AFRIKAMERA PROGRAM 2024
BELIEVE
NOV 12 – 17 2024

From 2024 to 2027, the AFRIKAMERA – CONTEMPORARY CINEMA FROM AFRICA film festival will focus on diverse, inspiring, groundbreaking and sometimes contradictory perspectives on central social and political issues concerning the present and future of the African continent, with the four main topics BELIEVE * CHANGE * REFLECT and CREATE.

At the center of this year’s BELIEVE focus are films that deal with questions of faith, spirituality and self-empowerment. These shape private life and social relationships in many ways, are not infrequently a trigger for political conflicts – and a frequent topic among the younger generation of filmmakers as well. In addition, highlights of contemporary African cinema will be shown that premiered and won awards at major international festivals.

There will also be several short film programs, the special program BLACK JEWS – BETA ISRAEL, a long NIGHT OF SERIES followed by a FESTIVAL PARTY at Sinema Transtopia, and a CINÉ-CONCERT with a live band at City Kino Wedding, where the festival is making its debut this year.

AFRIKAMERA will open with THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE (Somalia/ Austria/ France/ Germany 2024), the feature film debut by Somali director Mo Harawe. The atmospherically dense family drama celebrated its international premiere as the first Somali film ever in the “Un Certain Regard” section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.