Of Kids and Goats
Upbeat stories and less jolly ones from the continent with the most magic. Much is lacking in Africa, but not great storytelling.
In this combined programme
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Adamt
In Ethiopia music is of a different calibre and overcomes the deepest traumas, even deafness. Rhythmic drama.
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A Tropical Sunday
Street children try their luck at the Sunday fair in Maputo. As if Chaplin were still alive and in Mozambique.
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Shoeshine
Colourful and light like a comedy yet provides social commentary on Tanzanian society. A shoeshine man against the world.
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A Hole in the Sky
Fabulous document from the perspective of a Somali goat herd passing from girlhood to womanhood, and who has to make a great sacrifice.
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Walzkörpersperre
What happens when you laser-bomb a WW2 anti-tank wall? An uncompromised barrage of light and sound explode in this 11-minute megaton film.
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Grand Talk: Claire Simon & Jean-Michel Frodon
IFFR has invited a unique selection of European thinkers to shed light on the state of the continent and European themes that occupy them and us du