DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Fund-backed film, “Banel & Adama,” bagged two jury prizes at the inaugural Nouvelles Vagues International Film Festival in Biarritz, France. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy also made history earlier this year when she landed a spot for her feature directorial debut in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Set in a remote village in northern Senegal, the region in which her parents were born, “Banel & Adama” follows a young couple whose romance is put in jeopardy when the village council voices their disapproval for the pairing, sending the entire village into chaos. “It"s a tragedy,” Sy previously explained to CNN. “At first, ‘Banel & Adama’ feels like a classic love story, (but) little by little, we realize that this love story focuses more on Banel than Adama, and it turns into the story of a woman trying to fulfill herself.”