Amina is preparing to leave with the date caravan. Every year, she and many other Toubou women make this 1500 km journey across the Sahara despite the danger, the heat (50°C) and the sandstorms. For these nomadic women, the journey is the key to their economic independence: with the income from the sale of the dates, a family can live for a year. But Amina, a rebellious 26-year old, has had enough of this long trip. En route, she finds a friend in Mariama and, far from the men, the two young girls share their dreams of a modern, independent life. When they reach their destination, they try to put their plans into action.

2010:

FIFE (Festival International du Film d'environnement):

Prix « Coup de Cœur » de la Région Ile de France

Diagonale (Autriche)

Documentarist days (Istanbul)

DOK Leipzig (Allemagne)

Etonnants Voyageurs (France)

Festival Itinérances d’Alès (France)

Rencontres cinématographiques de Bejaia (Algérie)

Reykjavik International film festival (Islande)

Taiwan Women Film Association

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Grèce)

Vues d’Afrique (Montréal)

Watchdocs (Varsovie)

2009:

Festival international du film de Pusan (Corée)

Festival de Namur (Belgique)

Festival des films de femmes de Créteil (France)

Viennale (Autriche)