Mauritius Movies

The Jungle Beat animals think it’s the best thing ever when an alien arrives in the jungle bringing with him the power of speech. They also...

Under the Sky of Fetishes responds to the complexity of colonial archives. It reinvents the specters of a haunting gaze to tell the story of...

In a working-class city of Mauritius, old Bolom has disappeared. His son Ronaldo sets out to find him and crosses paths with Ajeya, an Indian...

On 25th July 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, with 3,800 tonnes of fuel oil, ran aground off the East coast of Mauritius. Twelve days later, the...

Madagascar, nowadays. Kwame, 20, struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. An unexpected event takes him back to his hometown. As...

Queen Elizabeth's younger and only sibling, Princess Margaret, went on a 5-week tour of Mauritius and East Africa in September-October 1956.

Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta—ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks—this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a...

In the 1960’s and 70’s, the U.K. forced the entire Chagossian population off their homeland so the U.S. could build a military base on...

When one is in the twilight of life, one thinks all is finished. One lives in expectation. Anxiety about the unknown begins. Sometimes one gives up,...

During a lavish wedding party, long held grudges and the past sins of the rich and powerful collide to make sure revenge is indeed sweet.

Kassim Dada is Comorian. However, he is condemned to live alone in Mauritius, far from his family. He is obliged to undergo this situation: sick, he...

The "Enflés" are those laborers who load and unload the bags of goods from the docks to the trucks, from the trucks to the warehouses. Paid by...

This documentary tells of how the Chagossians were torn from their islands in the northern Indian Ocean. In 1965, the Colonial British authorities...

In the Mahébourg lagoon in Mauritius "seine" fishing is still practised. It is a traditional occupation that today still allows men to survive.