ALL FILMS
KOLAJ
As a girl grows up, her world starts to become more complicated. She notices lines appearing on people’s faces that she hadn’t noticed before. While
LAST SUNDAY
The dawn is strange, with a foretaste of change. The next morning, Mary receives a mysterious visit that leaves Joseph disturbed. She decides to re-signify
LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM
A group of children attend school in Kolofata’s village, at the border with Nigeria, under a shadow threat. Since 2014, the terrorist organisation Boko Haram
LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT IT
After surviving a nearly fatal car wreck and in a moment of revelation a guilt-ridden Zahira decides to travel across the country to finally come
LOBOLA, A BRIDE’S TRUE PRICE?
March 2014. Film maker Sihle Hlophe has just become engaged. A few days later, her father passes away. Sihle is in a serious fix –
MAPANTSULA
During demonstrations in Apartheid-era South Africa, police arrest not only activists but also Panic, a “mapantsula” or petty gangster. While a cop tries to get
MBOKODO (ROCK)
“Wathinta abafazi, Wathin’imbokodo” (you strike a woman, you strike a rock) is a phrase commonly used to describe the strength of a woman. It is
MERCY aka THE YOUNG IMAM
Ali is a 14-year-old teenager on the loose. To give him a proper education, his single mother sends him to a madrassa in Mali. When
MIDWIVES
Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of a makeshift medical clinic in western
MILISUTHANDO
Set in past and present South Africa, Milisuthando is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in
MIRROR MIRROR
Mirror Mirror is a comedic coming of age story that takes place over a video call between adorkable 17-year-old Luthando and her best friend, Jodie,
MUNNEL
Rudran, an ex-Tamil militant returns home from military detention, looking for his lover Vaani who had disappeared during the war. Rudran’s mother, Sellamma who is
OCCUPANCY CARLOS MARIGHELLA: THERE IS NO VICTORY WITHOUT FIGHTING
The voice of people fighting for housing and resisting at the Carlos Marighella Occupancy.
OMEN
Following Koffi’s return to his birthplace after he has been ostracized by his family, Omen explore the weight of beliefs on one’s destiny through four
ON MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN TIMES OF INJUSTICE
Through old letters, Merle revisits her past as an anti-Apartheid activist, which fractured her relationship with her mother forever. At the same time, she faces
ON THE EDGE
A disagreement between two passengers in a subway wagon quickly escalates into hostility. The protagonists of this public clash are three complete strangers whose lives
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
In 1928, Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando, the first novel in which the main character changes sex in the middle of the story. A century later,
OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOP
When a Chinese merchant brings a peculiar holy plastic figure of Our Lady to a neighbourhood of Luanda, a mourning mother seeks peace, a committed
