Signals: Raiding Africa
Overzicht van films
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Chips and Liver Girls
Caroline Kamya, Boris B. Bertram | 31' | Denmark | International premiere
If you’re a girl in a city like Kampala, and you want everything, you have to give everything. She wants to survive, or to study.… -
Elmina
Emmanuel Apea Jr. | 104' | Ghana | International premiere
One man’s struggle to retain his lands and his pride against overwhelming odds, Elmina is a story of love, betrayal and Oil that showcases Ghana’s… -
O emigrante
Henrique Narciso ‘Dito’ | 60' | Angola | World premiere
This Angolan filmmaker regularly went awol at the previous IFFR. It turned out he was spontaneously shooting a new film in Rotterdam, about the large -
Fire Fly
Caroline Kamya | 16' | China | World premiere
An improvised mini-feature in which both everyday and mythical aspects of China are investigated. With a nice kid playing the lead. -
Homage to the Buddha – of Africa
Nicole Schafer | 13' | Malawi | World premiere
The Chinese don’t go to Africa just for themselves. In a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, children learn to read and write. And, of course, they learn… -
Imani
Caroline Kamya | 78' | Sweden | None
The great technical accomplishment and complex narrative structure of Imani are exceptional in African cinema, and have led comparisons with Magnolia. -
Li Xia’s Salon
Omelga Mthiyane | 26' | China | World premiere
There are African women and African women. Mthiyane is an African woman. In China, she went into a hairdresser’s and said: ‘Do something with my… -
Lobi (hier/demain)
Kristin Rogghe, Pierre Kigoma, Mekhar Azari, Tocha Zaventen, Amourabinto Lukoji, Rek Kandol, Eric Biansueki, Androa Mindre, Matthias De Groof | 38' | Belgium | European premiere
Humorous result of cooperation between young Congolese and Belgian artists/filmmakers. About the present and the past. Shot on 8mm film and digital vi -
Love Born of Chopsticks
Emile-Aime Chah Yibain | 40' | Cameroon | World premiere
African filmmaker opts for comedy for his impression of China. What else can you do in a country where people say ‘Aflica’ because they can’t… -
Memory (work in progress)
Yves Montand Niyongabo, Iris Olsson | 48' | Denmark | None
Is the concept of a country conceivable after genocide? Together, a filmmaker from Rwanda and a filmmaker from Finland ask a question it is impossible -
Moamba Chinesa
Henrique Narciso ‘Dito’ | 20' | Angola | World premiere
He missed his flight twice, but still made it to the port of Guangzhou (Canton). Or chocolate city as the Chinese call it, because of… -
My Father’s House
Zhao Dayong | 63' | China | World premiere
In China, they call the port of Guangzhou ‘Chocolate City’, because so many Africans come here to trade, live and even set up churches. A…