Lucy Duran and Moustapha Diallo's short film, Tegere Tulon – Handclapping Songs of Mali, was shortlisted for Best Short Film Documentary at this month's Cannes’ Festival International du Film Panafricain. The documentary follows Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté as she discusses tegere tulon, a tradition of vocal and handclapped songs performed by young, unmarried girls, visiting rural settings where the tradition still takes place, and showing how she has interpreted the style for recordings.

“The villages are the masters of the tegere tulon”, Hawa says in the film, “any song can be turned into a tegere tulon. When children get together in the village public space, especially under a full moon, those tegere tulon are really wonderful. You take all the songs you’ve learned from the grown-ups, you transform them, that’s the tegere tulon!” The film sees Hawa, who is worried about the tradition dying out, compose new songs for San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, who commissioned the short for their '50 For The Future' project. Watch the film below.

Meanwhile, The Rumba Kings, by director Alan Brain, took home the prize for Best Feature Length Documentary. The film tells the story of the golden era of Congolese rumba in the 50s and 60s, featuring music from Kalle, Franco, Dr. Nico and Rochereau.

For more information and future screening details for The Rumba Kings head to www.therumbakings.com.