‘ADAMA – Simon Rouby’

12 year-old Adama lives in a remote village in Africa. Beyond the cliffs, lies the Land of Breaths and the kingdom of the Nassara. When one night Samba, his elder brother, vanishes, Adama decides to go in search of him, against the wishes of the village elders. With the unwavering determination of a child who becomes a man, he begins a quest that will take him over the seas, to Verdun, in the midst of World War I!

VO FR,  82’, 2015

Simon Rouby, born in 1980, studied filmmaking in Paris at the Gobelins, then at CalArts in Los Angeles. His films have been selected by numerous international festivals such as Cannes, Clermont and Bucarest. In 2007, he produced his first short animated film Blindspot, presented at Cannes Cinéfondation, which were followed by Le Présage (2007) and Le Marché (2010). Adama is Rouby’s first full feature length animated film.