Films shot in Senegal

1981 film by Bertrand Tavernier

1975 film by François Truffaut

2023 film by Matteo Garrone

2001 documentary film by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud and Michel Debats,

Moolaadé ("magical protection") is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène. It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation, a common practice in a number of African countries, from Egypt to Nigeria. The film was a co-production between companies from several Francophone nations: Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia. It was filmed in the remote village of Djerrisso, Burkina Faso. The film argues strongly against the practice, depicting a village woman, Collé, who uses moolaadé (magical protection) to protect her daughter and a group of y

1973 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1992 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1966 film directed by Ousmane Sembène

2013 film by Bertrand Tavernier

1966 American documentary about surfing

2022 film directed by Mathieu Vadepied

2007 film by James Moll

1996 film by Pedro Olea

2024 film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

1994 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1974 film by Alberto Sordi

Wùlu, the Malian Scarface is a 2016 Malian crime drama film directed by Marseille-born French-Malian director Daouda Coulibaly and co-produced by Éric Névé and Oumar Sy. The film stars Ibrahim Koma and Inna Modja with Quim Gutiérrez, Olivier Rabourdin, and Ndiaye Ismaël in supporting roles. The film is about Ladji, a 20-year-old van driver in Mali who becomes a West African drug lord during the 2012 Mali War. He started committing crimes so that his older sister could quit working as a prostitute.

1970 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

1969 film by Sidney Hayers

2005 film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah

1998 film by Djibril Diop Mambéty

2010 film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah

2004 film by Javier Fesser

1972 film by Piero Vivarelli

1984 TV series