20th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
26 FEB - 4 MAR 2018
Started in 1998, CinemAfrica is Scandinavia’s largest African and African Diaspora film festival, aiming to celebrate cultures and people through the vital language of film. In addition to an annual film festival, and event screenings held throughout the year, CinemAfrica is also a pedagogical platform for children and youth. We warmly invite you to support our work by becoming a member and participating in our various activities in both Stockholm and Umea.
Film | Director | Country | Length | Language | Year | Theme |
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Narrative Long |
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A Day For Women | Kamla Abou Zekri | Egypt | 110 mins | Arabic | 2016 | Phenomenal Women |
A Hotel Called Memory | Akin Omotoso | South Africa | 50 mins | Silent | 2017 | Films That Happen |
A Season In France | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | France | 100 mins | French | 2017 | Impermanence |
Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim | Sherif El Bendary | Egypt | 92 mins | Arabic | 2017 | Faith |
Body And Soul | Oscar Micheaux | U.S.A. | 102 mins | Silent/English | 1925 | Oscar Micheaux |
I Am Not A Witch | Rungano Nyoni | Uk, France | 92 mins | Bemba, English | 2017 | Phenomenal Women |
Felicité | Alain Gomis | Senegal/France | 123 mins | Lingala | 2017 | Phenomenal Women |
Grey Matter | Kivu Ruhorahoza | Rwanda | 100 mins | Kinyarwanda/French | 2011 | Films That Happen |
Headbang Lullaby | Hicham Lasri | Morocco/France | 111 mins | Arabic | 2017 | Places |
High Fantasy | Jenna Bass | South Africa | 71 mins | English | 2017 | Race|Identity |
Lola Pater | Nadir Mokneche | Algeria/France/Belgium | 95 mins | French | 2017 | Breaking Binary |
Potato Potahto | Shirley Frimpong Manso | Ghana/Nigeria | 115 mins | English | 2017 | Umea |
Razzia | Nabil Ayouch | Morocco/France/Belgium | 120 mins | Arabic, French | 2017 | Places |
Sheikh Jackson | Amr Salama | Egypt | 93 mins | Arabic | 2017 | Faith and Matter |
The Bull On The Roof | Jyoti Mistry | South Africa | 80 mins | English | 2010 | Films That Happen |
The Girl from Chicago | Oscar Micheaux | U.S.A. | 70 mins | English | 1932 | Oscar Micheaux |
The Symbol Of the Unconquered | Oscar Micheaux | U.S.A. | 54 mins | Silent/English | 1920 | Oscar Micheaux |
The Wound (Inxeba) | John Trengrove | South Africa | 88 mins | Xhosa | 2016 | Breaking Binary |
Vaya | Akin Omotoso | South Africa | 110 mins | Zulu | 2017 | Places |
Within Our Gates | Oscar Micheaux | U.S.A | 79 mins | Silent/English | 1920 | Oscar Micheaux |
Documentary |
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An Opera Of The World | Manthia Diawara | Mali | 70 mins | English|French | 2017 | Impermanence |
Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami | Sophie Fiennes | Uk | 115 mins | English|Jamaican Potois | 2017 | Word Sound Image |
Conversations On Sunday Afternoon | Khalo Matabane | South Africa | 80 mins | Zulu/Swahili/English/French | 2005 | Films That Happen |
Mama Colonel | Dieudo Hamadi | Congo/France | 72 mins | Lingala/Swahili French | 2017 | #metoo |
Sacred Water | Olivier Jourdain | Belgium | 56 mins | Kinyarwanda | 2016 | Sexuality Power |
Sammy Davis Jr: I've Got To Be Me | Sam Pollard | USA | 100 mins | English | 2017 | Word Sound Image |
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart | Tracy Heather Strain | USA | 118 mins | English | 2017 | Word Sound Image |
Silas | Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman | Kenya/S Africa/Canada | 80 mins | English/Liberian English | 2017 | Activism |
Strike A Rock | Aliki Saragas | South Africa | 87 mins | Xhosa/English | 2017 | Activism |
Upon The Shadow | Nada Mezni Hafaiedh | Tunisia | 80 mins | Arabic | 2017 | Breaking Binary |
Uprize! | Sifiso Khanyile | South Africa | 58 mins | Sesotho, Zulu, Afrikaans, English | 2017 | Activism |
Word Is Bond | Sacha Jenkins | USA | 88 mins | English | 2017 | Word Sound Image |
Shorts And Videos |
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Afro Punk Girl | Annetta Laufer | UK | 15 mins | English | 2016 | AfroFutures |
All The Rest Is The Work Of Man | Doria Achour | Tunisia| France | 15 mins | Arabic French | 2016 | Impermanence |
Amine | Beverley Bennett | UK | 15 mins | English | 2017 | Breaking Binary |
And Nothing Happened | Naima Chapman | 15 mins | English | 2016 | #metoo | |
Ass 4 Sale | Tabita Rezaire | Guyana/South Africa | 20 mins | English | 2015 | Sexuality Power |
Black Boys Dont Cry | IGGYLDN | UK | 4 mins | English | 2017 | Masculinity |
Black Men Dream | Shikeith Cathey | USA | 44 mins | English | 2015 | Masculinity |
Dear Mr. Shakespeare | Shola Amoo | UK | 5 mins | English | 2017 | Word Sound Image |
DemDem | Pape Bouname Lopy | Senegal|Belgium|Luxembourg | 25 mins | Wolof/French | 2017 | Impermanence |
ITIFWORQ/Double Gold | Sosena Solomon | Ethiopia | 8 mins | Amharic | 2017 | Phenomenal Women |
L'Echappé | Hamid Saidji/ Jonathan Mason | Algeria/France | 21 mins | Arabic/French | 2016 | Impermanence |
Life After Life | Christian | Rwanda | 19 mins | 2016 | Faith and Matter | |
Facing The Wall | Alamork Marsha | Ethiopia/Israel | 26 mins | Amharic/Hebrew | 2016 | Impermanence |
Fatherhood | IGGYLDN | UK | 5 mins | English | 2016 | Masculinities |
Fifteen | Sameh Alaa | Egypt | 11 mins | Arabic/French | 2017 | Places |
Giverny I (Negresse Imperiale) | Ja'Tovia Gary | USA | 6 mins | English | 2017 | Identity |
Honey And Old Cheese | Yassine El Idrissi | Morocco/Netherlands | 25 mins | Arabic/English | 2016 | Impermanence |
Iman | Mia Bittar | Sudan | 44 mins | Sudanese Arabic | 2017 | Faith and Matter |
Mahogany Too | Akosua Adoma Owusu | Ghana/USA | 4 mins | English | 2017 | Identity |
Martyren | Ahmed Abdullahi | Sverige | 30 mins | Swedish, Somali, Arabic | 2017 | Faith and Matter |
Monochrome | Seye Isikalu | UK | 4 mins | English | 2017 | Masculinities |
On Monday Of Last Week | Akosua Adoma Owusu | Ghana/USA | 15 mins | English | 2017 | Identity |
Same Sex Biz | Tabita Rezaire | Guyana/South Africa | 6 mins | English | 2014 | Breaking Binary |
See You Yesterday | Stefon Bristol | USA | 15 mins | English | 2017 | AfroFutures |
Something Said | Jay Bernard | UK | 7 mins | English | 2017 | Breaking Binary |
The Secret Of Happiness | Mutiganda wa Nkunda | Rwanda | 15 mins | Kinyarwanda | 2017 | Sexuality Power |
The Words I Do Not have Yet | Phoebe Boswell | UK | 11 mins | English | #metoo | |
They Charge For The Sun | Terence Nance | USA | 16 mins | English | 2017 | AfroFutures |
Tikitat A Soulima | Ayoub Layoussifi | Morocco | 30 mins | Arabic | 2016 | Places |
Walk For Me | Elegance Bratton | USA | 12 mins | English | 2016 | Breaking Binary |
Who Am I? | Wanuri Kahiu and Nick Reding | Kenya | 30 mins | Swahili/English | 2017 | Skolbio |
Animation |
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Because I Am | Lawrie Zidanya | Zimbabwe | 6 mins | English | 2017 | Breaking Binary |
black enuf* | Carrie Hawks | USA | 22 mins | English | 2016 | Identity |
VR |
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Let This Be A Warning | Nest Collective | Kenya | 10 mins | English | Africa 360 | |
Nairobi Berries | Ng'endo Mukii | Kenya | 8 mins | Africa 360 | ||
Spirit Robot | Jonathan Dotse | Ghana/South Africa | 9 mins | Africa 360 | ||
The Other Dakar | Selly Raby Kane | Senegal | 8 mins | Africa 360 |