This free online screening opens the Francophonie Film Festival and is resented as part of the Francophonie Festival 2024 celebrating French language and cultural diversity.

Winner of the Best Young Actress Award at the Black Star International Film Festival (Ghana), and of the Best Actress Award at Festival Les Terangas (Senegal), this film will open the Francophonie Film Festival and mark International Women's Day.

A coming-of-age movie about the quest for identity, 'Talia's Journey’ (Le Voyage de Talia) tells the story of an African European young woman arriving for the first time in Africa. Talia is a 19-year-old Belgian girl, with Senegalese roots, visiting her country of origin for the first time. She starts off in Dakar, in the luxurious villa of her cousin’s family, hoping to meet her grandmother. But her grandmother is nowhere to be found and the villa quickly becomes a “golden prison”. Until she meets Malika, a mysterious bird street seller.

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