LETTRE À MA FILLE
Poetry film | Benin 2024
Unfolding on the beach and streets of Benin. a heartfelt letter from a mother to her future daughter expresses the challenges and joys of growing up as a woman. Through song and dance, a tribe of women dispel fairy tales myths to center embodied values of feminine power: strength, independence, and self-worth. Their rebellious spirits find freedom and joy through the rhythms of their bodies as hands clap, shoulders shake, hips swirl, and feet stomp out of their bold dreams of womanhood.
Direction, Camera and Editing Michael Maurissens
Performance Delphine
Text and Slam Slam
Created within the Residency program of the Finnish-African Cultural Center Villa Karo in southern Benin
Lettre à ma fille | 4’
Award Winner
All African Independent Film Festival 2025 Winner Best editing
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival 2025 USA
International Choreographic Festival of Blois 2025
Greece International Film Festival 2025
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 2025
Exeter Dance International Film Festival 2024 UK
Maldito Festival 2024 Spain
Official Selection
IMMAGI]NA Film Festival 2025
All African Independent Film Festival 2025
Chicago's Tiny Dance Film Festival USA 2025
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival USA 2025
Weimar Poetry Film Award 2025
Argentina Fourth Poetic Cinema Festival 2025
The Poetic Phonotheque 2025
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival 2025
Rethink Dance Festival 2025
Reeling: Dance on Film 2025
Dancinema 2025
Cyprus International Film Festival 2025
San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2024
POOL - Movement Art Film Berlin 2024 Germany
Dance Italia Film Festival 2024 Lucca Italy
Cuadro por Danza Festival
Mignolo International Screendance Festival
ROLLOUT Dance Film Estival Macau 2024
Africa | 5’
This is Africa, our home, our heritage, our future. A land of endless horizons and infinite possibilities. A land where the dreams of yesterday are the realities of tomorrow. And in every heartbeat of this vast continent, there is a call to unity, a call to peace, a call to remember that we are one. One continent. One people. One destiny.
We are bound together by a common history, one that has been marked by both the scars of struggle and the triumphs of courage. It is a history that reminds us that our destinies are intertwined, that the success of one is the success of all, and that our greatest strength is found in our collective resolve.
'Africa' a heartfelt tribute to the African continent, emphasizing unity, peace, and the shared identity of its people.
Official Selection
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival 2025 USA
International Screendance Festival 2024 Iowa USA
LETTRE À MA FILLE
Poetry film | Benin 2024
Direction, Camera and Editing Michael Maurissens
Performance Delphine
Text/Sound Amee
Created during the residency program at Finnish-African cultural center 'Villa Karo' in Southern Benin.
Direction, Camera and Editing Michael Maurissens
Performance Delphine
Text and Slam Slam
Created within the Residency program of the Finnish-African Cultural Center Villa Karo in southern Benin
Lettre à ma fille | 4’
Award Winner
All African Independent Film Festival 2025 Winner Best editing
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival 2025 USA
International Choreographic Festival of Blois 2025
Greece International Film Festival 2025
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 2025
Exeter Dance International Film Festival 2024 UK
Maldito Festival 2024 Spain
Official Selection
IMMAGI]NA Film Festival 2025
All African Independent Film Festival 2025
Chicago's Tiny Dance Film Festival USA 2025
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival USA 2025
Weimar Poetry Film Award 2025
Argentina Fourth Poetic Cinema Festival 2025
The Poetic Phonotheque 2025
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival 2025
Rethink Dance Festival 2025
Reeling: Dance on Film 2025
Dancinema 2025
Cyprus International Film Festival 2025
San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2024
POOL - Movement Art Film Berlin 2024 Germany
Dance Italia Film Festival 2024 Lucca Italy
Cuadro por Danza Festival
Mignolo International Screendance Festival
ROLLOUT Dance Film Estival Macau 2024
Africa | 5’
This is Africa, our home, our heritage, our future. A land of endless horizons and infinite possibilities. A land where the dreams of yesterday are the realities of tomorrow. And in every heartbeat of this vast continent, there is a call to unity, a call to peace, a call to remember that we are one. One continent. One people. One destiny.
We are bound together by a common history, one that has been marked by both the scars of struggle and the triumphs of courage. It is a history that reminds us that our destinies are intertwined, that the success of one is the success of all, and that our greatest strength is found in our collective resolve.
'Africa' a heartfelt tribute to the African continent, emphasizing unity, peace, and the shared identity of its people.
Official Selection
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival 2025 USA
International Screendance Festival 2024 Iowa USA