéma Plus
Italy, - Afrika Film Festival
Belgium, – - Bref International Short Film Festival
Italy, - Aflam
France, - Gala International du Court Métrage de Saint-Louis
Senegal, - Ca Cinéma !
France, - The Garden Cinema, London
United Kingdom, - Festival International de Cinéma Indépendant de Casablanca (FICIC)
Morocco, - Vues d'Afrique Montréal
Canada, - Maona Art - ShortFilm Program Kumba, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
United Kingdom, - Go Short – International Short Film Festival
Netherlands, - African, Asian and Latin America Film Festival - FESCAAAL
Italy, - Present Speculations/Black Futures
USA, from the 14 March 2025 - FESPACO
Burkina Faso, – - Winter Film Festival
USA, from the 21 February 2025 - Pan African Film Festival
USA, - Short film program for Swarthmore College students in collaboration with BlackStar Projects
from the 04 February 2025 - Festival international de court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
France, - Festival Dakar Court
Senegal, – - Ethiopian International Film Festival (EIFF)
Ethiopia, - Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival
Brazil, – - IndieCork Film Festival
Ireland, - BlackStar Film Festival
USA, - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)
Switzerland, - HEAD Cinéma Festival
Switzerland, - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Brazil, - Tampere Film Festival
Finland, - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Switzerland, - Nova Frontier Film Festival
USA, - Mecal - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Spain,
After a parasite contaminated all of Dakar’s drinking water supplies, a private pharmaceutical company began developing pills to neutralize it. A poor young man who could no longer afford his pills realized as the days passed without his treatment that he had never been so lucid.
- Type
- Diploma BA
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Year
- 2023
- Country
- SwitzerlandSenegal
- Sound
- Stereo
- Shooting format
- UHD
- Language
- Subtitles
- Direction
- Alicia Mendy
- Production
- HEAD – Geneva
- Rhea Plangg for Amka Films
- Iman Djionne
- Alicia Mendy
- Salif Cima Cissé
- Diara Sow
- Léa Porretta
- Ousmane Coly
- Yatoni Roy Cantu
- Yatoni Roy Cantu
- Alicia Mendy Sekzy
- Claudia Maharaj
- Cast
- Baye Diagne
- Cast
- Cheikh Omar Diaw
- Cast
- Mame Fatou Sene
- Cast
- Moussa Thiam
- Cast
- Moustapha Ngom
- Cast
- Pape Malick Thiam
- Cast
- Mouhamed Banda
- Cast
- Abdoulaye Ba
- Cast
- Louis Michel Ndene
- Cast
- Ike Forest Doumingou
- Cast
- Darlene Obone
- Cinéma Africain Festival Linz
Austria, - Festival Itinérant de Cinemes Africans de Catalunya
Spain, from the 31 October 2025 - Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema Zózimo Bulbul, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
Brazil, from the 15 October 2025 - Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema Zózimo Bulbul
Brazil, from the 15 October 2025 - Tripoli Film Festival, Italie
Lebanon, – - Tripoli Film Festival
Italy, - MECAL International Short Film Festival
Spain, – - Nova Frontier Film Festival
USA, - Generator
Denmark, - Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique d'APT
France, from the 05 June 2025 - Parish International Film Festival, Jersey
USA, - Sheffield Showroom
United Kingdom, - Backronym Films, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, - Lighthouse cinéma, Dublin
Ireland, from the 03 May 2025 - Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
United Kingdom, from the 29 April 2025 - Cinéma Plus
Italy, - Afrika Film Festival
Belgium, – - Bref International Short Film Festival
Italy, - Aflam
France, - Gala International du Court Métrage de Saint-Louis
Senegal, - Ca Cinéma !
France, - The Garden Cinema, London
United Kingdom, - Festival International de Cinéma Indépendant de Casablanca (FICIC)
Morocco, - Vues d'Afrique Montréal
Canada, - Maona Art - ShortFilm Program Kumba, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
United Kingdom, - Go Short – International Short Film Festival
Netherlands, - African, Asian and Latin America Film Festival - FESCAAAL
Italy, - Present Speculations/Black Futures
USA, from the 14 March 2025 - FESPACO
Burkina Faso, – - Winter Film Festival
USA, from the 21 February 2025 - Pan African Film Festival
USA, - Short film program for Swarthmore College students in collaboration with BlackStar Projects
from the 04 February 2025 - Festival international de court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
France, - Festival Dakar Court
Senegal, – - Ethiopian International Film Festival (EIFF)
Ethiopia, - Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival
Brazil, – - IndieCork Film Festival
Ireland, - BlackStar Film Festival
USA, - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)
Switzerland, - HEAD Cinéma Festival
Switzerland, - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Brazil, - Tampere Film Festival
Finland, - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Switzerland, - Nova Frontier Film Festival
USA, - Mecal - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Spain,
Prizes and awards
- Best Swiss film school award, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2023)
- Best direction Award de la Competition Internationale au Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema