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…
Film Africa 2020
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…
LE LOUP D’OR DE BALOLÉ (THE GOLDEN WOLF OF BALOLÉ)
Available to UK audiences on BFI Player for the duration of the festival (30 October – 8 November) Dir. Chloé Aïcha Boro Burkina Faso, France. 2019. 65 mins.…
I AM SAMUEL
Wednesday 4 November | 18:30 | Rich Mix, Screen 1 Dir. Peter Murimi Kenya. 2020. 69 mins. Swahili. This documentary, filmed over five years, follows Samuel, who grew up…
RIVER OF BROWN WATERS (UK Premiere)
Part of the Film Africa 2020 Doc Shorts programme Monday 2 November | 18:30 | Rich Mix, Screen 1 Dir. Laissa Malih Kenya. 2020. 15 mins. Maasai, Swahili…
MBAS MI (UK Premiere)
Part of the Film Africa 2020 Doc Shorts programme Monday 2 November | 18:30 | Rich Mix, Screen 1 Dir. Joseph Gaï Ramaka Senegal. 2020. 8 mins. Wolof…
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (European Premiere)
Part of the Film Africa 2020 Doc Shorts programme Monday 2 November | 18:30 | Rich Mix, Screen 1 Dirs. Shuria Abdi, Azza Satti Kenya. 2020. 13 mins.…
ETHEREALITY (UK Premiere)
Part of the Film Africa 2020 Doc Shorts programme Monday 2 November | 18:30 | Rich Mix, Screen 1 Dir. Kantarama Gahigiri Switzerland, Rwanda. 2019. 14 mins. English…