Signals - Where Is Africa
Overzicht van films
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Sarzan
Momar Thiam | 29' | Senegal | None
A sergeant in the colonial army, Sarzan, is back in his homeland and facing a remarkable change in Senegalese society after independence. -
Siliva the Zulu
Attilio Gatti | 64' | Italy | None
In 1927, director Attilio Gatti travelled to Zululand to create a film weaving genuine anthropological elements into a fantasy of witchcraft and betra -
Sindiely
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | 13' | Senegal | None
Arranged marriages are parodied in the style of a desert pantomime, with the story of a father greedy for money who wants to marry off… -
Slam Video Maputo
Ella Raidel | 28' | Austria | World premiere
A look behind the scenes of the popular culture of Maputo, Mozambique. Hip-hop poets, musicians and video makers are cheerfully but meticulously watch -
The Slum Cinema
Randriamanananjo Manohiray | 7' | Madagascar | International premiere
A basic primer of sorts on the production of no-budget cinema, revealing that a flashlight can become the most valuable leading player. -
Song of Khartoum
Gadalla Gubara | 18' | Sudan | None
An African response to the city symphony genre captures disparate images of the daily life of Khartoum and sets it to music. -
Soul Boy
Hawa Essuman | 60' | Germany | World premiere
Abila (14) lives in one of the most miserable slums in Africa. His girlfriend Shiku belongs to a different tribe, as the result of which… -
The Storm
Orlando Mesquita | 24' | Mozambique | None
When a young fisherman realizes that his mother’s life is at stake, he has no option but to stand up to his powerful father. -
Sunday School
Joanna Vasquez Arong | 45' | China | World premiere
Portrait of a life and a the country. A Filipino film maker follows a Zambian film maker and discovers a poor yet fascinating and colourful… -
Sur la dune de la solitude
Timité Bassori | 32' | Côte d'Ivoire | None
Inspired by Mama Watta, a legendary water goddess who seduces men into captivity: the symbolic encounter of a man and a woman one night on… -
Suwi
Musola Cathrine Kaseketi | 78' | Finland | None
The Zambian director knew what she was talking about when she filmed a dramatic story about a young woman who became handicapped. Yet this is… -
Tajouj
Gadalla Gubara | 90' | Sudan | None
Set a hundred years back in the eastern part of Sudan in a place of total isolation. The beautiful girl Tajooj is the subject of…