Night of the Kings

Night of the Kings

Production company
Banshee Films, France Wassakara Productions, Ivory Coast Peripheria, Canada Yennenga Production, Senegal
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Producer(s)
Yanick Létourneau, Delphine Jaquet, Ernest Konan, Yoro Mbaye
Director(s)
Philippe Lacôte
Writer(s)
Philippe Lacôte
French, Feature film, Drama, 2020, 93 min

A young man is sent to one of Africa’s most dangerous jails. If we wants to survive, he must spend the whole night telling a story.

Principal cast
Bakary Koné, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Denis Lavant, Laetitia Ky
Nomination(s) & award(s)
Venice International Film Festival, 2020, Orrizonti Competition
Toronto International Film Festival, 2020, Amplify Award
New York Film Festival, 2020
Sundance Fim Festival, 2021
Oscar Shortlist for Best international feature, 2021
NACCP Best Outstanding International Feature Film (US), 2021
Black Film Critics Circle Awards Best Foreign Film (US), 2021
Sales
Mathieu Delaunay
International Sales Agent
Memento Films International
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Alexandre Moreau
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Memento Films International
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Media
Simone Devlin
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World
Susan Coombs
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