AFRIKAMERA SHORTS – DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
Kenya/ Senegal/ Uganda and others 2021 – 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 107 min
In the presence of Noah Grothe (director KATOGO)
WED 13 NOV
20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING
A program of outstanding short and medium-length formats by filmmakers from the African continent and the African diaspora, exclusively compiled by festival director Alex Moussa Sawadogo, will be presented. The director of the film KATOGO, Noah Grothe, will be present at the screening.
GROGAN’S LODGE
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS– DIRECTORS’ CHOICE 20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING | Isaya Evans | Kenia 2023 I OmE I 21 min | In response to a job advertisement, Joy and Susan travel to a lodge in the countryside to earn money for college. The old colonial mansion appears abandoned and run-down, but Mrs. Bird, a dour white…
BEUTSET (L’AURORE)
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS– DIRECTORS’ CHOICE 20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING | Alicia Mendy | Senegal / Switzerland 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 30 min | A parasite has contaminated the drinking water in Dakar. As an antidote, tablets are developed to render the parasite harmless. Alioune, a young man, can no longer afford the…
SUDDENLY TV
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS– DIRECTORS’ CHOICE 20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING | Roopa Gogineni | Sudan 2022 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 19 min | In April 2019, after the fall of President Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese from all over the country make their way to Khartoum to demand a civilian government. The protesters occupy the military…
KATOGO
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS– DIRECTORS’ CHOICE 20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING | Noah Grothe | Uganda 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 20 min | KATOGO is a collage of spontaneous stories that emerge from the unpredictable rhythm of chance encounters and chaotic events. The steps lead from the mysticism of the Ugandan highlands down into…
NOUS LES GRIOTS (WE ARE GRIOTS)
AFRIKAMERA SHORTS– DIRECTORS’ CHOICE 20:30 CITY KINO WEDDING | Demba Konaté | Senegal/ France 2023 I Original Version with English Subtitles I 17 min | Daouda lives with his family in France. His son Malik wants to marry Mariama. But Daouda finds out that their families belong to two different castes: He is a griot,…