27.11.25, 20:30, Les Voyageurs (2025)

The border between Spain and Morocco is a heavily militarised no-man's-land. Patrols, watchtowers and an 8 km long fence at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta attempt to stop migration with an iron fist. Here, at the tip of the African continent, a group of displaced men venture to cross over to Europe. The cat-and-mouse game they play with the border police pushes them deep into the mountains and forests. With a small handheld camera, director David Bingong captures it all: the precariousness and despair, but also the mutual solidarity and resistance. Between cooking, singing and surviving, the weary travellers exchange their dreams of Europe.

Although the machinations of Fortress Europe have already been documented and depicted in many forms, cinema also has its own limitations. In media representations, displaced persons are always the object of observation, but are rarely given the opportunity to make their own voices heard. Les Voyageurs, however, offers a view from below. Bingong himself documented his flight from Cameroon to Europe and, once in Spain, edited hundreds of hours of footage into a perceptive travelogue that eschews gloomy clichés and exhausted images.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director David Bingong.