Dédé (Ancestor)
Synopsis
Blending abstract storytelling with rich spiritual iconography, the film delves into feminine cosmology, folklore, and traditional artistry. Featuring copper motifs and intricate relief engravings, DÉDÉ reimagines West African sculptures through animation, bringing mythological deities, fertility carvings, and tribal masks to life in a visually striking journey.
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 3 min 8 sec
- Format
- Frame by Frame animation
- Director
-
Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
- Producer
- Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
- Screenwriter
- Yasmine Tara Opre Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
- Sound
- Alex Adetiba
- Music
- Alex Adetiba
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
9 Mayfield RoadLondon
SW19 3NF
Page updates
This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.
See also
You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.
Cocoon
Director: Yiwei Chen
Year: 2024
A girl wakes up alone in the dark and surreal night, triggering fragmented memories of neglect by her caregivers.
The Art of Walking Backwards
Director: Victoria Davis
Year: 2025
A tribute to British-French-Polish avant-garde artists Franciszka Themerson and Stefan Themerson.<br /> The director revisits the work of the Themersons, some 15 years after TRACES, her previous film about the couple - collecting new memories and featuring contributions from Michael Horowitz, Barbara Right, Nick Wadley.
How the Earth Must See Itself
Director: Lucy Cash, Simone Kenyon
Year: 2019
A meditation on landscape, and a celebration of the words of Scots poet and writer Nan Shepherd (1893–1981). <br /> The film brings together elements of choreography (by Simone Kenyon), fragments of Shepherd's text and a polyvocal score by Hanna Tuulikki.