Turn up the volume for the
best experience
Short Film
B L A C K S P I R I T

A Samurai tale in the Sahara Desert

An old French archaeologist worn out by life but still adventurous is convinced that he is finally on the trail of the legendary African Samurai clan, the "Black Spirits", in the Tunisian Sahara. Is his mystic journey just a dream or a way to escape a reality he doesn't want to accept ?

Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title

黑の精神
السوداء الروح

With Brice Fournier • Produced by Melik KochbatiDirector of Photography Ikbal Arafa
Written and music composed by Chakib Taleb B.
Paprika Films · Temple Production · Clandestino©

Festivals Tour

  • client
  • client
  • client
  • client
  • client
  • client
  • client
  • client

Black Spirit all around the World

The Pan African Film Festival (USA)
Woodstock Film Festival : Nominated Best Short (USA)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK)
Festival Of Time : Best Short Film (Canada)
Satisfied Eye Festival : Best Cinematography (UK)
Alicante International Film Festival (Spain)
Sapporo Int. Short Film Festival (Japan)
Slum Film Festival (Kenya)
Jordan Film Festival (Jordan)
Algiers International Film Festival (Algeria)
Bogocine (Columbia)
Vasteras FIlm Festival (Sweden)
Phenomena Film Festival (Brazil)
Int. Road Movie Festival (Czech Rep.)
Eurasia Int. Monthly Festival (Russia)
Rebel Minded Festival (USA), FIlmPlaya (USA)
Strasburg Film Fest (USA)
Independent Talents Int. Festival (USA)
In-Short Film Festival (Nigeria)
Int. Sound & Film Music Festival (Croatia)
Shorts in-Fest (Spain)
Beeston Film Festival (UK)
Cefalù Film Festival (Italy)
River Film Festival (Italy)
Lift-Off Film Festival, Tokyo (Japan)

Read More

Making Black Spirit

Into the sandstorm

Image Title

1.200 km

4 days shooting

Black Spirit is a Tunisian movie made by an Algerian director and performed by French and Japanese actors. A film about the tolerance and the cultures beauty that enrich one of the other around this final quest.
It’s about how the Japanese wisdom meets Africa, about the lost dreams… Yet, dream is humanity.

Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title
Image Title

And a great team

Anis Chouchene • Kimie Tanaka • Saoussen Babba • Sameh Sankari • Alexandra Bialy • Mohamed Ali Jendli
Ghazi Fekih • Marwen El Hechkel • Mohamed Denguezli • Nivine Hassen • Nabila Cherif • Mouldi Sahli
Sana Fliss • Hassen Ben Ahmed • Taher Chennouf • Saber Maich • Ahmed Ben Jaballah • Mohamed Ali Chiboub
Marielle De Rocca-Serra • Tibor Radvanyi • Irchad Benzine • Fayçal Methamem • Lotfi Ayari
Rochedi Bessaih • Thibaut Petillon

Thank you!
Image Title
Team Black Spirit
Next
Short Film
S A N G F R O I D