Hairat
Out of the darkness, just outside the walls of the Ethiopian city Harar, a man calls several names. The small beam of a flashlight finds a group of spotted hyenas. Elias Shagiz Adonay Tesfaye’s poem about love and loss sounds almost like a lament on top of the black-and-white images.
Also in this combined programme
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La Mazda jaune et sa sainteté
A conceptual experiment on what it means to start a film with a black image, develops into a subtle personal story about the filmmaker. -
How Can I Ever Be Late
African-American students at the University of Virginia welcome the band Sly and the Family Stone at Charlottesville airport in 1973. -
Mahogany Too
A vintage-feel homage to the cult classic Mahogany – a fashion-infused romantic drama – and Diana Ross’s iconic portrayal of its main char -
La bouche
A daughter was murdered. Time stands still as a father oscillates between the need for solace and his urge for revenge. A sung story. -
Who Am I?
“Through the eyes of children, an enlightened voice is given to the tribal and religious fissures that are growing in Kenyan society.”(Nick Redding)
Film details
- Countries of production
- Ethiopia, Mexico, USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
