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Aymar Esse, Director of Locarno Open Doors World Premiere ‘My Father’s Kora,’ Explores the Challenges of Queer Identity in Senegal

Aymar Esse, Director of Locarno Open Doors World Premiere ‘My Father’s Kora,’ Explores the Challenges of Queer Identity in SenegalWorldPing

“My Father’s Kora” (“La Kora de Mon Père”), a Benin-Switzerland-Germany production, will have its world premiere Aug. 9 at the Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors section, which has focused on 42 countries of the African continent since 2025.

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