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WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME
MO HARAWE I
Germany / Austria / Somalia 2022 I OV with engl. subs I 28 min
IA policewoman accompanies Farah, a young prisoner sentenced to death, during his last hours in a Somali prison. The preparations for the execution have already begun, Farah is examined by a doctor and attended to by an imam. And he is waiting for the last visit of his parents…
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TSUTSUE
AMARTEI ARMAR I
Ghana / France 2022 I OV with engl. subs I 15 min
IIn a small Ghanaian town on the edge of a large headland that flows into the ocean, fishermen’s sons Sowah and Okai struggle with the loss of their brother, who drowned during a fishing trip. Haunted by his death, Okai believes his brother is still out there….
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PANEL: ANCIENT VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
16:00 SINEMA TRANSTOPIA | PANEL: ANCIENT VISIONS OF THE FUTURE | with Kantarama Gahigiri (CH/RW), Maisha Maene (DR Congo) and other guests
Moderation: Adyam Tesfamariam
Free admission | AFRO FUTURE(S) FORUM -
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BANEL & ADAMA
18:00 BROTFABRIKKINO | RAMATA-TOULAYE SY I
France / Mali / Senegal 2023 I OV with engl. subs I 87 min -
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AFRIKAMERA SHORTS – BEST OF FESPACO 2023
18:00 ARSENAL | Nigeria / Burkina Faso a.o. 2022-2023 I OV with engl. subs I 86 min
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AUGURE / OMEN
20:30 ARSENAL | BALOJI TSHIANI I
Belgium / Democratic Republic of Congo / Germany / France / Netherlands / South Africa 2023 I OV with engl. subs I 90 min |
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AFRONAUTS
von NUOTAMA FRANCES BODOMO I
USA 2014 I OV with engl. subs I 14 min
IBased on true events, Ghanaian filmmaker Nuotama Frances Bodomo takes a look into a past future.
In 1964 – shortly before Zambia’s independence – a disgraced teacher (Mukuka Nkoloso) takes his pupils to a remote area to start an unofficial space programme. Their astronaut is 17-year-old Matha Mwamba, who has albinism. Was Matha chosen for the launch because she is the revered “Daughter of the Moon”? As the countdown to the launch of the Bantu-7 rocket begins, Matha must decide whether she will give her life to uphold the myths of her family.The short feature, in black and white, refers to the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, founded in 1960 by primary school teacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso with the aim of sending the first humans to the moon before the US and the Soviet Union.
NUOTAMA FRANCES BODOMO is a Ghanaian filmmaker living in New York City. Her award-winning short films BONESHAKER (2013), AFRONAUTS (2014) and EVERYBODY DIES! (2016) have screened at festivals including Sundance, the Berlinale, Telluride, Rotterdam, SXSW and New Directors/New Films. Bodomo was a writer and director on the first season of RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS on HBO. She is currently developing the feature film version of AFRONAUTS.
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WOMXN, THE NIGHTMARE OF YOU KNOW WHO
von EDEN TINTO COLLINS & ADRIEN GYSTERE PESKINE I
France 2018 I OV with engl. subs I 4 min |French singer, illustrator and musician Gystère continues his homage to Sun Ra with this short film directed by multidisciplinary artist Eden Tinto Collins. In this inspired musical collage that combines Afrofuturism, allusions to black culture, outer space and Z-series, a superheroine (WOMXN, played by Tinto herself) is summoned from outer space by a dolphin to put an end to police violence.
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SWIMMING IN YOUR SKIN AGAIN
TERENCE NANCE
USA 2015 I OmeU I 26 min |Drenched in the heat, spirit and landscape of South Florida, Swimming in Your Skin Again celebrates the spiritual feminine and coming of age.Guided by female inspirations we tour the ritual anchorages of life in and around Miami: the Catholic church, the swamp, the backyard, the wate
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AKOOTA
DILMAN DILA I
Uganda 2019 I OV with engl. subs I 20 min IThis sci-fi short film tells of a young girl’s fight against genetically modified swarms of mosquitoes in her village.
