Bye Bye Africa

A Chadian film director who lives and works in France (Haroun) returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema. The filmmaker decides to make a film dedicated to his mother entitled Bye Bye Africa but immediately encounters major problems. Cinemas have closed and financing is impossible to secure. The director reunites with an old girlfriend (Yelena), who was shunned by Chadians who could not distinguish between film and reality after appearing in one of his previous films as an HIV victim. Haroun learns about the destruction of the African cinema from directors in neighboring countries, but also finds Issa Serge Coelo shooting his first film, Daressalam. Things go badly and, convinced that it is impossible to make films in Africa, Haroun departs Chad in despair, leaving his film camera to a young boy who had been assisting him.

English español
  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 321559
  • Status Released
  • Released Italy September 1, 1999 (Venice Film Festival) Canada September 14, 2000 (Toronto International Film Festival) Hong Kong April 16, 2001 (Hong Kong International Film Festival) The Netherlands August 30, 2001 (Africa in the Picture Film Festival) United States of America March 27, 2003 (Wisconsin Film Festival) France November 5, 2003 Great Britain December 6, 2008 (London African Film Festival) Chad January 1, 1999
  • Runtime 86 minutes
  • Genres Documentary Drama
  • Original Country France
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company La Lanterne
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