{"id":968,"date":"2026-07-18T11:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2026-07-18T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:47:21","slug":"the-precious-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"the precious stone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_SH_The-Precious-Stone_Poster_FR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_SH_The-Precious-Stone_Poster_FR.jpg 566w, https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15_SH_The-Precious-Stone_Poster_FR-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding by chance a precious historical stone on an archaeological site, two children decide to deliver it to the village authority. They have to face Kalidou, an old man, deeply endebted, who\u2019s meant to sell the piece to an antique dealer. A race against<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Pierre Pr\u00e9cieuse\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/669153848?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Project Title (Original Language):<\/strong> la pierre pr\u00e9cieuse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project Type:<\/strong> Short<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 20 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Country of Origin:<\/strong> Senegal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Country of Filming:<\/strong> Senegal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> French, Wolof<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director Biography <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Babacar Hanne DIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"img img-link img--bordered anchor-block\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/001\/992\/359\/original\/e57874c9b8-headshot.jpg?1643065823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e57874c9b8-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e57874c9b8-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e57874c9b8-headshot-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young Senegalese filmmaker, I attended several writing and directing workshops between 2013 and 2021 while writing or co-writing several short films. Assistant director on many shorts, coordinator of the &#8220;Cin\u00e9 saloum&#8221; film club at the Alliance fran\u00e7aise de Kaolack, winner of the GREC\/France TV 2020 prize, I am directing my film the precious stone in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Screenings \/ Awards <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Festival international de Dakar Court<\/strong><br>Dakar<br>Senegal<br>film d&#8217;ouverture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>vue d&#8217;Afrique<\/strong><br>Montr\u00e9al<br>Canada<br>April 9, 2022<br>special mention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Afrika film<\/strong><br>LEUVEN<br>Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short film Corner<\/strong><br>Cannes<br>France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>festival teranga<\/strong><br>Dakar<br>Senegal<br>mention sp\u00e9ciale, meilleure interpr\u00e9tation masculine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zozimo Bulbul Black Film Festival<\/strong><br>Rio de Janeiro<br>Brazil<br>s\u00e9lection officielle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lagunimage<\/strong><br>cotonou<br>Benin<br>meilleur film court m\u00e9trage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>court derri\u00e8re<\/strong><br>Saint Denis<br>R\u00e9union<br>s\u00e9lection officielle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Film africa<\/strong><br>Londres<br>United Kingdom<br>s\u00e9lection officielle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Africa in Motion (AiM) film festival<\/strong><br>Glasgow<br>United Kingdom<br>s\u00e9lection officielle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distribution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GREC<\/strong><br>DistributorCountry: France<br>Rights: All Rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:thierryhanne@gmail.com\">thierryhanne@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding by chance a precious historical stone on an archaeological site, two children decide to deliver it to the village authority. They have to face Kalidou, an old man, deeply endebted, who\u2019s meant to sell the piece to an antique dealer. A race against Director Biography Babacar Hanne DIA Young Senegalese filmmaker, I attended several &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/?p=968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the precious stone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdfilmfestival.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}