SHORT FILMS

AJE AND BRUJA
In this supernatural thriller two women who wield the ancient African spiritual power of the “Aje” (powerful mothers) go on a mission to avenge women

APOSTLES OF CINEMA
Apostles of Cinema (or Tenzi Za Sinema) follows Frank, DJ Black, and Rehema, three devoted film workers in Tanzania, as they reintroduce a classic piece

ATIVIO, PIECES OF WOOD
Guénolé, an 11-year-old boy, lives in a very small village called Agotimé Adamé, three hours from Lomé in Togo, West Africa. He has an obvious

BATON TOUCH
A celebration party for Eugene who was cast in the movie. The secret of the three friends is revealed there.

CITY OF ASHES
The year is 2035 in a near dystopian future. The world has fallen into mayhem as an airborne virus without discernible origin and no cure

FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO
In the Colombian Caribbean, a group of queer activists practice a militancy that challenges heteropatriarchal norms while engaging in other causes to collectively fight against

HEMATOMA
Twenty-five years after the events, Judith (35) finally dares to come out of her silence and file a complaint for the rape she suffered as

HERE ENDS THE WORLD WE’VE KNOWN
1645. Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Ibátali, a native Kalinago (one of the Caribbean’s first nations), is married to a French settler. She takes Olaudah, an

IKINJI’S STORIES
Old songs with cheerful meanings and tattoos of a static nature symbolise the last generation of Bedouins belonging to this form of a simple life

KATELE
Martha, an indigenous woman, works tirelessly in a laundromat loading machines and folding washing, ready for the collection by her boss. When a mysterious visitor

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

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

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,

RICKY
An ex-offender struggling with new freedom pursues redemption at all costs when given a job from his neighbour.

RIEL
In contemporary Southern Africa, an aging Khoekhoe matriarch invites her granddaughter to participate in the riel dance.

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
Back in Kenya from university, Barack gets a call from his ex-girlfriend, Malaika, and is forced to confront both her unresolved feelings as well as

SIMO
The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between two teenage brothers, Simo and Emad, take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of

SLOW PULSE
In this moving story of love and dedication, Bernard Brash heals and finds hope by learning how to dance.

TÂ WALI
Fabienne, 25, faced with her child’s health problem and her husband’s irresponsibility, decides to look for a job. She chooses to become a motorcycle driver,

TERRA MATER
For our land and bones. At the end of the world. Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she

THE SILENCED
At least 185 Aboriginal children in Lutruwita/Van Diemen’s Land/Tasmania lived with colonists before the 1850s. The Silenced is an introduction to the task of finding

VINYL ON BONES
A film that explores music as a healing tool and the cost of this alchemy to the healer.

WHAT THE SOIL REMEMBERS
A vibrant and diverse community flourished in the fertile South African lands. Today its elders tell the story of how their people were uprooted from

WILL YOU LOOK AT ME
As a young Chinese film maker returns to his hometown in search of himself, a long overdue conversation with his mother dives the two of