

“A song for freedom.”
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.

Ibrahim Ahmed
Kidane
Lead
Toulou Kiki
Satima
Layla Walet Mohamed
Toya

Abel Jafri
Abdelkrim

Kettly Noël
Zabou

Hichem Yacoubi
Jihadist

Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Issan

Fatoumata Diawara
Singer
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Abderrahmane Sissako's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Timbuktu is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”