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Beyond Nollywood

Combined programme | IFFR 2018

Beyond Nollywood is a term coined by curator Nadia Denton to describe new wave cinema coming out of Nigeria and its diaspora: indie, animation, experimental, documentary films and music videos.

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My Mother’s Stew
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A trip down memory lane for a young woman who finds out that she was adopted.
Brood
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A guy can’t get a difficult conversation out of his head.
Black Barbie
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A young black woman bleaches her skin to conform to societal pressure.
1745
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Two sisters kidnapped from their home and sold into slavery attempt to retake their freedom.
I Believe in Pink
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
In a crowded market on the Lagos mainland, John makes men beautiful by tattooing their lips.
Got Flowers Today
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
“Even though he beat me, I got flowers today.” A touching animation based on a poem by Paulette Kelly.
Las Gidi Vice
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
TJ meets a girl at a party, unaware that she is about to give him a night he will never forget.
Freak the Fxxk Out
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Creepy figures in the shape of humans do strange things.
Born
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
A young woman feels she has no choice but to terminate her pregnancy.
POM VS. QUACKS
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
In this satire, the QUACKS conspire to overthrow the POM (Party of Ministers), an opposing elite African political group.