Eight year old Amine and his teenage brother, Tahir, are informed by their mother that their father has left them, a striking image that opens the film as we see him crossing the desert pausing only to gaze intensely into the lens of the camera. Spurred by this loss the two boys begin a journey of their own, and so begins a parable of haunting beauty, a visually stunning tale, powerfully realised in its studied simplicity and achingly thought provoking. find out more...

Chad, 2006 and the government has granted an amnesty to all war criminals. 16-year-old Atim is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill Nassara, the man who murdered his father and now leads a quiet life as a baker. Atim gets a job with Nassara, but as the weeks progress a son-father relationship begins to develop between the two. Moving and humanitarian, "Daratt" is a film both about hope and the need for those with the wisdom to break cycles of violence. find out more...