Signals - Where Is Africa
Overzicht van films
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La diarrhee
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… -
Dieu a-t-il quitté l’Afrique?
Musa Dieng Kala | 52' | Canada | European premiere
Musa Dieng Kala returns to Dakar, to film young adults seeking to emigrate to the West, unearthing the impotence of individuals faced with insurmounta -
Diplomate à la tomate
Samba Félix N’diaye | 12' | Senegal | None
Empty boxes of tomato sauce and cans of coca-cola, beer or fruit juice are used to manufacture small attaché cases perfect for diplomats of the… -
Dirty Suit
Noel Munyurangabo | 19' | Rwanda | European premiere
With his resignation from life settled, a man must go about the awkward business of returning to that life, since there is nowhere else to… -
Du lait
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.… -
Les egarés de l’hémisphère sud
Kivu Ruhorahoza | 17' | Rwanda | European premiere
At a Halloween party, a young Rwandan man and his sweetheart, a Canadian aid worker, ponder about the possibilities of living in the South. -
Expectations
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | 30' | South Korea | None
The film follows Moussa, a man attempting time and again to cross the desert on a seemingly impossible mission, only to return to his village… -
Fantan Fanga
Adama Drabo, Ladji Diakité | 84' | Mali | None
This dense tapestry of African tradition, political satire, police procedure, spiritual puzzle and over-the-top apocalyptic drama offers an idiosyncra -
Father Christmas Doesn’t Come Here
Bhekumuzi Sibiya | 14' | South Africa | International premiere
A young girl reconciles images of Christmas and Santa Claus with her life in South Africa, while her grandmother must ruefully shatter her dreams. -
La femme au couteau
Timité Bassori | 90' | Côte d'Ivoire | None
African traditions are called into question through the difficulties of a young intellectual traumatised by too strict an upbringing in Africa. -
Fighting with Father
Daniel Debebe Negatu, Yonas Endale | 15' | Ethiopia | International premiere
In this autobiographical reworking of painful experience, a young man must come to grips with his father’s destructive behaviour. -
Frappes moi
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…