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Synopsis Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has long fought injustices in his country as a political activist. Now he’s taking the next step by running for office in a regional Kenyan election. From the moment Boniface decides to run, telling his wife, Njeri, in passing with a...

Synopsis Massoud, as Muslim student, is the son of Barkaye, well-respected Imam of a village community. Barkaye practices a tolerant Islam and is fiercely opposes actions of jihadist groups. Driven by the injustices he witnesses, Massoud became radicalized and joins...

Synopsis Aspiring writer and curious 16- year-old Buumba is a traditional follower of the Maria Kristu church. Since childhood, she has been taught that her place in this world as a woman is beside her husband. In her quest for freedom, Buumba must go against the...

Synopsis Three patients and a nurse from a women's psychiatric ward in Casablanca, Morocco, from different ages and social backgrounds, confront their suffering and forge a strong friendship, escaping in occasional nocturnal escapades that slowly help to bring them...

Synopsis Djibi, an emigrant carrying a heavy secret, returns home (Burkina Faso) after 10 years of hard work in Italy. In his neighbourhood, he is in contact with a group of young people dreaming to go to Europe. He designed a secret project to prepare them for this...

Synopsis A three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories (Love potion, Yam, Suffer the witch) rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by the new Nigerian new wave cinema collective known as Surreal16....

Synopsis After the complicated birth of her first child Maria, Derin becomes withdrawn from family life, unable to engage in the celebrations around her newborn. Her bewildered mother-in-law insists that she is not a good enough parent, while her increasingly worried...

Synopsis Faritra is an immersion into everyday life of young prisoners in the central prison of Antananarivo. A lawless place where prisoners discover the desire to speak through a camera, snapshots of life stories. A desire for breath and freedom....

Synopsis Four childhood friends in their forties reunite on the initiative of the oldest, 39-year-old Ndewa. They kept in touch over the years and when they take stock of their current life, everything is bad. Ndewa’s idea is a rather unique and original reunion in an...

Synopsis. A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhood filled...

Synopsis. During the dry and desolate Namibian winter a tough cop is hot on the heels of an ice-cold killer. Her investigations unravel when a ruthless reporter publishes dark secrets from her shady past. But the cop is determined to catch the killer, even if she has...

Synopsis. Moremi Oluwa, une brillante étudiante nigériane, s’attaque à l’établissement universitaire en dénonçant un professeur respecté qui a tenté de la violer. Inspiré de faits réels. Biofilmographie/Biofilmography Kunle AFOLAYAN is the son of the theatre and film...

Synopsis. Two groups of people live in the same village, the Aloes and the Veras. There is a harsh rivalry between them that endures even with the children and each side is marked by their own trademark color. When the children of the town leaders’, Aloewin and...

Synopsis. The film Rift Finfinnee takes the viewer on a journey through the periphery of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. In strictly composed images and a soundtrack that interweaves the original conversations in a complex way, the film takes the concrete geography,...

Synopsis. Omar Blondin Diop est un brillant intellectuel sénégalais ayant fait ses humanités en France. Amoureux de la culture française tout en abhorrant son histoire coloniale, il développe un militantisme révolutionnaire qui le mènera à une expulsion de France puis...

Synopsis. Glimpse into the contemporary music scene of Kinshasa featuring Brigade Sarbati Orchestra Biofilmographie/Biofilmography David N. BERNATCHEZ is a Quebec filmmaker and producer. As an anthropologist, he has investigated the Congolese music scene. He divides...

Synopsis. Days of Cannibalism is a contemporary documentary Western which takes place against the backdrop of a newly emerging China-Africa relationship. The film is set in a remote rural region in Southern Africa, a frontier space in which the laws of society are in...

Synopsis. The film follows the story of Enock Alu, a Malawian orphan from a rural village growing up between the contrasting African culture and the strict discipline of the Confucian, Buddhist value of system of the Chinese. It explore the impact of the growing...

Imagine that your parents are white but your skin colour is dark and they tell you that’s pure coincidence. This is what happened to a girl in East Berlin in the 1960s. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Here the East German woman...

Synopsis We often talk about the dangers of crossing the desert and the Mediterranean. But what we are talking about the least is what happens once the migrants arrive at their destination. In this place called 5 Stars, Malians, Senegalese, Guineans, and others, find...