Home
Films
Got Flowers Today

Got Flowers Today

Jibril Mailafia | Nigeria | 2016 | 4' |

| IFFR 2018

Based on the 1992 poem by Paulette Kelly, a wife narrates her life at the hands of an abusive husband who sends her flowers to show that he loves her. This touching tribute to battered women underlines the difficulty of leaving a life-threatening relationship.

Also in this combined programme

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.
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.