CUT ME IF YOU CAN
Cannes Market 2024/EFM Market 2025
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Directed by Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend, token black guy who always dies first, they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free... but the film has other plans. Starring Djaka Souaré, Anthony Lalor, Marshall Fox, Diane Foster Awards FANTASPOA Honorable Mention FENÊTRES SUR COURTS Jury Prize + Audience Award SF ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD Staff Favorite Short Film PARIS IN THE DARK Jury Prize COURT-MÉTRANGE Young Audience Award BROWN SUGAR DAYS Jury Prize NEW ORLEANS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL Best Sound Design HORROR HOUND 10 nominations |
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JAZZ IN WAKANDA
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Directed by Djaka Souaré Streaming on TUBI/COMCAST An otherwise uneventful day for Julie takes a more serious turn when her daughter, Jazz, starts to ask profound questions about slavery, and what she's learned at school. Starring Djaka Souaré, Jazz Hardrict, Zainab Jah & Sydney Morton |
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YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: IMAGINE A MOON COLONY
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Directed by TriBeca Award Winner Philip Youmans Streaming on HULU 1970s. Los Angeles. Baldwin Hills. A son asks his parents to imagine the year 2020... Starring Djaka Souaré, Jamal Ademola |
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CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD
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Djaka Souaré is character Halima Zambardi, head of the Somalian & Italian army. |
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A SMALLER BIG BANG
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Directed by Jeff Perreca
When divorce won't do for a miserable married couple, they each hire contract killers to take the other out, but their plans go horribly awry when the killers show up on the same night. Starring Djaka Souaré, John L. Curtis, Gabe Fonseca, Louiza Zouzias BEST ACTRESS nomination at the LA ACTION Film Festival 2023 LA Lift Off Film Festival 2023 Stage 32 Short Film Contest Finalist 2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival 2022 LA Action Film Festival 2022 LA Independent Filmmakers Showcase 2022 BMC Film Fest Best Direction & Best Cinematography Winner |
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FOR LIFE
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Directed by Djaka Souaré
When a new friend shows up, two best-friends-forever are forced to question how long 'forever' really lasts. Starring Vianessa Castaños, Xanthe Paige, Ayana Taylor 2020 Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2020 Vegas Movie Awards - Best Narrative Short 2020 International Independent Film Awards - Best Short 2020 Focus International Film Festival 2020 Detroit Shetown Film festival 2020 Hollywood Verge Film Awards |
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WORDS
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Directed by Amhalise Morgan
A New York Love story about two lovers whose language barriers ultimately creates a wall. Starring Djaka Souaré, Nicholas Pinnock 2019 Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival 2020 New York Cinematography Award (NYCA) Finalist 2020 Bridges International Film Festival (Greece) 2021 Kalakari Film Festival (India) 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival |
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NAIROBI
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Directed by TriBeca Award Winner Philip Youmans
Produced by SOLANGE Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her. Starring Djaka Souaré, Anta Fily Gaye, Jean-Francois Ogoubiyi 2020 Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival 2021 New Orleans Film Society |
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AN AFTERNOON IN MONTE CARLO
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Directed by Vaintino
Marlon Rivers, a young African-American finance wunderkind specialized in the 'Monte Carlo' system, meets Margot Marshall, a mystery LA woman who has just landed in New York that fateful day. Starring Djaka Souaré, Mario C. Brown 2018 Lucky Strike Film Festival 2018 Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2018 Mediterranean Film Festival 2018 Motion Pictures International Film Festival 2018 CKF International Film Festival |
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Z-BORN
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Directed by Shaan Couture
When a futuristic cop finds out she's been selected to escape this dying earth and leave for a new and thriving planet, she must decide if she wants to leave and save herself or stay and save her world. Starring Djaka Souaré 2018 Women's Week end Film Challenge 2019 St Francis College Women's Film Festival |
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THE TEMPEST
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Directed by Carl Cofield
Starring Ron Cephas-Jones Classical Theater of Harlem - Summerstage, NYC 
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UNCLE VANYA
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Directed by Morgan Green
New Saloon - The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NYC Press: http://newyorktheatrereview.blogspot.com/2015/04/ryan-hudak-interviews-morgan-green-on.html |
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ROMEO N JULIET
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Directed by Justin Emeka @Marcus Garvey Park
Classical Theater of Harlem - Summerstage, NYC "Sword fights become break dancing battles, Juliet's balcony is a fire escape, the apothecary is a drug dealer on the corner, and the young men killing one another in their families' names are engaged in class wars (...) This adaptation works." THE NEW YORKER 'Lakai Worrell's choreography is first rate. Providing a supernatural feel, lit up 'ancestors' dance in doorways. Under his direction, the ensemble keeps the poetry forefront.'' HUFFINGTON POST |
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