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Queer Cinema Premiere at Locarno

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Aymar Esse, director of 'My Father’s Kora,' discusses the challenges of queer cinema in Senegal. The film premieres at Locarno's Open Doors section, focusing on African countries.

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Aymar Esse, Director of Locarno Open Doors World Premiere ‘My Father’s Kora,’ Discusses Challenges of Queer Cinema in Senegal

“My Father’s Kora” (“La Kora de Mon Père”), a Benin-Switzerland-Germany production, will have its world premiere Aug. 9 at Locarno’s Open Doors section, which has focused on 42 countries of the African continent since 2025. The film follows Souleymane Everston Adowo Freudenreich, an Afro

2026-08-07 05:58 UTC