Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He’s working on a short film trilogy about the American dream in Haiti. The first film “Agwe” was selected at Locarno and won the best diaspora film at FESPACO 2023. “Des rêves en bateaux papiers/Dreams like paper boats” is the second film. His feature documentary in development, “Lòtbò”, addresses the exile of his family in the United States and Canada. “Je m’appelle Nina Shakira”, selected at Open Doors Lab in Locarno, is his first fiction feature in development.