Forget Africa

Overview of films

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  Balas e pistolas

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  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Francisco Cafua | 78' | Angola | World premiere

  Satirical slum neighbourhood film by a film maker trained in hip-hop videos. In Angola, many crime films set among the slums have been made in…
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  Body on Fire

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  Maria Sarungi Tsehai | 13' | Tanzania | None

  Gangster is confronted in a short story with the serious side of fate. His life as a playboy is put to the test.
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  The Business Trip

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  Neema Kambona | 13' | Tanzania | None

  Small parable about arrogance and corruption. Striking female jewellery smuggler explodes into unreasonable rage.
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  BZV

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  Kevin Jerome Everson | 32' | Congo-Brazzaville | World premiere

  Why does a serious black American film maker look for an inhabitant of Brazzaville who can water-ski on the Congo river? Just because that river…
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  Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)

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  Khavn | 70' | Cameroon | World premiere

  Musical and experimental film maker Khavn noticed that Filipino film makers are highly regarded in Cameroon – thanks to a popular Filipino soap series
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  Chien méchant

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  Les Boulistes | 6' | Congo-Brazzaville | International premiere

  A father permeates the house with fear. Sixth part of a a sitcom in twelve episodes of six minutes each that can be viewed independently.…
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  Le choix

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  Les Boulistes | 6' | Congo-Brazzaville | International premiere

  A father puts two of his daughter’s admirers to the test. Second part of a sitcom in twelve episodes of six minutes each that can…
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  Coupable

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  MEMY AMOUR SAUVEUR | 13' | Congo-Brazzaville | World premiere

  Amour Saveur has the capability to become the inventor of a new African genre: the ultra short bizarre comedy. The slapstick of our time. Together…

• Creation Lab

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  Samson Ssenkaaba ‘Xenson’ | Uganda | World premiere

  A young fashion designer and hip-hop video maker travelled to the interior of Uganda to record the colourful Kiga dance. He projects the recordings in

• La diarrhee

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  Les Boulistes | 6' | Congo-Brazzaville | International premiere

  The girls make Masta shit himself. Eleventh part of a sitcom in twelve episodes of six minutes each that can be viewed independently. The series…
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  Du lait

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  Les Boulistes | 6' | Congo-Brazzaville | International premiere

  A colonel demands milk to soothe his temper. Ninth part of a sitcom in twelve episodes of six minutes each that can be viewed independently.…
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  Frappes moi

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  Les Boulistes | 6' | Congo-Brazzaville | International premiere

  A woman likes to be beaten by her husband. Seventh part of a sitcom in twelve episodes of six minutes each that can be viewed…