La Dernière rive

  • Director

    Jean-François Ravagnan

  • Producers

    Julie Frères

  • Year

    2025

  • Country

    Belgium, France, Qatar

  • Runtime

    71 min

  • Original Language

    Fulah

  • Genre

    Doc

  • Synopsis

    In 2017, a viral video showed a young Gambian drowning in Venice as bystanders mocked him; 4000 km away, his family recalls the hopes that led him there.

Jean-François Ravagnan
Originally from Belgium, Jean-François Ravagnan works as an assistant director, notably on Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s films. In 2015, his first short film Rise, was selected for the 68th Locarno Film Festival and received awards at several international festivals. The Last Shore is his first documentary.

Filmography
2015 Rise
2025 La Dernière rive

Visions du Réel, Switzerland
African Film Festival New York, USA
DOK.fest München, Germany
Les murs ne servent à rien, France
FIFF – Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium
Rencontres du Cinéma Politik Liège, Belgium 
Bruxelles Cinemamed – Festival Cinéma Méditérannéen, Belgium
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, Germany 
Festival do Rio, Brazil 
Doha Film Festival, Qatar 
International Festival of Ethnological Film, Serbia – Opening Film + Grand Prix
Rome International Documentary Festival, Italy – Special Mention 
InLaguna Film Festival, Italy

Photography
Thomas Schira
Editing
Marc Recchia
Sound
Edith Herregods
Jean-François Ravagnan
Music
Jean Kapsa
Production
Julie Frères