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Welcome to Scattered

A platform dedicated to cinema of the Afro-diaspora - the films, the filmmakers, and the stories that shape us across cultures and oceans.

We’re here to build cultural bridges and to curate, spotlight, and make accessible moving images that deserve attention. From narrative films to visual poetry and everything in between - if it resonates, we’re sharing it.

This is just the beginning. Follow along

#AfricanCinema #CaribbeanCinema #DiasporaCinema #BlackCinema #IndependentFilm by @wearescattered

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6 months ago

Meaningful films deserve to keep being discovered.

We present HOMEWARD, Scattered’s inaugural program: an intimate evening of diasporic short films, each tracing a path toward a figurative or literal home.

Scattered was always meant to live beyond the digital world. HOMEWARD is the beginning.

We’ll be sharing more in the weeks ahead.

RSVPs open August 17th. Places are limited.

Illustration: Heart String by @pz.head taken in Place des Vosges by @wearescattered

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2 days ago

Sundays Cry (2026)

Kwesi awakens from a gripping dream that unearths his inner turmoil, sparking a quest for reconciliation and spiritual awakening.

As he grapples with forgiveness and his connection to faith, Kwesi’s journey is intricately woven with his Ghanaian heritage, leading him toward a profound exploration of self-discovery and emotional transcendence.

‘Sunday’s Cry’ is a captivating tale of redemption and resilience, where the boundaries between dreams and reality blur, inviting viewers to ponder the mysteries of the human soul.

🎬 Sundays Cry 📽️ Directed by @dd.vaughan  🌍 UK #SundaysCry #BlackCinema #DiasporaCinema #ShortFilm #Scattered by @wearescattered

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17 days ago

Bruises (2026)

Bruises sits within a wider reflection on Black interiority and mental health. Loré is fluent in everyone’s pain but her own. In her therapist’s office, she narrates other people’s trauma with ease, yet when the conversation circles back to her, silence sets in. Kityo, who also plays Loré, lets that silence remain until it breaks.

🎬 Bruises (2026)
📽️ Directed by @savannahkityo
🌍 UK

#Bruises #BlackCinema #DiasporaCinema #ShortFilm #scattered by @wearescattered

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22 days ago

🎬 Green Days by the River (2017) 📽️ Directed by Michael Mooleedhar 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago

Available on Plex and @kwelitv

#GreenDaysByTheRiver #indiefilm #CaribbeanCinema #DiasporaCinema #comingofage by @wearescattered

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a month ago

Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2020)

With Clarissa (2026) marking their latest feature, this is a look back at Eyimofe, the film that introduced the Esiri twins’ filmmaking practice.

Lagos holds two people at once: Mofe, an electrician absorbing a family tragedy while scraping together what he needs to leave, and Rosa, a hairdresser navigating a system designed to exhaust her before she gets anywhere.

The Esiri twins don’t connect their stories in the way you’d expect. Instead, they allow each one to breathe on its own. There are two chapters, two desires, and one city that makes leaving feel like the only logical conclusion. Shot on 16mm across 48 locations in Lagos, the film captures the city in full: its vibrancy, relentless pressures, and slow devastation.

Available on the Criterion Channel.

🎬 Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2020) 📽️ Directed by Arie & Chuko Esiri 🌍 Nigeria

#Eyimofe #Nollywood #NigerianCinema #AfricanCinema #DiasporaCinema by @wearescattered

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a month ago

Paris Community!!! Caribbean cinema is screening at UNESCO this week.

Caribbean Film Days is an initiative of @caricham.eu, @caribbeancreativitynl, and Caribbean Media Partners as part of the Latin American & Caribbean Film Festival 2026 running through June 2–5 at 7 Place de Fontenoy. A dozen films from across CARIFORUM countries will screen, alongside the French premiere of Deep Blue, a feature from Antigua & Barbuda directed by Howard Allen. A story of love, land grabbing, and a fishing community fighting to hold onto their coast. The ocean is not just a part of the visual identity, but a source of history, livelihood, and so much more.

Tickets at my.weezevent.com/festival-de-films-caribeen

🌊 Caribbean Film Days
📍 UNESCO, Paris
📅 June 2–5, 2026

#CaribbeanCinema #DiasporaCinema #CaribbeanFilmDays #Paris #Scattered taken in Paris, France by @wearescattered

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2 months ago

A film that puts you in the POV of two boys trying to hold onto their humanity in a place designed to destroy it. This one hurts.

Trailer Credit: Amazon MGM

Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, MGM+, and MUBI

🎬 Nickel Boys (2024)
📽️ Directed by RaMell Ross
🌍 United States by @wearescattered

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2 months ago

Is there something you were once terrified of as a child that you find yourself, decades later, walking toward?

A father and son return to Grenada in search of memory and heritage. What begins as a family trip becomes centered around the Jab Jab, the folklore at the heart of Grenadian carnival tradition.

The film moves across two timelines: a young Joshua spending a formative summer with his grandmother on the island, and an adult Joshua retracing that ground with his father years later. Archival footage from the director’s own upbringing weaves the two together, making the personal record part of the cultural one.

The cinematography stays intimate with handheld movements, grain, and natural light. There’s also something honest in how the film touches on a tension many Caribbean people face in balancing faith and culture.

Official trailer out now. Premiering at @danceswithfilms LA - June 23rd.
More screenings to come!

🎬 Call of the Jab
📽️ Directed by @dopfletch
🌎United States / Grenada

#callofthejab #jabjab  #caribbean  #wearescattered #paris by @wearescattered

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2 months ago

Poet and artist julianknxx returns to Freetown to reexamine childhood through the lives of young Sierra Leonean boys living by the waters of the Atlantic.

Full Short on YouTube.

🎬In Praise of Still Boys (2021)
📽️ Directed by @julianknxx
🌍Sierra Leone / UK

#julianknxx #sierraleone #africandiaspora #experimentalfilm #videoart by @wearescattered

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3 months ago

Between a wedding in Paris and a funeral ceremony in Guinea-Bissau, DAO traces how family and cultural rituals shape identity and belonging across continents.

In theaters in France from April 29, US release date TBA

Trailer courtesy of The Party Film

🎬DAO (2026)
📽️Directed by Alain Gomis
🌍France / Senegal / Guinea-Bissau

#DAO #AlainGomis #Berlinale #africancinema #africandiaspora by @wearescattered

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3 months ago

Swipe through the beautiful unofficial stills of: Le Peuple Murmure / The People Whisper
 A film chronicling the 2025 presidential elections in Cameroon, seen from the village of Komako. The humble struggle of a devoted priest and the toil of sacred land reflects the weariness of an entire nation.

One-time event April 24, 2026 — 16:00–21:00 Château Saint-Léger, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Free admission via registration

Directing / Réalisation edgar_lja @elsabrtl Editing / Montage edgar_lja Writing / Textes @gnintelap_dominique Original Music / Musique originale @kludmusic Color Grading / Étalonnage @oscarportois

🎬 Le Peuple Murmure (2026)
📽️ Directed by edgar_lja @elsabrtl
🌍 Cameroon / France taken in Paris, France by @wearescattered

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