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26th
October
to 4th
November 2018
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Edinburgh
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Reviving Scotland's Black History
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Africa's Lost Classics
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Festival 2018
Edinburgh
By Date
26th October - Friday
27th October - Saturday
28th October - Sunday
29th October - Monday
30th October - Tuesday
31st October - Wednesday
1st November - Thursday
2nd November - Friday
3rd November - Saturday
4th November - Sunday
By Venue
Adam House Basement Theatre
Brass Monkey
Chrystal Macmillan Building
Dance Base
Edinburgh College of Art, Cinema Space
Filmhouse
Greyfriars Charteris Centre
Pleasance Cabaret Bar
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Screening Room G.04, 50 George Square
St John’s Church
The Fruitmarket Gallery
The Space - Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh Screening Room G.04
University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building
University of Edinburgh, Project Room
Woodland Creatures
By Country
Algeria
Belgium
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Ghana
Guinea
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
São Tomé
Senegal
South Africa
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
UK
Zimbabwe
By Genre
Animation
Documentary
Drama
Experimental
Horror
LGBTQ
Romance
Sci-Fi
Short
Western
By Strand
Decolonising the Speculative: Journeys to African Futures
Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu Centenary
Queer Africa
Reviving Scotland’s Black History
Transnational Moroccan Cinema
Films & Events
Films only
Events only
Reset
A Kalabanda Ate My Homework
Raymond Malinga | Uganda 2017 | 6m
À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer (I Still Hide to Smoke)
Rayhana Obermeyer | Algeria 2017 | 1h30m | French and Arabic with English subtitles | 15
Event
Afri-Adventures
Event
Africa in Motion Opening Reception
Afro Punk Girl
Annetta Laufer | UK 2016 | 16m
Agya
Curtis Essel | Ghana 2018 | 5m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15
aKasha
hajooj kuka | Sudan/South Africa/Qatar/Germany 2018 | 1h18m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15
Aljana Moons
Alexis Peskine | France and Senegal 2015 | 5m
Apatride (Stateless) - UK Premiere
Narjiss Nejjar | Morocco/France/Qatar 2018 | 1h34m | Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles | 12
Event
AYE-dentity
Because I Am
Bellyflop
Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon | South Africa 2018 | 5m
Bino and Fino: On To Timbuktu
Adamu Wazuri | Nigeria 2017 | 11m
Burkinabè Rising
Iara Lee | Burkina Faso 2017 | 1h12m | English, French and Moore with English subtitles | Documentary | 15
Colour Bar
Pieter-Jan Ardies and Roland Gunst | Belgium 2011 | 58m | 15
Comboio de Sal e Acucar (The Train of Salt and Sugar)
Licinio Azevedo | 2016 | 1h33m | Portuguese with English subtitles | 15
Crush
Stephen Iosun | Nigeria 2017 | 8m
Event
Decolonising the Speculative: Journeys to African Futures
Various directors | Various countries | 1h30m | Various languages with English subtitles | 15
Djon África
João Miller Guerra & Filipa Reis | Portugal/Cape Verde/Brazil 2018 | 1h35m | Portuguese with English subtitles | 15
Dula
Jasyn Howes | South Africa 2018 | 27m | 15
Event
Experimental Documentary Workshop with Ali Essafi and Touda Bouanani
Farewell, Ella Bella - UK Premiere
Lwazi Mvusi | South Africa 2018 | 1h20m | English | 12
Five Fingers For Marseilles
Michael Matthews | South Africa 2018 | 2h | Sesotho with English subtitles | 15
Hello, Rain
C.J Obasi | Nigeria 2018 | 30m
High Fantasy
Jenna Bass | South Africa 2017 | 1h36m | 15
House in the Fields - UK Premiere
Tala Hadid | Morocco/UK/US/Qatar/France 2017 | 1h26m | Amazigh with English subtitles | Documentary | 15
Iya Tunde, The Mother Came Back - UK Premiere
Malécot Laure | Senegal 2018 | 57m | Documentary | PG
La Septieme Porte (Crossing the Seventh Gate) - UK Premiere
Ali Essafi | Morocco 2017 | 1h20m | Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles | Documentary | 12
Event
Mandela Centenary Symposium
Event
Masterclass: Dance of Guinea
Mayfair
Sara Blecher | South Africa 2018 | 1h34m | English and Somali with English subtitles | 15
Misfit
Karanja Ng'endo | Kenya 2018 | 5m | 15
Natsu's Treasure
Denise Ekale Kum | Japan 2018 | 15m | Japanese with English subtitles | 15
Nelson Mandela: A True Pan-Africanist
Faith Isiakpere | South Africa 2018 | 1h30m | Documentary | 12
New Moon - European Premiere
Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann | Kenya 2018 | 1h11m | Documentary | 15
Pumzi
Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya/South Africa 2009 | 22m
Rafiki
Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya/South Africa/France/Netherlands/Germany 2018 | 1h22m | Swahili with English subtitles | 15
Event
Short Film Competition - UK Premieres
Song of Ossobó
Silas Tiny | São Tomé, Portugal and Príncipe 2018 | 1h23m | Portuguese with English subtitles | Documentary | 15
Standing on Their Shoulders - UK Premiere
Xoliswa Sithole | South Africa 2018 | 1h8m | Documentary | 15
Supa Modo
Likarion Wainaina | Kenya/Germany 2017 | 1h14m | English, Swahili and Kikuyu with English subtitles | 12
Event
Symposium Morocco in Motion: The Global Reach of Moroccan Cinema
Tales of Shaa
Rodney Masanga | Zimbabwe 2017 | 7m
The Golden Chain
Adebukola Bodunrin and Ezra Claytan Daniels | USA 2016 | 14m
The Harder They Come
Perry Henzel | Jamaica 1972 | 1h43m | English (Jamaican dialect) | 15
The Tokoloshe
Jerome Pikwane | South Africa 2018 | 1hr32m | English and Zulu with English subtitles | 15
The Tree of Palimpsest
Ingrid Agbo | Togo 2018 | 5m | French with English subtitles
Tikitat-a-Soulima
Ayoub Layoussifi | Morocco 2016 | 29m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15
Volubilis - UK Premiere
Faouzi Bensaidi | Morocco 2018 | 1h46m | Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles | 15
Wafaa
Ilham El Alami | Morocco 2016 | 15m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15
Wake Up
Faten Jaziri | Tunisia 2017 | 27m | 15
We Need Prayers: This One Went to Market
Jim Chuchu | Kenya 2018 | English and Swahili with English subtitles | 5m
Whispering Truth To Power
Shameela Seedat | South Africa, Netherlands 2018 | 1h28m | English, Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles | Documentary | 15
Yellow Fever
Ng'endo Mukii | Kenya 2012 | 7m | 15