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Short film / Niger

Kokoa

A pageant of animal wrestlers, including a frog, chameleon and bird, enters a chaotic contest whose spectacle becomes a playful portrait of competitive ambition.

Credits & connections

  • Director: Moustapha Alassane Officially verifiedSourcecriterionchannel.comcriterionchannel.com — Reference: directed by moustapha alassanewww.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-moustapha-alassane · New tab

Source credits: Moustapha Alassane

Setting and cultural context

Niger; animal-figure stop-motion satire of traditional wrestling. Some archives attribute an earlier production date; Criterion catalogues 2001. Date unresolved.

Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Viewing option: Criterion Channel

Availability details

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Needs territory check

Director collection listing only; exact short availability in Ghana unconfirmed; no Ghana account-level playback verified.

Source checked: 2026-10-14