A Hole in the Sky
Godka ciirka
Masterful, modest document providing insight into the mind of a rural Somali girl. She accepts that tradition demands that she has to make a great sacrifice. The boundary between fact and fiction dissolves thanks to the poetic voice-over.
Also 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.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Somalia
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 10"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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