Félicité

Félicité is a 2017 Senegalese drama film directed by Alain Gomis. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, the film won the Jury Grand Prix award. At the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards, it won six awards which is the highest for a film in the history of the award ceremony, including categories for best film, best actress, best supporting actor, best editing, best soundtrack and best film in an African language. It was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. It was the first time Senegal had sent a film for consideration for the Best Foreign Language film.