Signals - Where Is Africa
Overzicht van films
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Borderline
Kenneth MacPherson | 63' | United Kingdom | None
A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality starring black American icon Paul Robeson, depicting an inter-racial love triangle in a -
The Business Trip
Neema Kambona | 13' | Tanzania | None
Small parable about arrogance and corruption. Striking female jewellery smuggler explodes into unreasonable rage. -
BZV
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… -
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
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 -
Les chasseurs d’ivoire
Alfred Machin | 6' | France | None
Alfred Machin follows the process of hunting an elephant, removing the tusks, and on to the workshops where craftsmen fashion new objects from the ivo -
Chez les Watuzzis
7' | Rwanda | None
Shot in Rwanda, this documentary provides a view of life inside the Watusi king’s palace, when the king hosts a celebration for all of his… -
Chien méchant
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.… -
Le choix
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… -
Les chutes de N’Galam
Samba Félix N’diaye | 9' | Senegal | None
In Senegal, scavengers sift for unique elements in the sand for the jewellers of the handicraft village of Soumbédioune. -
Come un uomo sulla terra
Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer | 61' | Italy | None
In 2005, a student from Addis Abeba fled Ethiopia to escape political repression and made his way to the Mediterranean via Libya, only to be… -
Coupable
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
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