Category / DO 14 NOV 2024 / Films 2024
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BUFIS
20:30 fsk | Mahad Ahmed & Vincenzo Cavallo |
Kenya/ Germany 2023 | Original Version with English Subtitles I 105 min |Nairobi’s Eastleigh district is home to many exiled Somalis who have fled the civil war in their home country. Once a year, when the Kenyan US embassy opens its doors for the visa lottery, Assad’s time has come: the gifted storyteller puts together fake families from the scattered refugees, develops fictitious family stories and coaches his clients until their stories are truly credible. Based on true events, BUFIS is a humorous and touching story about lifelong dreams.
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BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
20:30 ARSENAL | Mohamed Ben Attia |
Tunisia/ Belgium/ France/ Saudi Arabia/ Qatar 2023 | Original Version with English Subtitles| 98 min |After an outbreak of violence in his office, young family man Rafik ends up in prison for four years. Back in freedom, he wants to take his young son Yassine to the mountains to show him that he can fly. When his wife refuses, he kidnaps Yassine without further ado.
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SITABAOMBA (WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH)
20:00 SINEMA TRANSTOPIA | Nantenaina Lova |
Madagascar 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 103 min |For the inhabitants of the village of Sitabaomba near Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, French is not the language of love, but of colonization. They speak French when they order their zebu oxen in the field to go left and right, and their local language in puppetry and Kabary, the Malagasy art of oratory. Filmmaker Nantenaina Lova accompanies rice farmer Ly and other villagers in their struggle to defend their land against attacks by the state, the military and multinational corporations.
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AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BROTFABRIK SELECTION
18:00 BROTFABRIKKINO | Burkina Faso / Kap Verde / Senegal 2024 I OmeU I 87 min
| Das Programm besteht aus einer Auswahl von einem mittellangen Dokumentarfilmformat und zwei Kurzspielfilmen, die allesamt einmalig als Deutschlandpremieren präsentiert werden. -
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LEES WAXUL
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BROTFABRIK SELECTION 18:00 BROTFABRIKKINO | Yoro Mbaye |
Senegal / Belgium / France 2024 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 22 min |In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman, makes a living by selling hard bread. However, the opening of his sister-in-law’s bakery leads to unspoken tensions that threaten his business and his role in the family.
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LE BOTANISTE
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BROTFABRIK SELECTION 18:00 BROTFABRIKKINO | Floriane Zoundi | Burkina Faso 2024 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 13 min |
Rayann, 32, is a specialist in tropical plants and a respected scientist. But he loses his family in a terrorist attack. Since then, Rayann has lived in seclusion from the world, until one day he is taken hostage in his home by terrorists who are being pursued by the gendarmerie. In order to survive, he decides to use his knowledge of plants to get rid of his tormentors
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PIRINHA
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS: BROTFABRIK SELECTION 18:00 BROTFABRIKKINO | Natasha Craveiro |
Cape Verde 2024 | Original Version with English Subtitles| 52 min |Pirinha is the story of a young woman in search of herself and her past. On her journey, she encounters the “evil” creatures of Cape Verdean folklore that she feared as a child. However, these encounters are tempered by memories of her time with her grandmother, who had a special knowledge of traditional medicine. A story about healing a childhood trauma, steeped in the cultural rituals of Cape Verde.
