Le fils de l’ombre, Son of shadow

At the age of seven, Alain is torn away from his childhood and forcibly recruited during the civil war. He learns to survive where he should have been growing up. Years later, scarred by invisible wounds and rejected by society, he is reintegrated into the army, as if his fate could never escape war. Through his intimate testimony, Children of the Shadow paints a sensitive portrait of a man haunted by his past, trapped in a cycle of violence he struggles to break free from.

Chabel Paoulo Ngoubili-Likibi is an emerging filmmaker whose work explores memory, identity, and social realities. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Arts with a specialization in Cinema, he is currently pursuing further studies at the École Supérieure des Arts de Marrakech. His latest project, Son of Shadow, reflects his commitment to realistic and socially engaged cinema. He is currently developing his next documentary project, Between Two Shores, focused on migration journeys, dreams of exile, and the human realities of immigration between Africa and Europe.