AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND

JULY 18, 2024 TO JULY 28, 2024

A dream of foot and leg (Egypt)

A film about pain, humiliation, determination and discovery. Their lives come together through a random series of events. Physical defect at birth, events through acts of kindness, jealousy, attraction, and a premeditated accident. She loves to dance and is poised to enroll into a dance competition that could change her life. He hates dancing due […]

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The Envoy of God (Niger)

Screenings/Awards: FESPACO 2023 Fatima, a young girl of 12 is taken from her mother by armed rebels during a normal day at the market. We see Fatima being subjected to funeral rites by older women(strangers) in preparation to accomplish the work of God. Fatima , this  randomly chosen  “envoy of God “ is dropped off […]

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Siblings (T’egbon T’aburo) (Nigeria)

From multi-awarding-winning director Orire Nwani Moji comes the story of Moji, a  mother  who has lost her son Yemi in a tragic accident years ago. The story opens showing a mother still grieving the loss of her son but trying her best to continue with daily life. One night, her estranged sister Mosunmola, appears at […]

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Mawbe

Mawbe, a disabled mechanic in a wheelchair, teaches the trade to his four young mechanic apprentices, and they form a close bond. One day, an accident to Mawbe challenges them to find extra solidarity and ingenuity to help him. […]

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Red Pen

A teacher in the mountains tries to show his children the meaning of democracy in class, while a supposedly democratic election campaign is simultaneously taking place in a nearby village. […]

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Toshret

A short documentary showing the beautiful mountain wilderness of St Catherine in the Sinai desert, a holy place which has always been on the path of the prophets as they crossed between Israel and Egypt, and now a centre of herb and plant research as well as a sanctuary. […]

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Dream of Salt + Photocopy

Dream of Salt A dream can’t be seen by the eyes as it resides in the world of imagination Nabil Herbawy’s dream lit up his sightless eyes to allow him to illuminate the dreamers’ lives. Photocopy In a way, Mahmoud’s life is a ‘photocopy’ of millions of others: He has worked for 30 years in […]

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Climb with Remi: Kilimanjaro for IDPs + Maasai Remix

Climb with Remi: Kilimanjaro for IDPs In an attempt to get the public to care, four Nigerian women take on a symbolic adventure to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for the plight of millions of women and children living in deplorable conditions in camps set up for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) children […]

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Women Hold Up the Sky + The Cemetery Of Elephants

Women Hold Up the Sky In the world of mining and big dam construction, women are the first to be affected by the pollution, loss of land and displacement. This is the story of women in Congo DR, Uganda and South Africa standing up for their rights against the multinationals destroying their environment and livelihood. […]

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Obsolescence + Fig Tree

Obsolescence In an electronic garbage dump in Africa, there is still a child who hopes to restore the splendour of the past to his village. An elderly witch with whom he lives will help him to achieve it through a small seed, triggering a series of events that interconnect past and present, revealing to the […]

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Back into the Wild + Duga, The Scavengers

Back into the Wild A troop of 14 bonobos is on the verge of being released into the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese conservation group Amis des Bonobos du Congo (ABC) is working to make sure the communities surrounding the release site feel invested in the project. This will be the […]

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Juma + Fish Out Of Water

Juma Child mortality from malaria is a serious problem in Africa. Juma with his superpowers becomes the saviour by destroying the mosquitoes. Fish Out Of Water ‘Fish Out Of Water’ is a local feature film starring Namibian model and reality TV personality, Maria Nepembe and the film ‘Katutura’ lead, actress and socialite Tjuna Kauapirurua. The […]

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