AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE
Egypt / Ethiopia / Ghana / Tanzania and others I English subtitles I 109 min
FR 15 NOV
21:00 ARSENAL
The focus is on short and medium-length formats that deal with phenomena of spirituality, the supernatural and hope.
KATOPE
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE 21:00 ARSENAL | Walt Mzengi Corey | Tanzania 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 13 min | This captivating fantasy drama, starring an all-amateur cast, tells the story of a little girl born at the beginning of the dry season who sets out on a perilous journey with a mysterious…
TIMIS (DUSK)
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE 21:00 ARSENAL | Awa Moctar Gueye | Senegal 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 16 min | Goo Pa Kong-Kong is an eerie man. No one knows what he carries in the strange bag on his shoulders, but it is rumored that he tortures naughty children. He lives alone in…
YAA
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE 21:00 ARSENAL | Amartei Armar | Ghana / France 2022 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 20 min | Three defining moments in Ghana's history from 1948 to the present are reflected in the experiences of three women, whose souls, representative of their generation, are unwittingly connected through space, time and…
I PROMISE YOU PARADISE
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE 21:00 ARSENAL | Morad Mostafa | Egypt/ France/ Qatar 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 25 min | Ai Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo: After a violent incident, Eissa, a 17-year-old African migrant in Egypt, finds himself in a race against time to save his young wife and baby, whatever…
ALAZAR
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BELIEVE 21:00 ARSENAL | Beza Hailu Lemma | Ethiopia/ France/ Canada 2024 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 35 min | A farming community in Ethiopia is confronted with existential questions when the body of a family patriarch mysteriously disappears from his grave. Beza Hailu Lemma's deeply moving drama explores the consequences.