TUE 17 NOV
19.00 OPENING
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Lesotho 2019 I Original version with subtitles (German) I 120 min
Christmas in the Lesothic mountain village of Nasaretha: After the single 80-year-old Mantoa learns that her last surviving son died in a mine accident in neighboring South Africa, she has only one… more
Q & A, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and Toby Ashraf
WED 18 NOV
18.00
Nardjes A.
Karim Aïnouz
Algeria / France / Germany / Brazil / Qatar 2020 I Original version with subtitles I 80 min
Spring 2019: On his first trip to Algeria, Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz directly witnessed the protests against a fifth term of office… more
Q & A Karim Aïnouz and Toby Ashraf
19.30
The Ghost and the House of Truth
Akin Omotoso
Nigeria 2019 I Original version with subtitles I 69 min
German premiere
Bola Ogun is a dedicated counselor who facilitates reconciliation sessions between convicts and the victims of their crimes in Lagos. Her… more
THU 19 NOV
19.00
Heinrich Böll Stiftung | ONLINE
Finding Sally
Tamara Mariam Dawit
Ethiopia / Canada 2020 I Original version with subtitles I 78 min
Followed by a discussion with Tamara Dawit (director), Fisseha Tekle (Amnesty International Ethiopia) and Ulf Terlinden (Heinrich Böll Foundation Kenya)
Event in english language
calendar.boell.de/en/event/finding-sally
FRI 20 NOV
17.00
Cinema Spaces Network / Afrikamera:
“POLITICS AND REVOLUTION”
Presentation I ONLINE
in cooperation with the Humboldt Forum, Berlin
18.30
Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947
Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes
Madagascar / France 2018 I Original version with subtitles I 91 min
Q & A Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes
The so-called “Madagascar Uprising” (Insurrection malgache) against the French colonial occupation is still a central event in Madagascar’s collective memory… more
21.00
Air Conditioner
Fradique
Angola 2020 I OV (English) I 72 min
Q & A mit Fradique & Ery Claver
The first feature-length film by Angolan director and producer Mário Bastos a.k.a. Fradique is a surreal trip through the Angolan metropolis of Luanda… more
SAT 21 NOV
13.00
Art and Culture in Times of Covid-19 – Filmmaking in Africa during the Pandemic
Discussion I ONLINE
in cooperation with Weltfilme e.V.
How does the pandemic affect cultural and film production in African countries in concrete terms? How and where do filmmakers network with each other when festivals and exchange programs disappear? How is the respective government dealing with the effects on society and culture? Is there governmental/international support? more
15.00
Revolutionary Shorts
Short film program
Namibia / DR Congo / Senegal / France / Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 2018-19 I Original version with subtitles I 85 min
Q & A Nelson Makengo (E’ville ) & Laurence Attali (Tabaski)
The program REVOLUTIONARY SHORTS presents a selection of outstanding short films on this year’s festival focus. more
17.15
Days of Cannibalism
Teboho Edkins
South Africa / France / Netherlands 2020 I Original version with subtitles I 80 min
The South African director Tebeho Edkins explores the genres of cinema in his hybrid documentary films. With GANGSTER PROJECT (2011) and… more
Q & A Teboho Edkins
19.30
AFTER YOUR REVOLT, YOUR VOTE! APRÈS TA RÉVOLTE, TON VOTE
Parfait Kaboré
Burkina Faso / France 2019 I Original version with subtitles I 90 min
21:00 Q & A Parfait Kaboré
After a popular uprising in October 2014, Burkina Faso committed itself to a historic vote: the first change of government through democratic… more
21.30
SOFTIE
Sam Soko
Kenya 2020 I Original version with subtitles I 96 min
Q & A Sam Soko
At the center of Sam Soko’s first documentary film is the political activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi. After a long struggle as a political activist… more
SUN 22 NOV
15.00
SARRAOUNIA
Med Hondo
Mauritania / Burkina Faso / France 1986 I Original version with subtitles I 120 min
On January 2, 1899, a column led by the French generals Voulet and Chanoine was sent out from French Sudan to fight the black Sultan… more
17.30
BEST OF AFRICAN SHORTS
Short film program
Algeria / Egypt / Kenya / Madagascar / South Africa / Canada 2017-19 / 75 min
Q & A Lova Nantenaina
In cooperation with the FESTIVAL CINÉMAS D’AFRIQUE LAUSANNE, AFRIKAMERA presents a selection of outstanding current short films from the African continent. more
19.00
NASSER (EGYPT’S MODERN PHARAOHS)
Jihan El-Tahri
Egypt / South Africa / France 2015 I Original version with subtitles I 97 min
20:40 Q & A Jihan El-Tahri
On January 25, 1952, the inner city of Cairo burned to the ground, the mob demanded the withdrawal of British colonial rule and demanded… more
21.30
POPPIE NONGENA
Christiaan Olwagen
South Africa 2019 I Original version with subtitles I 106 min
Q & A Christiaan Olwagen
Cape Town at the time of apartheid, mid-1970s. Poppie Nongena works as a housekeeper for a rich white family. When her husband loses… more
17—22 NOV
accompanying the film programmes
ONLINE-INSTALLATION CHINAFRIKA.MOBILE
JOCHEN BECKER & DANIEL KÖTTER
Artist Talk with Daniel Kötter and Juana Awad