Va Pensiero

  Director: Dagmawi Yimer Italy / 2014 / 56 min Va’ Pensiero – Walking stories is an interwoven account of two racist attacks in Milan and Florence and the victims’ painful attempts to piece the fragments of their lives back together. In central Milan, Mohamed Ba, a 50 year old senegalese griot (bard), actor and […]

Welcome to Loliondo

Director: Morten West Denmark / 2013 / 59 min. The Masai, an African tribe of herders who have lived for hundreds of years in harmony with nature on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, in recent years have faced violent displacement. First they were expelled from the Ngorongoro and Serengeti national parks, and then their […]

The Rwandan Night

Director: Gibert Ndahayo Rwanda / 2013 / 107 The Rwandan Night is a feature ethno-documentary that is centered around the haunting memories of one of the oldest survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. One night, in the spring of 2006 before a large audience at Mumena stadium in the capital city of […]

The last song before the war

  Director: Kiley Krasbouskas USA,MALI /2013/ 90min The story of the most remote music festival in the world, Festival Au Desert, and the battle to make it happen

The Kingdom within

  Director: Bob Peck USA / 2013 /83 min The film began as a response to a couple of evangelical Christian pastors referring to yoga as “demonic” and “against Christianity”. While not all Christians have these sentiments, there are many Christians that are conflicted about their yoga practice. The premise of this film is based […]

Sodiq

  Director: Adeyemi Michael UK / 2013 / 44min Sodiq dreamt of going to University and becoming a doctor in 2008. Fast-forward 5 years he is on trial for murder. Director Adeyemi having a unique bond with Sodiq set up a football team on their council estate together, and made a film in 2008 celebrating […]

My love awaits me by the sea

Director: Mais Darwazah Jordan | Germany | Palestine | Qatar / 2013 /80min ‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’ is a poetic documentary narrating the story of director Mais Darwazah, who takes a first time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. She leaves a secluded reality and follows a lover whom she has never […]

Majub’s Journey

  Director: Eva Knopf Germany / 2013 / 45min When a black man was needed to appear in the films of the Nazi era, it was nearly always Majub who played the part. He acted alongside Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Zarah Leander but also with black French prisoners of war.

Jalanan

  Director: Daniel Ziv Indonesia /2013 /108 min JALANAN (‘Streetside’) is the captivating story of Boni, Ho and Titi – three gifted, charismatic bus musicians in Jakarta – and through them a mostly unknown story of contemporary Indonesia. JALANAN intimately portrays the young musicians’ quirky sub-culture while also painting an alarming portrait of Indonesia’s frenzied […]

Body Games

Director: Richard Pakleppa Namibia/Brazil / 2013 / 87min JOGO DE CORPO / BODY GAMES tells a story of combat games, dances and music that connect Brazil and Africa from the time of slavery to the present. The film is driven by Mestre Cobra Mansa’s need to understand the ancestry of his art form, Capoeira, as […]