Three short films by Samuel Suffren at l'Archipel

For this latest CinéMansA screening, Haitian director Samuel Suffren presents his trilogy of short films, three intimate narratives traversed by the themes of departure, absence and memory. Through these films, he explores the ties that bind Haiti to its diaspora, and the traces left by those who leave and those who remain.

For this screening, MansA honors filmmaker Samuel Suffren, whose trilogy of short films traces the traces left by departure, separation and hope. Inspired by the story of his father, Suffren composes a poetic and intimate triptych on the ties between Haiti and its diaspora.

Agwe (Haiti, 2022, 17 min). François leaves Haiti by sea for the United States, leaving behind his wife Mirlande, who is six months pregnant. The departure becomes both a promise and a heartbreak.

Des rêves en bateaux papiers (Haiti, 2024, 19 min). In Port-au-Prince, Édouard has been raising his daughter Zara alone since his wife left him. A single cassette has reached them - a remnant of long-distance love and prolonged silence.

Cœur Bleu (Haiti, France, 2025, 15 min). Marianne and Pétion wait for news of their son's return to the United States. As the silence drags on, their hopes and worries grow, revealing the fractures in their own lives. The American dream, now a fragile promise, seems to elude them, as the boundary between dream and reality becomes increasingly elusive.

These three films weave a single thread: that of a people on the move, torn between their homeland and the elsewhere of their dreams.

The screening will be followed by a discussion between Samuel Suffren and Jonathan Ali, programmer of the Third Horizon Film Festival, on cinematic circulations between Haiti, the Caribbean and their diasporas.