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Rotterdam Winner Cyrielle Raingou Finds French Backing for Fiction Debut ‘I’m Coming for You’ (EXCLUSIVE)


The Cameroonian director's follow-up to Tiger Award winner 'Le Spectre de Boko Haram' is a female-driven empowerment story set in the Sahel.

Rotterdam Film Festival winner Cyrielle Raingou(“ Le Spectre de Boko Haram ”) has secured French backing for “Pour toi je reviendrai” (I’m Coming for You), which tells the story of a single mother in northern Cameroon who joins forces with a radical group of women after being cast out of her community. Gigon’s credits include Gessica Généus’ Haitian drama “Freda,” which was the island nation’s submission for the 2022 Academy Awards, and Maciek Hamela’s Ukrainian war documentary “In the Rearview,” which was Oscar short-listed this year. “I’m Coming for You” has received awards and production grants from the Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), the Kirch Foundation, FILMAC, Visions Sud Est and the French Institute of Cameroon, and has presold to Canal+ and Chad national broadcaster Télé Tchad.

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