A free-spirited young girl, in Lamu struggles to live out her unique dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged upper-class marriage. Does Subira have the courage to take her dream on, against all odds? […]
Subira
Genre: Drama
The Pearl Of Africa
Cleopatra Kambugu’s humour and warmth belie her circumstance. As a transgender woman living in Uganda, everyday life is tough. Uganda is a country blessed with beauty and biodiversity, yet the diversity of its people is shunned by many. This is typified by a notorious bill threatening life imprisonment for homosexuality. When she is outed on […]
The Wedding Ring
Recently returned to her home in the Sultanate of Zinder after completing her degree abroad, Tiyaa, a young woman suffering from the pain of lost love, finds renewal while awaiting the mystical promise of a new moon. Rahmatou Keïta’s second feature slowly reveals itself as a story of female empowerment that also doesn’t shirk from […]
No Harm
No Harm is a short film that shows the “Never Ending” clashes between western armies and Terror organisations around the world and how the conflict affects the people of each side in particular and the whole world in general. No Harm has a peaceful message inspired by Prophet Muhamnad statement […]
Ben And Ara
Ben, a passionately agnostic PhD student, falls behind in his dissertation and is surprised to find a muse in Ara, a devout Muslim. Ben and Ara soon fall in love but grapple with differences in their core beliefs and lifestyle choices. They discover that when two cultures touch each other, the consequences can be magical […]
Children Of The Mountain
Against the picturesque Ghanaian backdrop, Children of the Mountain is an honest exploration of a mother’s will in the face of much adversity. When her baby is born with a cleft lip, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome, Essuman is led to believe that she has a ‘dirty womb.’ Her promising future as a wife and […]
Kati Kati
Kaleche, a young woman, wanders into the otherworldly village of Kati Kati, not knowing who she is or how she got there. She finds a community of eccentrics led by the charismatic Thoma, to whom she is inexplicably drawn. As the residents begin to discover what is keeping them there, and the living and the […]
Sans Regret
Gaston, a hard worker and honest man, is on the verge of poverty. To provide for his family with dignity, he takes his chances with mutual funds, loans, and borrowing. Then one day, as he’s returning home, Gaston is mobbed and stripped of everything. Relentlessly, he goes after his attackers. As he delves into the […]
’76
Nigeria’s middle belt, 1976. Respected army officer Captain Joseph Dewa and his wife, Suzy, who is from the south eastern part of Nigeria, eagerly anticipate their first child. Suzy’s family adamantly disapproves of her intercultural marriage. At the same time, rebellious soldiers on Joseph’s base attempt to recruit him into a coup plot to assassinate […]
Nawara
Between the alleys of the poor neighbourhood and the roads leading to the villas of the luxury compound, Nawara goes back and forth everyday on her way to work, Carrying in her journey between these two worlds the worries of the people of her neighbourhood and their simple dreams. Nawara didn’t know that the spring […]
Ayanda
In a vibrant and diverse Johannesburg community, 21-year-old Afro-hipster Ayanda has a knack for taking neglected pieces of furniture and “bringing them back to love”. Eight years after her father’s death, she is determined to revive his prized garage business, which is in deep debt and in danger of being sold. The film crackles with […]
Black Girl
The first major work of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembéne, this 1966 film is widely recognised as one of the founding works of African cinema. What starts out as a deceptively simple story about a young Senegalese woman, Diouana, who works as a nanny, and whose hopes of an exciting life in France are dashed when […]
