A Thousand Suns is directed by Mati Diop Mambéty, the niece of director Djibril Diop Mambéty and a new generation of African filmmakers. The film is a sensitive portrait of a man who, in his own words, "lost himself". It follows Magaye Niang, the lead actor of Diop Mambéty's Touki Bouki, as he prepares to attend a special screening of the film after almost forty years. In a nod to his uncle's Touki Bouki, Diop combines fact and fiction in his film. Like the film's protagonist, Niang never left his country. He herds cattle, wanders the streets of Dakar and nobody recognises him. The film is in Wolof with Lithuanian and English subtitles. In Wolof with Lithuanian and English subtitles. TO SENEGALA is a programme of four films co-curated with director Ramata-Toulaye Sy, including Sy's directorial debut. In Banel and Adama, Touki Bouki and Atlante, the protagonists yearn to change the status quo by seeking freedom from the circumstances that constrain them. They are held back by the ocean, invisible forces or the demands of tradition. These are stories about young people and their hopes. And Mati Diop's A Thousand Suns reflects on life and the state of being when those hopes and expectations fade with the passage of time or are confronted with insurmountable challenges. By combining realistic and magical imagery, the films open up different sides of Senegal and allow us to feel the deep experiences of its inhabitants.