Sakawa
Sakawa takes a look at internet scamming in Ghana, where con artists cheat wealthy Westerners as a means of escaping poverty. As the film shows, it’s a relatively simple matter to open up discarded hard drives and gain access to photos and the personal details of their former owners. Equipped with a name and address, almost anybody can be found online…
Ruthan
This film offers a creative exploration of the process of linguicide, through the director’s relationship with her grandparents, whose languages she has lost.
Rumba in the Jungle
In 1996, DanceSport was one of the most popular leisure activities in South Africa, with the ‘Rumba in the Jungle’ event bringing dance couples from around the world to compete in the prestigious event. But, in 1999, the dance festival was cancelled. The film follows the journey of two dancers as ‘Rumba in the Jungle’ makes its resurgence nearly two decades later.
Re bo mang?
What if we proved that a persons’ name is the foundation to their pre-destination.
Would a rose smell as sweet if it was called skunk cabbage? We follow two characters with unique stories that believe their names have a direct link to how their respective lives have turned out as they have.
Portraits of My Mother
“This is a documentary about my mother and the moment that changed her life. Through her narration, my mother confesses to me what she remembers from the moment she was raped as a child.”- Tavo Ruiz.
Never Come Fetch Me
Sherwin hears it every day: “Someone got robbed; someone got stabbed.” This is the reality of growing up in Cape Town’s Lavender Hill. Sherwin’s life has been overcome with peer pressure, drugs and gangsterism. He was 12 years old when he got shot. His circumstances...
Mrs. F
In this entertaining and humorous film, Ifeoma Fafunwa, AKA Mrs F, is a middle-class Nigerian woman who facilitates feminist workshops with women in a floating shanty town on the edge of Lagos, as they work towards a theatre production for the highly patriarchal local community about the abuse of women.
Mother’s
This documentary portrays four generations of a family of drag queens in Brussels. As masculine features gradually soften under layers of makeup, as glasses are emptied, so the stories begin to flow. Tough subjects are approached, such as suicide, coming out and maternal love. Jokes fly, and the topic turns to the generational divide.
Miss Heritage 2019
A look into a local beauty pageant that celebrates forms of beauty that society labels as unconventional.