Aya

Aya

Aya

2021, Belgium, France, 90, Simon Coulibaly Gillard

Synopsis

Aya is growing up with her mother on the island of Lahou. Joyful and carefree, she enjoys picking coconuts and sleeping on the sand. However, her paradise is doomed to disappear under the water. As the waves threaten her house, Aya makes a decision : the sea-level may rise, she won’t leave her island.

World Premiere: Acid Cannes 2021, 🏆 Festival International du Film Insulaire 2021 - Audience Award, 🏆 Festival dei Popoli 2021 - Best Antropological Film, 🏆 Olympia International Children Film Festival 2021 - Special Mention, 🏆 Watch Docs International Film Festival 2021 - Green Dog Award, 🏆 ALT EFF 2022 - 5Hills Award for best international feature, 🏆 FICA 2023 - Cora Coralina Award for Best Feature Film, Message to Man International Film Festival 2021, Sale International Women Film Festival 2021, International Documentary Film Festival HumanDoc 2021, Glimmerglass Film Days 2021, GZDOC - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2021, Wales One World 2022, Environmental International Film Festival 2022, Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival 2022, Luxemburg City Film Festival 2022, Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2022, DOK4 2022, Festival de Cine Africano FCAT 2022, Green Film Festival 2022, Kaliningrad International Film Festival 2022, StLouis' Docs 2022, Guanajuato International Film Festival 2021, Gangneung International Film Festival 2021, One World Czech Republic 2022, Ficmec - Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias 2022, Tarifa & Tangier African Film Festival 2022, Zagreb Dox 2022, DocsBarcelona 2022, Full Frame 2022, MDOC 2022, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin 2022, Buffalo International Film Festival 2022, MOVE IT! 2022, FIDBA 2022, São Paulo Film Festival 2022, CinemAfrica 2022, One World Slovakia 2022, CineEco - Seia Film Festival 2022, Montreal International Black Film Festival 2022, GREENMOTIONS 2022, Cyprus Film Days 2023, 🏆 Pianeta Mare 2023 - Best Film Award, Films Femmes Afrique 2024, The Beijing International Children Film Festival 2024