AWARD WINNING FILMS
Every Thursday, 1 November – 6 December, 7pm, Goethe-Institut
All films are in original language with English subtitles
SPEAK UP and BE HEARD (SEMA NA USIKIKE)
Running under this slogan this year’s 21st ZIFF represented a platform for the African film industry in order to be seen and heard.
At the same time ZIFF created a space to deal with critical issues:
Concerning topics such as oppression and social injustice resulting in the loss of human dignity cinema and arts serve as mediums to speak up when nobody else is able to raise one’s voice.
In support of the ZIFF Outreach Program every Thursday in November and December the Goethe-Institut screens a selection of 24 ZIFF-awarded films.
Schedule:
Thursday, 1 November, 7 pm
Aya
Director: Moufida Fedhila, 2018, 13:43 min, Tunisia, short film
In Tunis lives Aya, a smart little girl, with her Salafist parents. But one day a special event disrupts the life of this family.
Zawadi
Director: Clotilde Bertet, 2018, 14:35 min, Tanzania, short film
Zawadi is a 14-year-old girl who loves studying and helping at her mother’s vegetables shop. She has big plans for her future but the corruption is ravaging the country and her parents must face financial difficulties. But one day she discovers beautiful plastic flowers in front of her house.
18 Hours
Director: Njue Kevin, 2018, 70 min, Kenya, long feature fiction
A rookie paramedic spends 18 hours in an ambulance as he struggles to find a hospital that will admit a seriously injured road accident victim.
Thursday, 8 November, 7pm
Blind Date
Director: Fanyana Hlabangane, 2017, 11 min, South Africa, short film
A single Jo’burg woman decides to give herself a chance at the dating game by finally meeting the date she’s been chatting to on an online dating site.
Broken Dream
Director: Francis Nyerere, 2018, Tanzania, short film
A girl who wishes to become a doctor after school, gets in trouble with a selfish and an uneducated father who wants her to get married. The girl refuses to be married and the father chases her away. The girl becomes a destitute and later the father regrets of his wrong doings.
Bahasha
Director: Jordan Riber, 2018, 90 min, Tanzania, long feature fiction
A charismatic ex-footballer, Kitasa, has big dreams for his family and for the vibrant city community where he grew up. When his own people elect him street chairman, he feels respected and affirmed. But there’s something missing in Kitasa’s life. So, when a long-standing rival offers him a bribe to secure council approval for an illegal commercial development on public land in his neighbourhood, Kitasa takes the bait.
The corruption spreads like a rash. It devalues his standing in the community and degrades his relationships with his family and all the things he holds dear. How will he redeem himself?
Thursday, 15 November, 7pm
Hatua kwa Hatua – Step By Step
Director: Takura Maura, 2018, 11 min, Tanzania, short film
The second collaborative film of the Bagamoyo film collective is about the relationships and dynamics of every day life.
The film tells the story of Mama K and her husband, a fisherman who hasn’t found fish for a long time. Mama K becomes the main provider for the family leading to conflicts in their relationship.
Hatia
Director: Christina Pande, 2018, 16 min, Tanzania, short film
Denis (37) is a very smart and caring man and lives with his daughter Hatia (6) who has asthma problems. One day, after playing in the rain, she has to be rushed to the hospital. There the doctor tells Denis he has to go buy the medicine himself, and what follows is a tragic outcome for all involved.
Fatuma
Director: Jordan Riber, 2018, 80 min, Tanzania, long feature fiction
A traditional rural woman has always risked body and soul, without reward or thanks, to farm her husband’s land and keep the family fed and cared for. She fights unfavorable weather, pests and poverty. But when Manyusi squanders her prized harvest, and schemes to marry off their daughter, Fatuma has to fight her husband.
Thursday, 22 November , 7pm
Icyasha
Director: DUSABEJAMBO Marie Clementine, 2018, 16:39 min, Rwanda, short film
ICYASHA follows a twelve years old boy and football lover who tries desperately to join a neighborhood boys’ team. His effeminate character disqualifies him. He is denigrated and bullied several times. He finds himself confronted to a world where he has to prove and claim his masculinity.
Imfura
Director: Samuel Ishimwe, 2018, 36 min, Switzerland/ Rwanda, short film
How can one understand the issues of a ruined home of a family who is the victim of the Rwandan genocide? A young man returns to the village where his deceased mother was born.
Kuncup
Director: M. Myrdal Muda, 2017, 20:30 min, Indonesia, short film
John is in love with an Indonesian woman and wants to marry her. But her father asks him for one thing. John has to be circumcised first. Kuncup tells us the story of John finding ways to solve this problem.
Mma Moeketsi
Director: Rea Moeti, 2018, 25 min, South Africa, short film
On 16 August 2012, the South African police opened fire on striking miners at the Marikana Platinum Mine, 34 miners were killed and 78 wounded. Mma Moeketsi’s only son was among the strikers – this is HER story.
Mzazi Rafiki
Director: Yaki Bozi & Peter Mulundi, 6 min, Tanzania, short film
All Naomi desires is LOVE and ATTENTION from the parents. When she does not receive that, she resorts to seeking it elsewhere. Consequently, Naomi makes the most difficult decision that almost costs her life. (Based on true story)
Pendo
Director: Faith Musembi, 2017, 7 min, Kenya, short film
Filo is a desperate man at the end of his road. He demands answers from Reverend Wafula.
Njiti
Director: Doris Mollel, 36 min, short film
In a small island where there is poor health care and its citizens have no knowledge about premature births, a mother loses her life because of not taking care of herself during pregnancy. But the child survives and grows up to become a doctor, then goes back to the island to create awareness on premature births. This film is based on real life perceptions of premature births in the Tanzanian Community.
Sukari
Director: Hatibu Madudu, 2018, 20 min, Tanzania, short film
Come 2030 it is estimated that about 42% of youth population will be residing in Africa, however, while they are facing economic hardship. What are possible decisions they can make to overcome?
Tamala
Director: Goodhope Elieskia, 2017, 11:03 min, Tanzania, short film
After her parents die, Tamala (15) is taken from the village to go work in the city where she struggles with violence and sexual harassment. She then decides to turn to the street for little comfort but the streets aren’t so nice for street children. Tamala tries her best in order to return to her grandmother back in the village.
Thursday, 29 November, 7pm
Love And Shukla
Director: JATLA SIDDARTHA, 2018 , 110 min, India, long feature fiction
Love and Shukla is the story of sex, love and the search for privacy in a small, one-room Mumbai chawl. It’s the story of arranged marriage in today’s crowded cities and the first week in a young couple’s life as they struggle for space and intimacy. Shukla, an auto driver from an orthodox Brahmin family, has never intimately known a woman other than the celluloid starlets he watches every day on the 4 inch display of his mobile phone. When his mother arranges his sudden marriage, Shukla and his new wife face the experience of so many couples in Mumbai: a new marriage, no experience in a relationship and a joint family love nest that offers no space for sex, much less a conversation. Their only respite is a line of old suitcases set up by his father to separate them from the family, a cell phone and a city of 18 million eyes.
New Moon
Director: Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann, 2018, 71 min, Kenya, documentary
Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann embarks on a journey that takes her to the island of Lamu. Her intentions are to make a documentary about the effects of the construction of a Port on an obscure, predominantly Muslim Stone Town. However, the real disruption in the New Moon is that of the filmmaker and protagonist as she confronts a new spiritual awareness. Ndisi Herrmann tackles the contradictions of being a modern, liberal woman embracing Islam and grappling with the complexities of her chosen faith.
Thursday, 6 December, 7pm
Supa Modo
Director: Likarion Wainaina, 2018, 74 min, Kenya & Germany, long feature fiction
Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a Superhero, which proves to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and the entire village of Maweni think they can fulfill.
The Cut
Director: Peter Wangugi Gitau, 2017, 62 min, Kenya, long feature fiction
This is a story of two siblings (John and Jane) who have an unbreakable bond despite the challenges they face in their rural home. John’s father wants to marry off Jane at an early age so that he can enjoy her dowry but John is adamant to save his sister from his father’s evil plan. John plans their escape to the big city, but will he succeed?
The Flesh Business
Director: Denis Wanjohi Maina, 2018, 60 min, Kenya, documentary
The Flesh Business explores the phenomenon of underage prostitution at the Kenyan Coast. We follow the story of three young women as they take us through the challenges of their profession and lives.
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