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When a police officer is murdered in Cameroon's capital, Commissioner Billong's search for justice exposes deep rifts between tradition and change, duty and survival.

The production of the highly anticipated crime drama, ABAKWA, has wrapped up, with the film set to premiere later this year. Directed by Song Nestor and based on a true story, ABAKWA explores the devastating effects of an illegal drug made from human bones called "Kayouk." The story centers on a former crime lord who, haunted by his past, seeks redemption by repairing the community he once destroyed. After serving 35 years in prison, he teams up with a law enforcement officer to dismantle a criminal syndicate involved in human trafficking, rape, and the production and distribution of Kayouk. This mission offers him a chance to right the wrongs of his past. ABAKWA is more than just a movie; it is a visceral exploration of the devastating consequences of drug abuse and a poignant tribute to the resilient spirit of the people of Bamenda, popularly called Abakwa. The gripping narrative not only highlights the scourge of drug abuse but also underscores the universal dangers of illicit activities, making it a must-watch for education and awareness purposes across Africa and the world. "Our motivation behind writing this movie was to shine a light on the struggles and triumphs of the people of Abakwa and the negative effects of the Kayouk drug," said co-writers Roy Amabo and Song Nestor. "While the film is set in Cameroon, the dangers of drug abuse and illicit activities portrayed are universal."

Ekah is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where a girl child's education is considered a taboo. Her drive to break this old adage gets her embroiled with her father, Solomon's past.

A successful lawyer finds herself entangled in a dangerous scheme and must decide whether to obey her principles or her passions.

In Jean-Pierre Bekolo's barbed political satire, an infectious hybrid of horror and science fiction, vampiric femmes fatales emasculate high-ranking Cameroonian officials through ancient rituals of Mevoungou.

A young soldier returns home to find his mother dying of cancer and is forced to make desperate choices with both the police and the underworld only to find himself embattled in a global conspiracy of coercion and murder.

A political candidate becomes the focus of drama and rivalry between his wife and several mistresses.

Wanita (Weza Da Silva), is on a search for her identity. As it is often the case in Bekolo's work, the personal identity of the character is but the smallest manifestation of an identity struggle for an entire people, and the identity struggle of the film itself, of the process of filmmaking, which in this case is literally trying to form itself before our eyes. This is an "afrofuturistic/sci-fi" film, as the website describes it, taking place 150 years in the future when the human race is plagued by a terrible virus - "bad luck." The main character seemingly travels back and forth between the present and the future, and also carries on conversations with ancestors as well as with alternate selves, like Wanita Bis, who wants to be a television star. But the ultimate goal of the film is a philosophical and aesthetic exploration of the dividing line between fiction and reality, which is perhaps Bekolo's main artistic interest. Among the director's memorable lines on the topic, consider the following: "We shouldn't just be making movies, we should be changing reality." Naked Reality relies on a few visual tricks that support the material split between reality and fiction. The black and white creates a stylized atmosphere that, through sharp contrasts, aggressively suggests the future. It also brings to mind experimentation, but at a formal level, it points to a lack (through the implicit lack of color). And this is a film that is indeed missing various parts. The dualism at work here is reinforced in the director's choice of the superimposition. This is a transition effect used to link up two shots that overlap for a few seconds, but in this film the superimpositions last unusually long (by classical cinema conventions). A low-angle shot that travels under the trees returns several times to provide the characters with a kind of visual base on which to build another scene. Since the film lacks traditional sets, the visual splits and fills that void of materiality with itself, as it were. There are also several upside-down shots and a few edited through a negative filter - the reverse of the initial reality. Characters also speak to each other as they peek from behind a curtain, shot through a grainy filter. VLAD DIMA

Drama based on the everyday lives of several Cameroonian families, as men and women try to resolve their different points of view and find lasting love together.

In a west African Plantation in the 60s, A young determined girl must battle family and society to preserve her late father's legacy; A colonial plantation; amid Disagreements , betrayal and secrets. A dramatic musical , An allegory of Neo colonization.

A young woman decides to organize an intercontinental festival of African songs in Cameroon.

Intrigued by mysterious disappearances in the brand-new Scientific University of the Sahel, 4 young Cameroonian friends decide to carry out the investigation - This will lead them to an archaeological treasure: The Waza National Park.

After an unusual occurrence in a sacred forest, a group of college students return home to find that something is eliminating them, one after another.

Ngando and Ndomé; are in love. Ngando wishes to marry Ndomé; but her family reminds him that the traditional dowry must be settled. Unfortunately, Ngando is poor and unable to fulfill the tradition. Ndomé; is pregnant and bears his child. According to the village tradition, she must take a husband, at least one who can afford to pay the dowry. The villagers decide that Ndomé; should marry Ngando's uncle, who has already three sterile wives. In despair, the young man kidnaps his daughter upon the day of the traditional feast. An African Romeo and Juliet story.

A revelatory encounter between an Evangelist sent on a mission and a prostitute.

Sophia Coker's perfect world is turned upside down after a loss. A twist in her father's will plunges her into a world of turmoil, tackling her newfound love life while trying to stop her Uncle from taking control of her father's company

A once happily married couple struggling for answers after the birth of their only child leaves it's mother distressed and withdrawn. What might change their lives for the better. Therapy.

Ninah is a runaway wife whose husband finds out she is pregnant and he comes to recover the dowry he paid or take home the woman he owns. By any means necessary.