Senegal / 2017 / 17mins / Drama / Wolof and French

Mama Bobo is a widow in her eighties. Day after day, she goes to the same bus stop in Dakar. Sitting on the bench, she remembers her past life and her husband who died long ago, until her routine gets interrupted.

Robin Andelfinger

Robin Andelfinger studied at the Institut de Arts de Diffusion in Louvain La Neuve, Belgium. He founded Replica Films in 2012 and produced several short films, some of which priced at the International Festival Le Court and won a prize for best dialogues at Festimage. Mama Bobo, co-directed with Ibrahima Seydi, won the Grand Prix au Festival en Plien Air de Grenoble and Bronze Star Award au Festival El Gouna in Egypt, among others. Learn More

Ibrahima Seydi

Ibrahima Seydi is a French author and director of Senegalese heritage, born in 1981 in a small village in the middle of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal. In 1986, he moved to France. In primary school, he wrote and directed the short film Juste fait la pas, which won a prize at a local festival. In high school, he directed a short film entitled Why, about bullying. He was awarded at the Regard Jeune sur la Cité festival, dedicated to supporting young talents from Paris’ suburbs, which lead him to attending the CLCF (French Cinema Conservatory Film School). He then began working as an assistant director on short and medium-length projects before returning to Senegal for several months. He co-directed the film, Mama Bobo in 2017, along with Robin Andelfinger. The film was nominated for Best Short Film at Luxor African Film Festival and won Best Film at the Grenoble Short Film Festival in 2017. Learn More