"Abouna"
(Our Father)
2002
Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Fifteen-year-old Tahir and his eight-year-old brother Amine attempt to adapt to life without their absent father, who has left their small village in Chad near the Cameroon border to find work. Poignant and beautifully shot, the film carefully follows the boys as they struggle to stay together and find hope while the realization that their father may never return sets in. In Chad Arabic with English subtitles. 84 minutes.