The Malagasy government discovers an unlikely revolutionary weapon, made of artisanal rum and water from Lake Anosy (the most polluted lake in the country) and decides to sell it to the highest bidder in order to improve the country's economy. By the greatest of coincidences, North Korea wins the auction, and the entire geopolitical balance of the world is upset. The incredible parody from the Red Island!
Rejected at birth because they were deemed unfit, Faramalemy and Kotobekibo are condemned by their parents to certain death. Fleeing their village, they take refuge in Trimobe, an isolated place where they hope to find peace. But Trimobe hides a terrible secret: a cannibal reigns supreme. Starving and hunted, the two children must face horror to survive. Their escape will become a legend...or an endless nightmare.
Dzaomalaza arrives in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. He wants to earn an honest living with his talent: music. But he doesn't know what to expect in the "City of a Thousand". There he meets a girl who does not bear her name: Nambinina (the lucky one) who suffers from many of the ills of today's urban youth. The film weaves itself through the differences in perspectives between the main characters. This third installement which takes place, this time, in the urban context of Antananarivo, strongly marked by the 2009 crisis. More than a film, Dzaomalaza is also an advocacy tool in favor of Malagasy youth.
Eleventh instalment of the franchise.
Children may be a blessing, but they can also push a person to the brink of insanity when the wrong plans take root. The walls are closing in and the phrase "we are finished" has never felt more real. As the streets buzz with the latest scandal, the life of an innocent child hangs in the balance. Where will this journey finally end?
The hierarchy is clear: Ralay holds the power. The Pastor lives for trouble and Randrenja has completely lost his mind. To make matters worse, Rajao is finally losing the special treatment he once took for granted. It is a world of schemes and stolen status, proving that in this life, there is a sucker born every minute.
Once upon a time, Ifara and Ikoto became orphans without any guardian. Ifara went to look for a husband but was met with Trimobe in the forest. Ikoto was the only one who could free her...
A boy peered out the window of his house. A passing bird caught his attention. When his friends called out to him, he smiled. Won the Best Animation Film at Rencontres du Film Court in 2010
The Lutheran Church runs Toby Ambohimahazo, a remote exorcism center near Antsirabe, Madagascar. In this area, people believe that mental illness is a form of spirit possession. Pierre, a man imprisoned for smoking weed, lives at the center with about 200 others deemed "possessed". Rivo, the lead exorcist, holds daily religious rituals to save people through Jesus. The documentary gradually reveals repetitive routines as a reflection of institutional control. These rituals highlight the spiritual intensity that sustains the community, but also the quiet suffering of the people inside.
Tafita tells the story of Mahandry, a modest young man who had to suspend his university studies and who works as a waiter to support himself. One day, he sees Alicia, his ex-girlfriend from high school again thus, implements a plan to win her back. He pretends to be a successful businessman, owner of a luxurious villa where Émile, his father, the caretaker, pretends to be his butler while his friend Gilbert plays the role of servant, during an evening when the real owner had to be absent. The golden opportunity for Mahandry inviting Alicia to impress him and go out with her again. A succession of unforeseen events during the evening will jeopardize this plan to such an extent that Mahandry's lies end up turning against him.
Samneto, a young orphan, sells water to pay for his studies and survive. The region he lives in, near Belfike, in Madagascar, is experiencing a severe drought: according to him, it has not rained for three years, which forces him to dig up to three meters deep to get water – which was previously accessible from river pumps. The meager revenue collected by our witness barely allows him to survive...
Portrays the far-from-average life of a Malagasy character in a humorous way, with suspense, fights, comedy, and adventures.
A supernatural horror film from Madagascar.
RAZANA is the name given to one’s “ancestors” in Madagascar, and they must be respected at all times – even if they are conservative and homophobic. Fulfilling his now-deceased partner’s last wishes, Solo travels from Paris to the East African island to pay his in-laws a visit.
In Toamasina, on the east coast of Madagascar, Saholy runs a small business of pedicabs. She takes care of her drivers as if they were her sons and lets them find with her a home where they get mothered. Tormented with a difficult past, Njaka is looking for his place in the bosom of this big family. At seventeen he knows he must decide his future but lets himself still easily be tempted by girls and smoking joints.
Malaso Madagasikara is based on the true incidents the Dahalo have been causing in Southern Madagascar. They are groups of armed cattle rustlers who use to attack villagers. They are also believed to master black magic. Thousands of zebus have been stolen and dozens of villagers have been killed. Hundreds of villagers have been displaced because eventhough the Malagasy government has sent the army to stop them they still haven't been stopped.
Felicia is one of the thousands of Malagasy fishermen and women on the Velondriake archipelago whose way of life is increasingly threatened by poverty and political marginalization. As an orphan and later as a mother, she turns to the sea as a means for sustenance, even when migration and commercial trawling threaten small-scale fishing operations. Like many other women in Madagascar, she embodies a steadfast willingness to keep moving forward in the face of major challenges.
After the death of their mother, Rova and Tania, two sisters who have lost touch for years, learn that their father is still alive. They kidnap Gaëlle, their half-sister to attract their father's attention.
A film about "Famadihana" or turning of the bones (when people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts and rewrap them in fresh shrouds) in Madagascar, told by the dead...
