France’s The Party Film Sales has acquired worldwide sales rights on Mamadou Dia’s Demba, ahead of the film’s world premiere in Encounters at the Berlinale.It is the second feature from Senegalese filmmaker Dia, after 2019’s Nafi’s Father.Demba follows a 55-year-old man near retirement – whose mental health is deteriorating after the death of his wife two years previously – who reconnects with his estranged son.The film shot in winter 2023 in Senegal, produced by Maba Ba for Senegal’s Joyedidi in co-production with Nikole Gerhards for Germany’s NiKo Film.
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