Dreams like paper boat

by Samuel Suffren

Haiti
2024
19 min
Haitian Creole / with French subtitles
Short film
Color

En Compétition 2024

Official synopsis

Edouard has been living in Port-au-Prince with just his daughter Zara for five years. Since his wife left, his daughter and him have only received a cassette from her, and that was a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?

Biography and Filmography

Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He’s working on a short film trilogy. The first film Agwe was selected at Locarno and won the best diaspora film at FESPACO. Dreams like paper boats is the second. He’s developing a feature documentary, Lòtbò, and his first fiction feature Je m’appelle Nina Shakira.

 

 

2023 : Dreams like paper boats - Samuel Suffren - Director

2022 : Agwe - Samuel Suffren - Director

2019 : Survivre - Samuel Suffren - Director

 

by Samuel Suffren

Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He’s working on a short film trilogy. The first film Agwe was selected at Locarno and won the best diaspora film at FESPACO. Dreams like paper boats is the second. He’s developing a feature documentary, Lòtbò, and his first fiction feature Je m’appelle Nina Shakira.

 

 

2023 : Dreams like paper boats - Samuel Suffren - Director

2022 : Agwe - Samuel Suffren - Director

2019 : Survivre - Samuel Suffren - Director