AFRIKAMERA SHORTS – DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
Tunisia/ Algeria/ South Africa/ Burkina Faso 2023-24 I Original version with English subtitles I 74 min
Q+A with Sahar El Echi (director of BORD À BORD)
WED 12 NOV
18:00 CITY KINO WEDDING
Presented is an exclusive program curated by festival director Alex Moussa Sawadogo of outstanding short and medium-length films by filmmakers from the African continent and the African diaspora. The director of BORD À BORD, Sahar El Echi, will be present at the screening.
As a film curator, she was also a member of the selection committee for the Malmö Arab Film Festival (2022) and headed the 1st Carthage Critics’ Week at the Carthage Film Days JCC.
BORD À BORD (ON THE EDGE)
Sahar El Echi
Tunisia 2024 I Original version with English subtitles I 17 min
Mounirar, a woman in her thirties, makes a living from her small fricassee shop inherited from her late father. The shop is in the heart of the Henchir Lehoudiya scrapyard, a southern suburb of Tunis, largely male-dominated. In this harsh environment, she faces new challenges daily. Determined like thousands of Tunisian women in difficult circumstances, Mounirar possesses an inner strength that allows her not only to overcome obstacles but also to run her business in a hostile environment
SAHAR EL ECHI, born in 1992, lives and works in Tunis. The visual artist, filmmaker, and film scholar studied graphic design and communication at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts of Tunis (ISBAT). She has directed several short films (MUTATION (2016), ENTRE-DEUX (2018), and MANWELLA (2022)) and video art works presented at national and international festivals. She has also served as a film curator, being part of the selection committee of the Malmö Arab Film Festival (2022) and leading the 1st Carthage Critics’ Week of the Carthage Film Days JCC.
BOUSSA
Azedine Kasri
Algeria 2023 | Original version with English subtitles | 19 min
Meriem and Reda are two Algerian lovers, who have still not managed to exchange a kiss. This simple desire will turn into a real obstacle course. The remaining question is: are they going to make it?
AZEDINE KASRI is a French-Algerian actor and filmmaker. He began his career as an actor, playing in several feature films. In 2017, he directed his first short film, 507 HOURS (2017), and later attended La Fémis, where he directed TERRITORIES (2018), his second short film, which gained international recognition. The film was selected in over 50 festivals and won more than ten prizes. In 2023. His latest short movie. Currently, he is writing his first feature film, TO LEAVE OR TO STAY?, produced by Emma Javaux (Une Fille Productions). His latest feature project TO LEAVE OR TO STAY?.
BEING YOU
Minenhle Luthuli
South Africa | 2024 | Original version with English subtitles I 22 min
A reserved screenwriter sits in the middle of a press interview when a question about her past triggers a panic attack, causing her to faint. She wakes up and realizes she has traveled back in time to meet her outspoken younger self and must convince her not to make the mistake she has regretted for most of her life.
MINENHLE LUTHULI is a South African filmmaker. Her short film, Heart Attack (2021) screened at over 40 international film festivals including the Cannes Short Film Corner. She’s also a 2022 NEFTI short film competition winner.
FOULSARE
Ismaël Compaoré
Burkina Faso 2024 | Original version with English subtitles | 16 min
In a badly-lit room, Bouba of the special forces is in the middle of an interrogation with an Ansarul Islam fighter apprehended following a joint military operation carried out in the Foulsaré forest, at the border between Burkina Faso and Mali. What could possibly come out of the exchanges between these two men consumed by pain, the thirst for revenge and who are completely opposed? This dialogue is that of a Nation under construction facing its own demons.
ISMAËL COMPAORÉ has produced several reports and documentary films for television and the web, including as co-director of the documentary KOGLWEOGO LAND (2017), about citizen militias in Burkina Faso. FOULSARÉ(2024) is his current short film project.