AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND

JULY 18, 2024 TO JULY 28, 2024

Mali 70

This is a story of cultural exchange, respecting values and learning from each other. A Berlin big band sets out on a road trip to explore the infamous brass sections of the seventies together with legendary musicians from Mali. Popular music has its roots in West Africa, and especially in Mali. In Berlin, a big […]

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African Glory (Mali)

Screenings/Awards: Since made this has been a very sourced after film. It has been screened at UNESCO, at Cannes 2024, the highlight of Africa Day 2024 it has been projected throughout Africa and around the world. African Glory is a powerful documentary film about one of the world’s least known historical accounts that was referred […]

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Nakupenda (I love you) (Tanzania)

Screening/Awards: Tanzania Film Festival & Awards – 2022 – 2023, Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) – 2023, Zanzibar International Film Festival – 2023 In the twilight of their lives, fate reunites two aging souls who shared a profound connection in their youth. Separated by circumstance and societal pressures, they now find themselves confronted with […]

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Safari in Conakry (Guinea)

Two very different police officers must go on a mission to try to dismantle a mafia organization. They meet Sira and FC, two independent female journalists who denounce the corruption put in place by this organization. This quartet, despite differences and tensions in the way they each carry out their profession, will attack these criminals […]

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Le Courage en Plus (Guinea)

Screening/Awards: Best Documentary at Luxor African Film Festival, Jury speciale Mention at  Khourigba Documentary International Film Festival 2023, Double Special mention at Vue dAfrique 2024, Prix Critique Cinéma, Les 7 jours du 7ème Art, Conakry, Guinée, 2023. One of the most inspiring films you will see this year, Le Courage en Plus is a beautiful […]

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Fight like a girl (Rwanda/Congo DR)

This film is inspired by Congolese boxing legend Balezi “Kibomango” Bagunda’s all female boxing-team that he created as an antidote to the sexual violence and endemic poverty that too-many women in his country endure. A young Congolese woman forced to work in an illegal mineral mine escapes her captors and finds a new life for […]

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MONEY, FREEDOM, A STORY OF THE CFA FRANC (Senegal)

Can a country be truly independent if its currency is still controlled by its former colonial oppressors? The director traces the history of a currency whose roots lie in compensation for slave owners. Originally used by countries in Central and West Africa, the currency was pegged to the French franc. While France publicly touted the […]

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See me (Zimbabwe)

See Me is a film honouring real life stories. It is a collaborative effort from 5 friends, based on research from real life stories about the hardship HIV Positive young people went through during COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe. Using the 6 pillars of creativity: Film, Poetry, Music, Photography, Visuals and Dance, the film takes us […]

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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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Lobola -A Bride’s true price (South Africa)

Screening/Awards: Joburg International Film Festival 2022 Loboloa is an autobiographical documentary from SAFTA-winning filmmaker Sihle Hlophe.  March 2014,  Sihle has just gotten engaged. A few days later, her father has passed away. Sihle is in a serious fix – who will receive the Lobola now that her father is no more? Sihle respects Lobola but she […]

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Sira (Burkina Faso)

Screenings/Awards: Best NARRATIVE FEATURE (World) and BEST FEMAL DIRECTOR, NARRATIVE FEATURE at NY Film Festival 2023, Second best price at FESPACO 2023, Berlinale 2023, Cannes 2023, Toronto International Film Festival 2023, NY Film Festival This is an amazing film from Apolline Traore, who is, no doubt one of the best filmmakers from the Continent at the […]

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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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