Nigeria: 'Why I Produced a Movie About Children Outcast in Benin'

20 January 2013
interview

Christine François is a French film director whose first feature film, 'The Secret of the Ant Children,' was screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) last November. Her 2004 movie, 'I have Two Moms' was on the Special Jury Mention at the Festival of Women's Film, Turin. In 1992, her movie, 'Bloody Weight' won the Public Television Screens' first class work. She has also produced Mina Does Not Want to Play, "Psy gold" Festival Lorquin (2000); 'Brigade minors: Love Overdue' Category Blows of Heart Lussas (1998) and 'The Weight of the Body', the Grand Prix Media Foundation for Children (1995). In this interview, she spoke about unraveling the secrets behind the ant children and her love for Africa as well as the possibility of going back there for another movie.

Could you tell us about your movie 'The Secret of the Ant Children'?

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