Dir. Karabo Lediga South Africa. 2019. 19 mins. Tswana with English subtitles. It’s the summer school holidays in 1990 South Africa and 11-year-old Boipelo is back at her…
Baobab Award Nominees
FAKH (THE TRAP) (UK Premiere)
Dir. Nada Riyadh Egypt, Germany. 2019. 21 mins. Arabic with English subtitles. In the peculiar set up of a deserted and run-down Egyptian seaside resort in wintertime, a…
TAB (UK Premiere)
Dir. Hlumela Matika South Africa. 2019. 13 mins. Xhosa, English with English subtitles. Khanya and Sandiswa are left outside the local horse gambling arena by their father, under…
YENE FIKIR ETHIOPIA (MY LOVE, ETHIOPIA) (European Premiere)
Dir. Gabrielle Tesfaye Ethiopia. 2019. 14 mins. Amharic with English subtitles. Based on a true story, My Love, Ethiopia is a live-action animated picture that follows the turbulent…
ARACHNID
Dir. Carl Earl-Ocran (Papa-Kwesi) Ghana, UK. 2020. 4 mins. Akan, Twi, English with English subtitles Described by the director as the ‘ethereal’ break up story, this short recasts…
ARTIST, ACT OF LOVE (UK Premiere)
Dir. Kuukua Eshun Ghana. 2019. 6 mins. English with subtitles. This short is a visual poem, deftly written by the director, Kuukua Eshun. It celebrates what love looks…
DOLÁPÒ IS FINE
Dir. Ethosheia Hylton UK. 2020. 15 mins. English with English subtitles. This is a beautiful coming-of-age story woven around the politics of hair and identity. At its centre…
DA YIE (GOOD NIGHT)
Dir. Anthony Nti Ghana, Belgium. 2019. 20 mins. English, French, Twi with English subtitles. Set in Accra, Ghana, Da Yie is a semi-autobiographical story that explores the loss…
HENET WARD
Dir. Morad Mostafa Egypt. 2020. 22 mins. Arabic with English subtitles. Henet Ward’s lead character, Halima, is a Sudanese henna artist who is called upon to paint the…
ìFÉ (European Premiere)
Dir. Uyai Ikpe-Etim Nigeria. 2020. 36 mins. English. ìfé and Adaora fall in love over a three-day date, but their love comes under pressure when it tested by…