Tabaski

Genre : Political
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned :

Column : Music, Cinema/tv, Fine arts, Dance, History/society

Year of production : 2019
Format : Short
Running time : 26 (in minutes)

In Dakar, a few days before the feast of Tabaski, a painter is shut away in his studio, working on the theme of the ritual sacrifice of the ram. The red paint drips from the sketches hanging on clothes-lines. An inscription on the wall: "Tabaski, who's next?". Three characters and a sheep revolve around him and reconnect him with reality. This film is a tribute to the famous painter Iba Ndiaye (1928-2008).

A film by Laurence ATTALI

Senegal / France, 2019, short narrative, 26 mins

starring Camara Guéye, Eric Torres, Kya Loum, Christian d'Erneville, Tabaski and the participation of Oumou Sy.

Type: Short -
Rune time: 26min
Tags: Fiction, Art and Politics, Woman Film Director
Duration : 26'
Completion date: June 2019 - Senegal
Visa n°150.758

NOTE
This hybrid movie, blending fiction, art and politics, is freely inspired by the work of the painter Iba Ndiaye (1928-2008) "The Tabaski round, who's next?" painting in the 1960s to1970s. A sort of allegory in which the sheep is presented as the symbol of all victims. Indeed, Iba Ndiaye was not thinking directly about the sacrifice of sheep for Tabaski in Senegal, but rather of the victims of colonization, segregation, and apartheid.
"Painting is remembering," he said.

Trailer international : https://vimeo.com/353218521

Produced by Ousmane William Mbaye

Director
Laurence Attali

Writer : Laurence Attali
Image : Remi Mazet - Fattah Faris -
Sound : Michel Tsagli - Myriam René
Assistant dir : Fabacary A. Coly -
Prod manager: Achille Gaboua
Costume design : Oumou Sy -
Set design : Moustapha Ndiaye -
Editor : Laurence Attali -
Production Manager: O. William Mbaye

CAST
The painter: Camara Gueye
The sheperd : Eric Torres
The singer : Kya Loum
The saxophonist : Christian d'Erneville
The ram : Tabaski
and the participation of Oumou Sy

Coproduction
Les Films Mame Yande & Autoproduction sarl

With the support of
FOPICA (Senegal)
and the Fonds Image de la Francophonie (OIF)

2021 | Afrika Film Festival of Cologne 2021

2021 | FESPACO 2021
*Sélection

2020 | 41st Durban International Film Festival, Virtual Edition, South Africa | 10-20 sept 2020
* Official Selection
www.durbanfilmfest.com/film/tabaski/

2020 | Louxor African Film Festival, Egypt | March 2020
* Official Selection

2020 | Oberhausen International Short film Festival (Germany)
* Official Selection - Special Programmes

2020 | 49è IFFR - International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) (Netherlands)
* Selection - Voices Short
* Won: Best Voices Short

2019 | Dakar Court (Sénégal)
* Official Competition
* Won: Jury Grand Prize

Summary for official catalogues

A film by Laurence Attali
Produced by Ousmane William Mbaye
With the painter Camara Gueye

SYNOPSIS
Dakar, a few days before the feast of Tabaski, a painter is shut away in his studio, working on the theme of the ritual sacrifice of the ram. The red paint drips from the sketches hanging on clotheslines. An inscription on the wall: "Tabaski, who's next?". Three characters and a sheep revolve around him and reconnect him with reality.

NOTE
This hybrid movie, blending fiction, art and politics, is freely inspired by the work of the painter Iba Ndiaye (1928-2008) "The Tabaski round, who's next?" painting in the 1960s to1970s. A sort of allegory in which the sheep is presented as the symbol of all victims. Indeed, Iba Ndiaye was not thinking directly about the sacrifice of sheep for Tabaski in Senegal, but rather of the victims of colonization, segregation, and apartheid.
"Painting is remembering," he said.

Trailer international : https://vimeo.com/353218521