Signals - Where Is Africa

Overzicht van films

• 

  3SAI: a Rite of Passage

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Paul Emmanuel | 14' | South Africa | European premiere

  The film documents the ritual of shaving the heads of South African army recruits, contrasted with evocative landscapes and time-lapses.
• 

  6:58 a.m.

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Laza | 12' | Madagascar | International premiere

  We follow the daily doings of a man who maintains his routine of living on the street. Except for one morning, when the clock stops…
• 

  Aqua

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Samba Félix N’diaye | 12' | Senegal | None

  Every morning, Amadou goes in search of jugs or old bottles and transforms these containers into new homes for the fish he catches.
• 

  Araromire

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Kunle Afolayan | 120' | Nigeria | International premiere

  Lives are miraculously changed with the discovery of a figurine in an abandoned shrine which according to legend bestows seven years of good luck. But
• 

  Area Boys

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Omelihu Nwanguma | 24' | Nigeria | None

  Lifelong friends Bode and Obi are determined to change their lives, but their plans fall apart before they have begun when a crucial last scam…
• 

  Arugba

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Tunde Kelani | 95' | Nigeria | None

  Kelani’s Yoruba world view presents the story of a king who brays against corruption while rigorously prosecuting economic reform and handily welcomin
• 

  Asylum

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Rumbi Katedza | 5' | United Kingdom | None

  Images without dialogue depict the private drama of a young woman from Darfur who has sought refuge in London.
• 

  La bague du roi Koda

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Moustapha Alassane | 24' | Nigeria | None

  This Djerma legend concerns a cruel king who puts the wife of one of his subjects to the test.
• 

  Balas e pistolas

  • Forget Africa
  • 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…
• 

  Blind Date

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Cyril Ducotett, Shams Bhanji | 14' | Uganda | None

  Inspired by the Baganda tribal creation myth of Kintu, the first man and woman on earth are observed during their sensual awakening.
• 

  Body on Fire

  • Forget Africa
  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  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.
• 

  Bon voyage Sim

  • Signals - Where Is Africa

  Moustapha Alassane | 5' | Niger | None

  When the king of the toads returns from his triumphant trip abroad, he finds a usurper on his throne. Out with him!