Category / Films 2026 / Friday NOV 13 2026
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BARNI
8 PM SPUTNIK KINO |
Mohammed Sheikh |
USA / Somalia/ Djibouti 2025, Original with English subtitles, 87 min |The feature film debut of Somali-American director Mohammed Sheikh follows three teenagers, Ami, Hirsi and Geedi, who leave rural Somalia and set off for the city. Their mission is to find Ami’s nine-year-old sister Barni, who disappeared after a wedding celebration.
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AND SHE DIDN’T DIE
6:30 PM KINO ARSENAL |
Kethiwe Ngcobo |
South Africa 2025, Original with English subtitles, 102 min |
Followed by a Q&A with the director |
German premiere |
in cooperation with the Ladima Foundation (SA) |In 2026, AFRIKAMERA is an official partner of South Africa’s Ladima Foundation for the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary Film by an African Woman Filmmaker and is inviting award winner Kethiwe Ngcobo to present her film AND SHE DIDN’T DIE.
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ONE WOMAN ONE BRA
8 PM KINO ARSENAL |
Vincho Nchogu |
Kenya / Nigeria 2025, Original with English subtitles, 79 min |
Q&A with the director |For the first time, the residents of the Kenyan village of Sayit receive official documents confirming their legal ownership of the land based on their family lineage.
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MIKUBA
8 PM SPUTNIK KINO |
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo |
DR Congo/ USA 2025, Original with English subtitles, 60 min |
In his compelling documentary, Congolese filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo offers rare insights into the world of cobalt mining in Kolwezi in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He portrays people whose everyday lives and livelihoods are directly tied to a raw material that plays a crucial role in the global energy transition and modern technologies. -
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SOUMSOUM, LA NUIT DES ASTRES
6 PM FSK KINO |
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun |
France / Chad 2026, Original with English subtitles, 99 min |
In Chad’s Ennedi Desert, ancient mountains rise from the sand. They preserve the memory of a forgotten past and tell age-old legends.
Kellou, a young woman from a nearby village, is haunted by mysterious visions that set her apart from those around her and that she herself does not understand. -
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L’ARBRE DE L’AUTHENTICITÉ (rerun)
8 PM | KINO ARSENAL |
Sammy Baloji |
Belgium / DR Congo 2025, Original with English subtitles, 89 min | followed by a Q&A with Edson Anibal (voice-over) |Amid one of the largest rainforests on the African continent lie the ruins of what was once one of the world’s largest tropical agricultural research centers – the INERA Yangambi Research Station, located on the banks of the Congo River.
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MOTHER CITY
6:30 PM | HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG |
Miki Redelinghuys, Pearlie Joubert | South Africa 2024, Original with English subtitles, 103 min |
Followed by a discussion with Miki Redelinghuys, Nkosikhona (Face) Swartbooi (Reclaim the City) and other guests. Moderation: Niq Mhlongo|
in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation |
Free entry |
Cape Town is renowned as one of the world’s most beautiful cities and is a major global travel destination. At the same time, some 30 years after the end of apartheid, social and spatial inequality persists. MOTHER CITY follows Nkosikhona Swartbooi and the Reclaim the City movement in their fight for affordable housing and the right to participate in the life of the city. -
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CONGO BOY
8:30 PM | KINO ARSENAL |
Rafiki Fariala |
Central African Republic/ France/ DR Congo/ Italy 2026, Original with English subtitles, 91 min |
In the presence of the director | Seventeen-year-old Robert dreams of becoming a rapper in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. But his parents, who once fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are in prison. As the eldest son, Robert is left to care for his four younger siblings on his own. Juggling odd jobs with studying for his high school diploma, he also has to steer clear of the militias causing unrest in the city. One day, he hears about a music competition, and winning first prize becomes his greatest hope. -
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L’ARBRE DE L’AUTHENTICITÉ
8 PM | FSK KINO |
Sammy Baloji |
Belgium / DR Congo 2025, Original with English subtitles, 89 min |Amid one of the largest rainforests on the African continent lie the ruins of what was once one of the world’s largest tropical agricultural research centers – the INERA Yangambi Research Station, located on the banks of the Congo River.
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AMUSSU
7 PM | CITY KINO WEDDING |
Nadir Bouhmouch |
Morocco / Qatar 2019, Original with English subtitles, 99 min |
Imider, in southeastern Morocco: For many years, Africa’s largest silver mine has been draining water from the village and surrounding communities, causing the almond groves of an Amazigh community to wither. In 2011, the villagers rise up and shut down a major water pipeline supplying the mine.
