Madagascar, Belgium and France / 2024 / 27mins / Thriller and Drama / Malagasy, Shikomori, French

Majunga, Madagascar. December 1976. A wind of revolt blows over the town of Majunga. Ali, a Comorian widower with two young daughters, works in a bookbinding workshop. One morning, he witnesses a neighborly dispute that quickly turns into a racial conflict and escalates abruptly when a strike breaks out. For three days, families of Comorian origin havebeen killed in cold blood by a section of the Malagasy population: their own neighbors. Faced with rising tensions between communities, Ali must protect his daughters.

Hachimiya Ahamada

Hachimiya Ahamada studied directing at INSAS, Belgium. Zanatany is her second fiction film. With this project, she continues her work on the trajectories of the Comorian diaspora to which she belong. Between fiction and observation of reality, she builds a universe whose narrative deepens her relationship to her roots. Hachimiya Ahamada directed her first short fiction film Residence Ylang-Ylang, presented at the Cannes International Critic's Week in 2008. She later made a more intimate film called Ashes of Dreams which featured a filmed letter addressed to her father. Learn More