Saddik Balewa

While attending a screening of his film at the London Film Festival, a Japanese man tries to track down a woman from his past after receiving a mysterious phone call.

Kasarmu Ce mixes Hausa and western storytelling techniques to create an enlightening, politically potent and culturally rich African thriller, complete with conspiracy, murder, and the power of "Dodo" spirits. Sani, a young man of charm and quiet self-confidence, is moved to act when his grandfather is killed by agents of a corrupt businessman, who wants to buy up the entire village with revealing that precious stones have been found all over its lands.

Kasarmu Ce mixes Hausa and western storytelling techniques to create an enlightening, politically potent and culturally rich African thriller, complete with conspiracy, murder, and the power of "Dodo" spirits. Sani, a young man of charm and quiet self-confidence, is moved to act when his grandfather is killed by agents of a corrupt businessman, who wants to buy up the entire village with revealing that precious stones have been found all over its lands.