Tunisie, Burkina Faso, Sénégal
Abdelamid Bouchnak studied at the School of Design Science and Technology in Tunis and studied cinema at the University of Montreal. In 2018, he directed his first feature film: Dachra, the first Tunisian horror movie. It was presented at the closing of the Venice Film Festival.
Patrice Balma was born in 1979 in Ouagadougou. After having been a street vendor, he began his training as a bronzier in 1998 with Ali Nikiéma, a recognized artist in Burkina Faso.
Senegalese multi-instrumentalist Stephen Ibaaku Bassene is one of the rising stars of the West African alternative scene. His afrohypnotic compositions combine traditional Casamance rhythms, samples, hip-hop, jazz, reggae, and voice.