Africa in Motion 2014 Brochure by Africa in Motion

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Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 3 Festival People ........................................................................ 3 Main Festival Venues & Box Ofﬁce Information .................... 4 AiM Nomad Cinema ................................................................. 5 South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour ................................... 5 Afrovibes ................................................................................. 6 Township Cafés ....................................................................... 6 Opening and Closing Parties ................................................. 7 Festival Schedules: Edinburgh and Glasgow ....................... 8 Edinburgh - 24 Oct to 9 Nov ................................................. 10 Glasgow - 30 Oct to 9 Nov .................................................... 36 School Screenings ................................................................ 57 Art Exhibitions ....................................................................... 59 Stirling Screening .................................................................. 61 South African Symposium .................................................... 62 Supporters ............................................................................. 62 Venue Addresses .................................................................. 64

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Introduction

elcome to the 9th edition of the Africa in Motion Film Festival. We are back and ready to bring to Scotland a diverse array of inspiring, innovative and challenging stories from across the African continent. This year’s festival theme is Looking back, reaching forward, drawing inspiration from the Adinkra symbol of the Sankofa bird, which means ‘reach back and get it’. Using this theme we will focus on retrospectives of the past and explorations of the present and the future of Africa, including contemporary and classic fiction features, new and acclaimed short films, insightful documentaries and stunning animation. The programme will have a main focus on 20 years of democracy in South Africa, for which we have partnered with the live performance season Afrovibes, as well as with the other African film festivals in the UK to organise a touring season of South African cinema. 2014 also marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and to commemorate this we will screen a selection of Rwandan films, followed by discussions. We have invited pioneering Rwandan filmmaker Eric Kabera to attend the 2014 festival, to show one of his films and present a masterclass to film and African studies students in Scotland.

Since the beginning of Africa in Motion we have included retrospectives of classic African cinema, through initiatives dedicated to recovering and showing “lost” African films, films that are no longer widely available or seen anywhere in the world. Our work on recovering lost African classics have led to the publication of a new book, Africa’s Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema, edited by festival founder Lizelle Bisschoff and festival trustee David Murphy, which will be launched during AiM 2014. As part of the British Film Institute’s national focus on science fiction later this year, through a season entitled Days of Fear and Wonder, we have programmed a strand of African science fiction films. Africa in relation to the West is most often represented as the orientalist other, the alien. But Africa is not only the continent of poverty, war, famine, conflict and corruption and science fiction affords Africa, just like it is used in the West, the possibility to project a different future, multiple futures. With a diverse programme of films, discussions, Q&As with directors, pop-up cinema screenings through our Nomad Cinema series, workshops, exhibitions and live performances, there is certainly something for everyone at this year’s festival. We look forward to welcoming you to AiM 2014!

Festival people Management Team & Curation: Justine Atkinson, Lizelle Bisschoff, Natalia Palombo Event Coordinator: Rhea Lewis North Africa Programming Consultant: Stefanie Van de Peer Press and Marketing Coordinator: James Erwin Press Officer: Ruth Marsh Web Development: James Cocker Web Design: Darlingforsyth Illustrator and Designer: Modise BlackDice Volunteer Coordinator: Genevieve Kay-Gourlay Graphic Designer: Jamie Young Trailer Design: Basharat Khan Hospitality Coordinator: Katharina Kamleitner Festival Interns: Sara Ameti, Ragna Amling, Melanie Berard, Bryony Budd, Anna Dziwosz, Jon Ssebanakitta, Bea del Valle Special thanks go to all our volunteers whose commitment to the festival is crucial to its success.

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Main festival venues & box ofﬁce information Edinburgh Filmhouse

Glasgow Film Theatre

Box office: 0131 228 2688 Book online: www.filmhousecinema.com

Box office: 0141 332 6535 (There is a £1.50 booking fee per transaction (not per ticket) Book online: www.glasgowfilm.org

Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9BZ

Ticket prices Matinees (Mon to Thu): (Performances starting before 5pm) Full price £6.50, concessions £4.50 Friday bargain matinees: Full price £5, concessions £3.50 Evening screenings & Sat/Sun matinees: (Performances starting 5pm or later) Full price £8.20, concessions £6 Ticket deals See three (or more) films and get 15% off, see six (or more) films and get 25% off, see nine (or more) films and get 35% off. Tickets must all be bought at the same time. Group discount Buy 10 or more tickets to a single screening and get 10% off. Concessions Children (under 15) Students (with valid matriculation card) Young Scot card holders Senior Citizens Disability (Carers go free) Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit) NHS employees (with proof of employment)

Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street Glasgow G3 6RB

Ticket prices Unless otherwise stated: Full price £8.00, concessions £6.50 CineCard holders: £1 off every ticket Youth Card holders: £4.50 (ages 15-21) Children: £5 (ages 14 and under)

Summerhall

1 Summerhall Edinburgh EH9 1PL Box office: 0845 874 3000 Book online: www.summerhall.co.uk Film ticket prices: £5

Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD

Box office: 0141 352 4900 Book online: www.cca-glasgow.com Film ticket prices: £5

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AiM Nomad Cinema The AiM Nomad Cinema will wander into new and inspiring venues around Scotland, unpacking cinema magic and enthralling a diverse range of audiences with African cinema. It will journey across communities, holding screenings in a diverse range of places.

Nomad Cinema screenings will be highlighted using the Sankofa bird symbol throughout the brochure.

We believe that cinema should be accessible to everyone and we are therefore making it our mission to empower the audience, taking the films to them, rather than the other way around.

South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour Supported by the British Film Institute and the South African Season in the United Kingdom 2014 & 2015, Africa in Motion, in collaboration with the four other African film festivals in the UK - Film Africa in London, Afrika Eye in Bristol, Watch-Africa in Wales, and the Cambridge African Film Festival, are organising a UK-wide tour to take the best of South African cinema to locations across the UK from Oct 2014 to Feb 2015, in celebration of 20 years of democracy and freedom. The SA-UK Seasons is a partnership between the Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa and the British Council. Film is increasingly being used as a tool for storytelling, reflection and awareness-raising in South Africa since the end of apartheid: contributing to shaping this young democracy, reflecting on the nation’s past, present and future and giving a voice to those whose stories were previously suppressed. Film helps to negotiate personal and collective identities in the hugely diverse and multi-cultural society of South Africa, and to raise awareness about the ongoing challenges – political, economic and social – that the country still faces today. Filmmaking has proliferated in the postapartheid era: new genres are being developed, a number of very talented black and white directors have emerged, and South African films are increasingly gaining world-wide recognition. The South African film season will open up the diversity, creative innovation and technical brilliance of South African cinema to UK audiences.

South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour will depict the history, cultures and stories of South Africa through film, including an early silent film from the 1920s, some of the most important anti-apartheid classics, as well as contemporary films. The tour covers various genres including fiction, documentary, shorts and animation, and address multiple themes, including: the anti-apartheid struggle; the work and lives of some of the most important South African political and cultural leaders; the quest for reconciliation in the aftermath of apartheid; the formation of a multicultural, multi-racial South African society in the post-apartheid era; the proliferation of contemporary popular culture in South Africa, including hip hop music, street art, graffiti, design, and music and arts festivals; and reflections on South Africa’s continuing challenges, including poverty, economic inequality, gender inequality, corruption, violence and crime. Look out for the multiple screenings of South African films in Africa in Motion 2014, which form part of South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour.

Inspiring new ways

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Afrovibes As part of this year’s focus on South Africa we are delighted to have partnered with Afrovibes, a UK-wide touring festival of South African music, theatre and dance, to bring two live performances to Edinburgh and Glasgow during the festival. Performances include the rhythmic vocals of The Soil, an acapella group from Soweto, who will perform a fusion of hip hop, afro-pop and afro-soul; as well as the powerful and deeply moving performance Skierlik, an awardwinning play that revisits the after-effect of racially motivated shootings that devastated the remote settlement of Skierlik in South Africa in 2008. For full information on these performances see the Edinburgh and Glasgow daily listings. For further information on Afrovibes: Website: afrovibesUK.com Facebook: Afrovibes UK Twitter: @afrovibesUK #afrovibesUK

Township Cafés This year we have created festival hubs called Township Cafés in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Every Township Café will act as the setting for food, drink, relaxation, music, chat and a great time - South African style! Hang out with friends, catch pop-up fringe performances or after-show discussions with filmmakers and performers, and soak up the South African vibe. The Township Cafés will be hosted at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow from 2-9 Nov and in Summerhall in Edinburgh from 3-7 Nov. Both venues will host a variety of different events, including exhibitions, live comedy performances, music and dance workshops. Come along and see our South African poster exhibitions, try our specially designed South African menu, or listen to eclectic music videos from South Africa. See the daily schedule for individual events.

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Glasgow Opening Party Sun 2 Nov at 7.30pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Theatre and Township Café Free entry

After the opening screening of Soleils (see page 37) everyone is warmly invited to an opening reception at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), with a live performance by virtuoso kora player, percussionist and singer/songwriter Sura Susso. Originally from the Gambia, Sura was born into a griot family, a tradition that originates from West Africa and refers to cultural figures that carry knowledge and the regional identity of their communities through song, music and poetry. In line with this Sura fuses his traditional influences with new genres in order to promote his cultural roots and heritage. Join us for an enchanting performance as we are transported through Africa through music and song. Following the performance, Glasgow-based DJ Kwaby will bring the night to a euphoric close through an eclectic mix of afro-centric beats. DJ Kwaby grew up absorbing diverse sounds including music from and influenced by Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. He will play an array of music from many parts of the world from acoustic to electronic, traditional to contemporary.

Edinburgh Closing Party Fri 7 Nov at 9pm, Summerhall Township Café, Free entry This year our festival closing party will take place in the Township Café in Summerhall, and will be an evening of dance inspired by the highly anticipated South African feature film Hear Me Move (see page 32). The closing party kicks off with traditional West African live performances from Ayawara. Founded over 10 years ago, this Afro percussion and dance group produces a fascinating ensemble of rhythms originally played during celebrations, work and initiation rites. The dance and the music are inextricably linked, and are an integral part of their culture and social structure. Bringing you to the dance floor will be a mix of afro-centric beats from the Edinburgh-based Swank ‘n’ Jams. Their diverse and exciting sets have made them firm favourites in Scotland with the Eden Festival and The Kelburn Garden Party.

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EDINBURGH SCHEDULE Friday 24 Oct

October

Soleils (Suns), 8.45pm, Filmhouse (p.10)

Saturday 25 Oct Africa’s Lost Classics book launch, 4pm, Filmhouse Blue Eyes of Yonta, 5.30pm, Filmhouse (p.11)

Come Back Africa, 8.15pm, Filmhouse (p.11)

Siliva the Zulu, 4.15pm, Filmhouse (p.13)

Farsh Wa Ghata (Rags and Tatters), 6pm, Filmhouse (p.13)

Monday 27 Oct

Tuesday 28 Oct

Fatat el Masnaa (Factory Girl), 8.25pm, Filmhouse (p.15)

Electro Chaabi, 1.30pm, ECA (p.16)

Sunday 26 Oct African storytelling, 11.15am, Filmhouse (p.12)

Khumba: A Zebra’s tale, 12.30pm, Filmhouse (p.12)

Sunday 26 Oct Last Song Before the War, 7pm, Brass Monkey (p.14)

Adios Carmen, 8.15pm, Filmhouse (p.14)

Tuesday 28 Oct

Wednesday 29 Oct

March of the Gods: Botswana Metalheads, 3pm, ECA (p.16)

White Shadow, 8.35pm, Filmhouse (p.17)

Thursday 30 Oct

Friday 31 Oct

Difret, 8.30pm, Filmhouse (p.20)

Eric Kabera Masterclass, 3-5.30pm, Filmhouse (p.21)

African Short Film Night, 7pm, Woodland Creatures (p.18)

Four Corners, 8.30pm, Filmhouse (p.19)

Finding Hillywood, 5.45pm, Filmhouse (p.21)

Beti and Amare, 7pm, Summerhall (p.22)

Saturday 1 Nov

Friday 31 Oct Keepers of Memory, 8.30pm, Filmhouse (p.22)

November

Sunday 2 Nov

Ngunu Ngunu Kan (Rumours of War), 6pm, Filmhouse (p.23) Monday 3 Nov

O Grande Kilapy (The Great Kilapy), 5.45pm, Filmhouse (p.24)

Kadjike, 8pm, Filmhouse (p.24)

Monday 3 Nov

Tuesday 4 Nov

Africa in Motion Short Film Competition, 8.40pm, Filmhouse (p.26)

Miners Shot Down, 5.30pm, Summerhall (p.28)

Jogo De Corpo (Body Games), 6pm, Summerhall (p.25)

Township Café: Capoeira demonstration and workshop, 7.45pm, Summerhall (p.25)

Township Café: Wasasa Comedy Night, 8pm, Summerhall (p.28)

Future Sound of Mzansi, 9pm, Summerhall (p.29)

Wednesday 5 Nov

Thursday 6 Nov

School screening: Felix, 10am, Filmhouse (p. 57)

1994: The Bloody Miracle, 6pm, Summerhall (p.30)

Thursday 6 Nov

Friday 7 Nov

Afrovibes performance: The Soil, 7.45pm, Summerhall (p.31)

Hear Me Move, 7pm, Summerhall (p.32)

Come Back Africa, 8.30pm, Summerhall (p.30)

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me, 6pm, Summerhall (p.31) Saturday 8 Nov

Edinburgh Closing Party, 9pm, Summerhall (p.7)

Sunday 9 Nov Visions of the Future: African Science Fiction Shorts, 8.45pm, Filmhouse (p.34)

Timbuktu, 8.30pm, Filmhouse (p.23)

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They Are We, 7pm, St John’s Church Hall (p.33)

GLASGOW SCHEDULE Thursday 30 Oct

October

School screening: Khumba: A Zebra’s Tale, 10am, GFT (p.58)

Sunday 2 Nov Soleils, 5.15pm, GFT (p.37)

African horror film night, 7pm, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (p.36) Monday 3 Nov

Glasgow Opening Party, 7.30pm, CCA (p.7)

School screening: Felix, 10am, GFT (p.58)

Monday 3 Nov Africa in Motion Short Film Competition, 6pm, CCA (p.39)

Come Back, Africa, 8.30pm, CCA (p.41)

Township Café: Wasasa Comedy Night, 9pm, CCA (p.41)

Thursday 6 Nov Prisoner 46764: The Untold Legacy of Andrew Mlangeni, 7pm, The Glad Café (p.46) Friday 7 Nov Township Café: Capoeira demonstration and workshop, 7.45pm, CCA (p.48) Saturday 8 Nov Timbuktu, 3pm, GFT (p.50)

1994: The Bloody Miracle, 6pm, CCA (p.42) Wednesday 5 Nov

B’ella, 7.30pm, Kinning Park Complex (p.43)

Wednesday 5 Nov Hear Me Move, 6pm, CCA (p.44)

They Are the Dogs, 6pm, GFT (p.38) Tuesday 4 Nov

Tuesday 4 Nov Township Café: Dance Workshop, 6pm, CCA (p.42)

November

Mapantsula, 8.30pm, CCA (p.43)

School screening: Otelo Burning, 10am, GFT (p.58)

Thursday 6 Nov Afrovibes performance: The Soil, 8.15pm, CCA (p.44)

African Gothic, 5.45pm, CCA (p.45)

Afrovibes Performance: Skierlik, 8pm, CCA (p.46)

Township Café: Music from the World Tomorrow, 8pm, CCA (p.47)

Jogo De Corpo (Body Games), 6pm, CCA (p.48)

Felix, 11.30am, GFT (p.49)

Children’s music workshop, 1pm, GFT (p.49)

They Are We, 2.30pm, CCA (p.49)

Coz ov Moni II, 5pm, Calabash Restaurant (p.51)

Nishan, 6pm, Kinning Park Complex (p.51)

Future Sound of Mzansi, 8pm, CCA (p.52)

Township Café: African Acoustic Sounds, 3pm, CCA (p.55)

Sodiq, 5pm, CCA (p.55)

Confusion Na Wa, 6pm, Calabash Restaurant (p.56)

Four Corners, 6pm, GFT (p.45) Friday 7 Nov

Saturday 8 Nov

Sunday 9 Nov Visions of the Future: African Science Fiction Shorts, 3pm, GFT (p.53)

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Edinburgh

Friday 24 October

Opening film: Soleils (Suns) - UK Premiere Olivier Delahaye & Dani KouyatĂŠ | Burkina Faso/France 2013 | 1h35m | French with English subtitles | 15

Fri 24 Oct at 8.45pm, Filmhouse An old man is entrusted with curing a young girl struck by amnesia. In his quest to help her regain her memory and identity he takes her on a healing trip through space and time, to learn about African histories and cultures. They travel from the beautiful Mandingo Empire in 13th century Mali to visit early European philosophers in France and Germany; from King Leopold of the Congo to Robben Island in South Africa, and more. On their journey they meet characters that are both remarkable and enlightened, ignorant and prejudiced, until they reach a text hidden deep in a continent that reveals secrets that were long forgotten. This philosophical road movie is both funny and thrilling. It is a love story between a wise old griot and a young girl that opens up an Africa rarely seen before.

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Edinburgh

Udju Azul Di Yonta (Blue Eyes of Yonta) Flora Gomes | Guinea-Bissau 1992 | 1h59m | Creole with English subtitles | 15

Sat 25 Oct at 5.30pm, Filmhouse The Blue Eyes of Yonta is one of the early films to emerge from the small West African country of Guinea-Bissau. It follows the story of Yonta, a young girl who secretly falls in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, an older man who recently returned home as a hero of the war of independence. However, Vicente has other fish to fry - literally, a consignment of them to be sold - but Yonta has a secret admirer, who declares his interest through anonymous love letters. An endearing, moving story, set against the vibrant backdrop of Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. This beautiful and rarely-seen film forms part of our focus on “lost African film classics” and will be preceded by a book launch in Filmhouse café at 4pm of Africa’s Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. This book grew out of screenings of “lost” and little-known early African films at previous AiM festivals, and was edited by Lizelle Bisschoff and David Murphy, both trustees of Africa in Motion, who will be in attendance at the book launch.

Saturday 25 October

Come Back, Africa Lionel Rogosin | South Africa/USA 1959 | 1h35m | 15

Sat 25 Oct at 8.15pm, Filmhouse After witnessing first hand the terrors of fascism as a soldier in World War II, director Lionel Rogosin vowed to fight against it wherever and whenever he saw its threats re-emerging. In an effort to expose “what people try to avoid seeing”, Rogosin travelled to apartheid-struck South Africa and secretly filmed Come Back, Africa, which revealed the cruelty and injustice with which black South Africans were treated. A jarring view of a largely concealed environment of injustice, Come Back, Africa honestly and sincerely captures images of the faces of a people oppressed. Part of our focus on “lost African film classics”, the screening will be followed by a discussion on early South African and anti-apartheid cinema.

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Edinburgh

Sunday 26 October

Children’’’ s day African Storytelling Sun 26 Oct at 11.15am, Filmhouse Free but ticketed Fantastically exciting animal stories from across Africa. Join in this interactive and engaging storytelling session with Mara the storyteller. A perfect opportunity to let your imaginations run wild, practice your roars and meet other cheeky monkeys!

Khumba: A Zebra’s Tale Anthony Silverston | South Africa 2013 | 1h25m | U

Sun 26 Oct at 12.30pm, Filmhouse Khumba, a half-striped zebra, is born into an insular, superstitious herd and is immediately ostracised by the rest of the zebras, except for Tombi, a feisty tomboy. When he is blamed for the drought, Khumba leaves the only home he has ever known in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. It is not all black and white in this colourful animation for the whole family!

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Edinburgh

Sunday 26 October

Farsh W Ghata (Rags and Tatters) UK Premiere Ahmad Abdalla | Egypt 2013 | 1h27m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15

Sun 26 Oct at 6pm, Filmhouse

Siliva the Zulu Attilio Gatti | South Africa/Italy 1928 | 1h4m | 15

Sun 26 Oct at 4.15pm, Filmhouse

Rags and Tatters is a journey of one man’s search for an identity, during the first few days of the Egyptian revolution. Escaping from prison amid the turbulence of the 2011 Tahrir Square demonstrations, a fugitive desperately seeks warmth and shelter in the outer regions of Cairo, in this vivid and captivating portrait of the fallout from the Arab Spring. Searing and slow, and with little dialogue, this film nevertheless speaks volumes of the post-Revolutionary impasse the country has found itself in.

As part of the festival’s focus on South African cinema and “lost African classics” we are excited to bring this fascinating silent film to Africa in Motion. Siliva the Zulu, directed by Italian explorer and filmmaker Attillio Gatti, is a semi-fictionalised documentary following a story of romantic rivalry. The film portrays Zulu culture through traditional ritual, folklore and witchcraft. Nigerian musician Juwon Ogunbe has composed a brilliant score which he will perform on traditional African and western instruments during the screening. The screening will be introduced by eminent South African film scholar Jacqueline Maingard, Reader in Film at the University of Bristol and a trustee of Africa in Motion.

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Edinburgh

Sunday 26 October

Last Song Before the War

Adios Carmen - UK Premiere

Mohamed Amin Benamraouri | Morocco 2013 | 1h44m | Arabic and Spanish with English subtitles | 15

Sun 26 Oct at 7pm, Brass Monkey, 14 Drummond Street

Sun 26 Oct at 8.15pm, Filmhouse

The Last Song Before the War captures the power, beauty, and uncertain future of Maliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Festival in the Desert, an important music festival showcasing traditional Tuareg music as well as music from around the world. Through unique footage this film take us on a lyrical road trip through Mali, the birthplace of the blues, to the legendary city of Timbuktu and where Grammy-award winning musicians play their hearts out in the dunes of the Sahara. Shockingly, the music and the festival were silenced in 2012 when the violent occupation of Northern Mali by extremists destabilised the entire Sahel region. To date, the festival and hundreds of thousands of refugees still remain in exile.

This nostalgic and ground-breaking film set in 1975, from first-time feature director Mohamed Amin Benamraoui, whose short film Selam and Demetan was a finalist in a previous AiM Short Film Competition, is set in a period of Moroccan history that is not often dealt with in Moroccan cinema: the Spanish occupation. Looking at music, young boys and the power of cinema, and incorporating a Moroccan version of the Romeo and Juliet tale as a sub-plot, it surprises, twists, and ultimately delivers a message of hope for young people and for love.

Plus short Memoire anachronique (Thank God itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday) UK Premiere Asmae el Moudir | Morocco 2013 | 13m | French and Arabic with English subtitles | 15 In 1999, in the midst of the past, the present and the future, Asmae, a 10-year-old girl, recalls scattered but coherent parts of her life, the life of her uncle Marzouk, and the history of her country, Morocco.

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Edinburgh

Monday 27 October

Fatat el Masnaa (Factory Girl) - UK Premiere Mohamed Khan | Egypt 2013 | 1h32m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15

Mon 27 Oct at 8.25pm, Filmhouse Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood in Cairo along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new supervisor, who has expressed his admiration for her. She believes love can transcend the class differences between them. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept independent women. Factory Girl examines the changes that take place in her life over the four seasons of the year. From falling in love to facing heartbreak, her life comes around a full circle by the end of the year.

Plus short Selma - UK Premiere Mohammed ben Attia | Tunisia 2013 | 20m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15 Selma wants to learn how to drive in order to be independent. She has to overcome numerous obstacles, not least of all her strict and conservative mother-in-law.

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Edinburgh

Tuesday 28 October

music documentary afternoon

Tue 28 Oct at 1.30pm, Edinburgh College of Art, Lecture Room 017 Free entry While Egypt has traditionally been the beating heart of classical Arabic music, a new underground craze is taking over the Arab world’s most populous nation: Electro Chaabi. Inspired by the music played at street parties and weddings, this new populist dance form combines a punk spirit with a hip hop attitude, set against a furious cascade of drums, bass and electronic vocals. While the beats are designed to get your feet moving, the lyrics, often laced with revolutionary fervour, offer insights into the mindset of today’s restless Egyptian youth.

Tue 28 Oct at 3pm, Edinburgh College of Art, Lecture Room 017 Free entry March of the Gods is a ‘rockumentary’ exploring the life of the Heavy Metal Brotherhood in Botswana and the struggle of a band called Wrust. It follows their journey from formation, to their early performance years, through periods of crisis, to when they eventually ‘make it’ and end up on the stage of SoloMacello Festival in Milan, Italy. March of the Gods is about a musical development that moves hand-in-hand with economic growth based on Western models - a development that contributes to the growth of a very young and optimistic country, yet at the same time threatens to separate the young generations from their roots. March of the Gods is a brotherhood of rockers with a mission: to bring African metal on the global stage.

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Edinburgh

Tuesday 28 October

White Shadow - Preview Screening Noaz Deshe | Tanzania/Germany 2013 | 1h57m | Swahili with English subtitles | 15

Tue 28 Oct at 8.35pm, Filmhouse Since 2007 it has become known that albinos in Tanzania, Congo and Kenya have become a commodity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; human targets of a lucrative and sinister trade. Witch doctors offer thousands of dollars for albino body parts that are believed to bring good fortune, prosperity and the ability to cure any illness. White Shadow follows the story of Alias, a young albino boy, on the run. After witnessing his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murder, his mother sends him away to find refuge in the city, but he soon discovers that wherever he travels the same rules of survival apply. This thought-provoking and beautiful film addresses a littleknown topic in a luminous and poignant way.

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Edinburgh

Wednesday 29 October

African Short Film Night Wed 29 Oct at 7pm, Woodland Creatures, 260-262 Leith Walk Free entry For a special night of African cinema we are screening a hand-picked selection of African short films, each one from a different country. The cosy atmosphere in Edinburgh's Woodland Creatures promises a night of relaxed banter, when we introduce four short films, all different in genre, style and aesthetic.

Thongo Khulekani Zondi | South Africa 2014 | 12m | Zulu with English Subtitles | 15 Thongo refers to the ancestral spirit that directly connects with the chosen. These spirits, often misunderstood as demonic, have led to many sangomas, or Africans perceived to be sangomas, to be been killed in witch hunts.

Picture Perfect Heist Alan Shelley | South Africa 2013 | 8m | English with English subtitles | 15 In Picture Perfect Heist, two South African thieves plan the perfect robbery, but there is something they forgot. Hilarious dialogues and great acting gives you a glimpse of South Africa’s talent for comedy.

L’autre Femme

Beleh

Maire KA | Senegal 2013 | 13m | French with English Subtitles | 15

Eka Christa Assam | Cameroon 2013 | 26m | Pidgin with English Subtitles | 15

In L’autre Femme, the first and second wife of a Senegalese man bond in unexpected ways. Vibrant colours and sensitive dialogues make L’autre Femme stand out.

Beleh from Cameroon shows a mindless husband of a pregnant woman, who wakes up one morning to find himself strangely transformed. Funny in its own way, Beleh entertains while posing questions about gender and cultural differences.

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Edinburgh

Wednesday 29 October

Four Corners Ian Gabriel | South Africa 2014 | 2h | English, Cape Afrikaans, Tsotsitaal & Sabela with English subtitles | 15

Wed 29 Oct at 8.30pm, Filmhouse Cape Town today – home to South Africa’s toughest maximum security prison – Pollsmoor. When Farakhan, a general in one of the century-old Numbers Gangs, is released after 13 years, he wants a quiet life and a ‘river of peace’. But he finds himself in a world more violent than when he left it. Now ruthless street gangs control the ghetto streets, crack and guns are sold openly, and young boys are disappearing, victims of a serial killer. In this turbulent world, Farakhan seeks to make contact with his son, whom he has never known. Four Corners is a high-octane, multi-thread, coming-of-age crime drama set in a unique and volatile South African subculture. At times raw and violent, at times touching and true, the four lives of the characters Farakhan, Leila, Tito and Gasant converge around the boy Ricardo, weaving universal themes of love, loss, kinship, betrayal and redemption.

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Edinburgh

Thursday 30 October

Difret - Preview Screening Zeresenay Mehari | Ethiopia 2014 | 1h39m | Amharic with English subtitles | 15

Thu 30 Oct at 8.30pm, Filmhouse Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village, the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self-defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal-aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

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Edinburgh

Friday 31 October

Eric Kabera Masterclass

Finding Hillywood

Fri 31 Oct, 3pm-5.30pm, Filmhouse cinema 3 Free entry

Eric Kabera is a talented Rwandan filmmaker and pioneer of the Rwandan film industry. He has made a number of documentary films to high acclaim. In this masterclass Eric will show clips from his films and talk about his filmmaking practice. Eric Kabera was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1970. He was living in the DRC when the Rwandan genocide started in April 1994 but was still deeply affected by the tragedy. After 1994, Eric started the film production company, Link Media Productions, which produced the first feature-length film on the Rwandan genocide (100 days, directed by Nick Hughes). Motivated by the lack of human resources in audiovisual production in Rwanda, Kabera founded the Rwanda Cinema Centre (RCC) in 2001 with the intention of training and facilitating filmmaking in Rwanda. Kabera’s directorial debut, Keepers of Memory, an unforgettable documentary released ten years after the Rwandan genocide is screening at Africa in Motion this year. Kabera’s contributions to films also include co-producing the critically acclaimed film Africa United, and a number of other short films and documentaries. His latest documentary Intore, is set to be released early next year. Eric Kabera’s visit has been generously supported by the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling.

Fri 31 Oct at 5.45pm, Filmhouse Set in the land of a thousand hills, this film follows the blossoming Rwandan film industry - Hillywood. As the country is still healing from the wounds of an ethnic and cultural genocide 20 years ago, cinema has become a way for artists to express themselves and create discussion and debate. This innovative documentary explores the people at the heart of the industry and the valuable role cinema can play in healing a nation. Through this film we discover the pioneers who brought the industry to life, including Eric Kabera, who will be in attendance at AiM. The screening has kindly been jointly sponsored by the Centre of African Studies and Global Development Academy, University of Edinburgh, and will be followed by a discussion.

Plus short Mageragere (City Dropout) Mbabazi Philbert | Rwanda 2014 | 30m | Kinyarwanda with English subtitles | 15 Nizzo, a 23-year-old slum dweller, decides to leave Kigali to return to his native village of Mageragere to start over his life and conquer Gasaro, the girlfriend he left behind.

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Edinburgh

Friday 31 October

Beti and Amare

Keepers of Memory

Andy Siege | Ethiopia/Germany/Spain/Romania/ United States/Canada 2013 | 1h34m | Amharic with English subtitles | 15

Fri 31 Oct at 7pm, Summerhall, Cairns Lecture Theatre

Fri 31 Oct at 8.30pm, Filmhouse

To celebrate Halloween African style, this unique, strangely engaging and genreblurring film is part fantasy sci-fi, part historical romantic drama. Set in 1936 in an Ethiopia disrupted by World War II, it follows Beti, a young Ethiopian girl who flees Mussolini’s troops to the more peaceful south of the country. As the enemy moves closer and her situation reaches a crisis, an unexpected arrival from the sky irrevocably changes the course of her existence. Alternating between dreamlike and nightmarish, this low-budget but innovative film makes stunning use of landscape and powerful imagery for an intensely visual experience.

Through eyewitness accounts and gripping footage, acclaimed Rwandan director Eric Kabera’s Keepers of Memory takes the viewer on an emotional and at times harrowing journey into the Rwandan genocide, its survivors, and the memorials created in the victims’ honour. The film focuses on the personal accounts of men and women who watch over the sacred burial sites, keeping the memories alive for future generations. We are pleased to have director Eric Kabera in attendance to talk to the audience after the screening.

Plus short Crossing Lines Samuel Ishimwe | Rwanda 2014 | 29m | Kinyarwanda with English subtitles | 15 A harrowing short film by an emerging Rwandan director, dealing with the memories of the genocide.

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Edinburgh

Saturday 1 November

Ngunu Ngunu Kan (Rumours of War) UK Premiere Soussaba Cissé | Mali 2013 | 1h30m | Bambara with English subtitles | 15

Sat 1 Nov at 6pm, Filmhouse Souleymane Touré, aka Soul, is a 26-year-old man who loves slam and hosts a radio show in Timbuktu. After motivating young people to resist the North, he is left for dead by terrorists occupying northern Mali. A traveler on the road to Bamako rescues him and takes him to a hospital for treatment. His story makes the rounds in Mali, the international media talks about it and Soul realizes that he can use the incident to help the crisis, to realize reconciliation. “Ngunu Ngunu kan” is his testimony, enriched with many others’, so that the truth may emerge and Mali may recover from its political crisis. This is the promising directorial debut by Soussaba Cissé, daughter of legendary Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, who plays a small cameo in the film.

Timbuktu - Preview screening Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali/Mauritania/France 2014 | 1h40m | French with English Subtitles | 15

Sat 1 Nov at 8.30pm, Filmhouse This latest film from Malian master Abderrahmane Sissako recounts the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels. When the multicultural city is invaded by jihadists, they ban music, soccer and virtually any form of pleasure and insist that all women must cover their bodies. The local imam calmly argues against their narrow, ultra-orthodox dogma, but he has little influence over the rag-tag bunch of religious intruders. Beautifully filmed and directed with remarkable control and restraint, Timbuktu confirms Sissako’s status as one the true humanists of contemporary cinema. It is a vividly realized condemnation of intolerance and the refusal to acknowledge diversity. The screening has kindly been sponsored by the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies and will be followed by a discussion.

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Edinburgh

O Grande Kilapy (The Great Kilapy) Zézé Gamboa | Portugal/Brazil/Angola 2012 | 1h42m | Portuguese with English subtitles | 15

Sun 2 Nov at 5.45pm, Filmhouse This charming film is set in 1960s Lisbon: Angola is under Portuguese colonial rule, and Lisbon is in a state of paranoia over communists and agitators. For Joãozinho, a young Angolan student studying engineering in Lisbon, the sixties are in full swing as he lives a fast and care-free lifestyle. He attracts attention when he takes Carmo, the daughter of one of the Governor’s ministers, as his lover, and falls under surveillance from the local authorities. One more drunken scuffle lands him in jail, before deportation back to Angola. Talented Angolan director Zézé Gamboa (whose first feature film The Hero was screened at a previous AiM festival), explores a different side of Angola’s colonial past with this stylish film.

Sunday 2 November

Kadjike – UK Premiere Sana Na N’Hada | Guinea Bissau 2013 | 1h55m | Creole with English subtitles | 15

Sun 2 Nov at 8pm, Filmhouse As in the original paradise, the inhabitants of Bissagos archipelago, located in GuineaBissau on the west coast of Africa, live according to ancient traditions in harmony with the natural order of the world. Every colour illuminates in this idyllic paradise, and its glistening beauty and natural riches catch the eyes of a gang of drug dealers who occupy the island to make their fortunes. As the medicine man dies and the island falls under the control of the gang, it seems like all hope is lost. Caught between tradition and modernity it is up to one young man to choose between money and his heritage. Kadjike is a stunning first-time feature film by director Sana Na N’Hada from Guinea-Bissau, a country which has delivered only a handful of internationally known film directors (see also The Blue Eyes of Yonta, screening on 25 Oct). The screening will be followed by a discussion on the Portuguese-language film industries of Africa.

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Edinburgh

Monday 3 November

Jogo De Corpo (Body Games)

Township Café Capoeira Demonstration and Class with Mão No Chão

Mon 3 Nov at 6pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre This film presents a sensual tapestry of combat games from both sides of the Atlantic, a story driven by a need of Mestre Cobra Mansa’s to understand the ancestry of the art form, capoeira, as part of a wider concern with his Afro-Brazilian heritage. The search for roots starts in Rio where, as a 12-year-old street child Cobra found survival and self-esteem in the games of capoeira. He tells how through capoeira he grew into Brazil’s black movement and discovered his identity as an Afro-Brazilian. We journey with him from Brazil to Angola where we meet capoeira masters on both sides of the Atlantic and discover the diverse forms of capoeira that exist today. Through him we discover a story of combat games, dances and music that connect Brazil and Africa from the time of slavery to today.

Mon 3 Nov at 7.45pm - 8.45pm, Summerhall, Township Café Free ticketed, to book email rhea@africa-in-motion.org.uk Following the screening of Body Games, we welcome the Scotland-based capoeristas Mão No Chão to lead a taster class. Please wear comfortable clothes. Booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art crossing the boundaries of game, dance, ritual and fight. Mão No Chão was created in 2002 by Contra-Mestre Dion to promote the beautiful game of Capoeira Angola in Scotland. Mão no chão means hand on earth.

This screening of Body Games will be followed by a capoeira demonstration and workshop by Scotland-based capoeira group, Mão No Chão.

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Edinburgh

Monday 3 November

Africa in Motion Short Film Competition Various directors and countries | 2h | Various languages | 15

Mon 3 Nov at 8.40pm, Filmhouse For the seventh consecutive year, AiM has invited African filmmakers to submit short films of up to 30 minutes for our annual Short Film Competition. The shortlist has been selected from over 80 entries, comprising a diverse and captivating collection of work from across the continent. The Short Film Competition is part of AiMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to nurturing young African filmmaking talent. The winner is selected by our jury of acclaimed film practitioners and academics and will be announced immediately after the screenings. The audience will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite film with the Audience Award winner announced on our website at the end of the festival. Our thanks go to Buni TV for sponsoring the prize money for the competition. The shortlisted films are:

Afronauts

Picture Perfect Heist

Frances Bodoma | Ghana 2014 | 14m

Alan Shelley | South Africa 2013 | 8m | English with English subtitles | 15

Inspired by true events, Afronauts tells an alternative history of the 1960s space race. It is July 1969, the night of the moon landing, and a group of Zambian exiles in the desert are trying to beat America to the moon.

Hendry and Dwain, two clumsy crooks, are planning on stealing a masterpiece painting out of the national gallery, their most ambitious heist to date. Hendry is confident that they have all their bases covered and that they are on the brink of finally making the big time. However Dwain feels differently, he is convinced that they have over-looked something crucial. There is only one problem: He just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put his finger on what the missing link is.

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Edinburgh

Monday 3 November

Silence and I

Berea

Vauneen Pretorius | South Africa 2013 | 12m

Vincent Moloi | South Africa 2013 | 14m

Silence and I is a short film about May, a timid young woman struggling to find her voice. May speaks to the world by writing notes and planting them in her work place. Jonathan, her long time love interest, discovers the notes which spark his interest. However, May discovers a wedding invitation with Jonathanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name on it.

Long after his friends and family have moved on, Jewish pensioner Aaron Zukerman remains in his inner-city apartment, his world getting ever smaller and smaller, as the city closes in on his memories and happiness. His focus is on a weekly assignation with a kindly prostitute, for which he prepares days in advance. But when her unexpected replacement arrives one Friday, an initially angry response sparks a chain of events that ultimately changes the way Aaron Zukerman looks at the world.

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;autre Femme Maire KA | Senegal 2013 | 13m | French with English subtitles A housewife in her fifties discovers her true self when she has to accept her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second wife into her home. From Senegal comes this brave film set in the secret world of multiple spouse households. A bold and exquisitely tender film, beautifully acted and sensitively filmed against the backdrop of colourful, beguiling Dakar.

Adamt (Listen) Zelalem Woldemariam | Ethiopia 2013| 18m | Ahmaric with English subtitles Adamt is a short film about a young Ethiopian composer and drummer who is struggling with a traumatic experience from his childhood. A spirit appears in his life and inspires him to channel his memories into a new direction. From the director Lazare, a previous Audience Award Winner at the AiM Short Film Competition, comes this stunning and sensitive film.

Harold Katey Lee Carson | South Africa 2015 | 15m | English and Afrikaans with English subtitles Harold is a dark comedy which explores poignant issues such as isolation, suicide and the search for acceptance through the unlikely friendship between Harold, a young man left tragically alone after the death of his grandmother, and Whynand, a suicidal Afrikaans novelist.

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Edinburgh

Tue 4 Nov at 5.30pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Using the point of view of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down follows the strike from day one, showing the courageous but isolated fight waged by a group of low-paid workers against the combined forces of the mining company Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies in the National Union of Mineworkers. What emerges is collusion at the top, spiralling violence and the country’s first postapartheid massacre. South Africa will never be the same again.

Tuesday 4 November

Township Café Wasasa Comedy Night Tue 4 Nov at 8pm - 9pm, Summerhall, Township Café Free Entry Following their success performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and with Kevin Bridges, Wasasa bring their unique fusion of African and Glaswegian humour to Edinburgh! Wasasa Comedy was created in Glasgow in 2008 by a group of comedy fanatics who noticed an increase in people from various communities moving to Scotland. Its founders, Kalonde Kasengele, Katai Kasengele and Tolu Fakunle, had a vision of using comedy as a vehicle for promoting integration and diversity. Even the name Wasasa is ironic - it is a slang word in the Zambian language Bemba meaning “you are not funny”.

The screening will be followed by a discussion on human rights in South Africa.

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Edinburgh

Tuesday 4 November Plus Connect ZA & The Space’s ‘Mandela Day Shorts’

Future Sound of Mzansi Spoek Mathambo & Lebogang Rasethaba | South Africa 2014 | 1h38m | Documentary | 15

Tue 4 Nov at 9pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre Directed by performance artist Spoek Mathambo and filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba, this documentary aims to explore, express and interrogate South Africa’s cultural landscape through the vehicle of electronic music. The film engages with a potent range of pioneers sculpting the sounds of things to come. We swim in the sounds of deep house, glitch hop, sghubu sapitori, durban qhum, dubstep and shangaan electro. In a country still steeped in poverty, crime and injustice, young South Africans party like their lives depend on it. The groove is thick and infectious and the future looks blindingly beautiful.

To celebrate Mandela Day on 18 July, The Space and Connect ZA co-commissioned three new moving image artworks from six emerging, South African and British visual artists, animators and musicians, called ‘Mandela Day Shorts.’ ‘Mandela Day Shorts’ brought together a British and South African creative, one specialising in visual art or animation and one in music, to collaboratively create a moving image and sound artwork between 90 seconds and 3 minutes in length. Three works in total have been commissioned from Kent Andreasen (South Africa), Lebohang Kganye (South Africa), Spoek Mathambo (UK), Konx-om-Pax (UK), Auntie Flo (UK) and Esa Williams (South Africa/UK).

The World is Flat Film by Kent Andreasen | Music by Auntie Flo and Esa Williams | 4m

Pied Piper’s Voyage Film by Lebohang Kganye | Music by Auntie Flo and Esa William | 3m

Vividism Film by Knox-om-Pax | Music by Spoek Mathambo | 2m

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Edinburgh

Wednesday 5 November

1994: The Bloody Miracle

Come Back, Africa

Meg Rickards | South Africa 2013 | 52m | Documentary | 15

Lionel Rogosin | South Africa/USA 1959 | 1h35m | 15

Wed 5 Nov at 6pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre

Wed 5 Nov at 8.30pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre

As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it’s difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’ nearly didn’t happen. In an orgy of countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now, for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994: The Bloody Miracle is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart democracy, and at how they have now made an uneasy peace with the ‘Rainbow Nation’ in their own different ways.

After witnessing first hand the terrors of fascism as a soldier in World War II, director Lionel Rogosin vowed to fight against it wherever and whenever he saw its threats re-emerging. In an effort to expose “what people try to avoid seeing”, Rogosin travelled to apartheid-struck South Africa and secretly filmed Come Back, Africa, which revealed the cruelty and injustice with which black South Africans were treated. A jarring view of a largely concealed environment of injustice, Come Back, Africa honestly and sincerely captures images of the faces of a people oppressed.

We are delighted to have director Meg Rickards present at the festival to join in a discussion of the film after the screening.

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Edinburgh

Thursday 6 November

Nelson Mandela: The Myth & Me

Afrovibes performance The Soil

Khalo Matabane | South Africa 2014 | 1h25m | Documentary | 15

A Native Rhythms Production

Thu 6 Nov at 6pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre

Thu 6 Nov, 7.45pm - 9.15pm, Summerhall: Dissection Room Suitable for all ages Ticket prices: £12/£10 conc.

Filmmaker Khalo Matabane was an idealistic teenager with fantastical ideas about a postapartheid era of freedom and justice when Nelson Mandela, the great icon of liberation, was released from prison. In a personal odyssey involving an imaginary letter to Mandela and conversations with politicians, world leaders, intellectuals and artists such as Henry Kissinger, Albie Sachs, Ariel Dorfman, Nuruddin Farah, Pumla Gqola and the Dalai Lama, Matabane interrogates the meaning of freedom, reconciliation and forgiveness in a world of conflict and inequality, alternating his discussions between erudite scholars and survivors of apartheid. The screening will be followed by a discussion on Mandela’s legacy.

This three member a cappella vocal group combines a stunning mix of musical styles; township jazz, hip-hop, afro-Pop and afroSoul. No instruments, no music lessons just their own voices and local inspiration - that’s all these 20-somethings had during their Soweto childhood. The group’s music is underpinned by a great rhythmic vocal bass line and beatboxing while the other two voices provide the ever-changing top lines. The award-winning, platinum-selling trio comes to Afrovibes 2014 direct from the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Afrovibes music nights are famed for their energy and great sounds – and this year will be no exception!

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Edinburgh

Friday 7 November

Hear Me Move Scottnes L. Smith | South Africa 2014 | 1h30m | Zulu and English with English subtitles | 15

Fri 7 Nov, 7pm, Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre The endearing and highly entertaining Hear Me Move tells the story of Muzi, the son of an amazing pantsula dancer, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery in order to learn the truth about his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death and come to terms with his own identity. But will Muzi embrace his destiny and become the man he is meant to be? Hear Me Move is an exciting new South African feature film, creating a local challenge to a genre that includes such well-loved films as Fame and Step Up. The screening of Hear Me Move will be followed by the festival closing party in the Township CafĂŠ (see page 7). Everyone is welcome!

Plus short Boys of Soweto Meja Shoba | South Africa 2013 | 4m | Zulu with English subtitles | 15 Boys of Soweto is the vividly shot tale of a dapperly-dressed circle of gentlemen, a group of suaveconscious South Africans known as Boys of Soweto. The short film is a love letter to both style and township beauty.

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Edinburgh

Saturday 8 November

Sat 8 Nov, 7pm, St John’s Church Hall Free entry Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade sing and dance its way back together? In Perico, Cuba, an Afro-Cuban group has kept alive songs and dances that their ancestors, known only as Josefa, brought aboard the slave ship from Africa. They preserved them proudly despite slavery, poverty and repression. Through years of searching, filmmaker Emma Christopher tried to find their origins. Then, in a remote village in Sierra Leone, people watched a recording of the Cubans’ festival joined in their songs, and said joyously, ‘They Are We!’. Finally, the Africans said, their lost but never forgotten family was coming home. This is a movie of survival against the odds and how shared humanity can ultimately triumph over any number of years’ separation.

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Edinburgh

Sunday 9 November

Visions of the Future: African Science Fiction Shorts Various directors and countries | 1h13m | 15

Sun 9 Nov at 8.45pm, Filmhouse As part of the BFI Sci-fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder, we are screening five African sci-fi shorts, exploring futuristic and fantastic alternative futures for the continent. The shorts will also tour to three further venues across the UK. See: bfi.org.uk/sci-fi for further details. The screenings will be followed by a discussion. We are screening:

Afronauts

Robots of Brixton

Frances Bodoma | Ghana 2014 | 14m

Kibwe Tavares | UK 2011 | 6m

Brixton has degenerated and is inhabited by Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new robot workforce â&#x20AC;&#x201C; robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks humans no longer want to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in cheap and unplanned housing. When the police invade the space, the strained and antagonistic relationship between the two sides explodes into an outbreak of violence echoing that of 1981.

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Edinburgh

Sunday 9 November

Jonah

Touch

Kibwe Tavares | UK 2013 | 18m

Shola Amoo | Nigeria/UK 2013 | 13m

Set in Zanzibar, Mwbana and his best friend Juma are two beach hustlers with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they accidentally photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot. Jonah is a sci-fi and fantasy-inspired visually arresting and ambitious short film combining live action and animation.

Touch tells the story of Jessica and George, two lovers navigating desire and technology, in the expansive green field of a futuristic Lincolnshire.

Pumzi Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya 2009 | 22m Hailed as Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first science fiction film, Pumzi imagines a dystopian future 25 years after water wars have devastated the world. East African survivors of the ecological disaster are isolated in their contained communities, but a young woman in possession of a germinating seed struggles against the governing council to plant the seed in the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruined surface.

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glasgow

Thursday 30 October

Scream, Africa! African Horror Film NIght Thu 30 Oct, 7pm, Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St Free entry | Costume optional Climb down to the Nice ‘n’ Sleazy tomb for a unique Halloween screening of two African horror films: a duo of fantastical offerings that bring together historical drama, vampire tales and superhero fantasies. In Beti and Amare vampires don’t sparkle but fall from the sky and walk in the sun. Oya, Rise of the Suporisha opens the doorway between the world of the Orishas and our world but are we ready for what enters the doorway?

Oya Rise of the Suporisha

Beti and Amare

Nosa Igbinedion | Nigeria/UK 2014 | 12m

Andy Siege | Ethiopia/Germany/Spain/Romania/ United States/Canada 2013 | 1h34m | Amharic with English subtitles | 15

For centuries the doorway between the world of the Orishas and our world has remained closed, until now. Ade is one of the few people with a connection to Oya, Orisha of the hurricane, Goddess of the wind. She has been tasked with the job of protecting the innocent and that means keeping the door to the Gods shut. If the doorway to the Gods is opened, they will wreak chaos upon us as retribution for our abandonment of them. Oya Rise of the Suporisha is a fantasy film inspired by the ancient African deities known as Orisha and religious traditions of the Yoruba people of western Nigeria.

This unique, strangely engaging and genreblurring film is part fantasy sci-fi, part historical romantic drama. Set in 1936 in an Ethiopia disrupted by World War II, it follows Beti, a young Ethiopian girl who flees Mussolini’s troops to the more peaceful south of the country. As the enemy moves closer and her situation reaches a crisis, an unexpected arrival from the sky irrevocably changes the course of her existence. Alternating between dreamlike and nightmarish, this low-budget but innovative film makes stunning use of landscape and powerful imagery for an intensely visual experience.

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glasgow

Sunday 2 November

Opening film: Soleils (Suns) Olivier Delahaye & Dani KouyatĂŠ | Burkina Faso/France 2013 | 1h35m | French with English subtitles | 15

Sun 2 Nov at 5.15pm, Glasgow Film Theatre

An old man is entrusted with curing a young girl struck by amnesia. In his quest to help her regain her memory and identity he takes her on a healing trip through space and time, to learn about African histories and cultures. They travel from the beautiful Mandingo Empire in 13th century Mali to visit early European philosophers in France and Germany; from King Leopold of the Congo to Robben Island in South Africa, and more. On their journey they meet characters that are both remarkable and enlightened, ignorant and prejudiced, until they reach a text hidden deep in a continent that reveals secrets that were long forgotten. This philosophical road movie is both funny and thrilling. It is a love story between a wise old griot and a young girl that opens up an Africa rarely seen before. After the screening of Soleils everyone is warmly invited to an opening party at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) for a live performance by virtuoso kora player, percussionist and singer/songwriter, Sura Susso and music by DJ Kwaby. For more information see page 7.

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glasgow

Monday 3 November

Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;est eux les Chiens (They Are the Dogs) Hisham Lasri | Morocco 2013 | 1h25m | Arabic with English subtitles | 15

Mon 3 Nov at 6pm, Glasgow Film Theatre They Are the Dogs follows three members of a television crew as they set off to report on social movements in Morocco. Intrigued by the appearance and strange behaviour of a man in the crowds, the presenter, cameraman and intern decide to focus their report on him. They discover that the man has just been released from prison 30 years after a police raid during Moroccoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1981 food riots. He is completely lost in a modern Morocco in the midst of the Arab Spring. Told in the form of a television report, the film fluctuates between fiction and documentary. Shot camera on shoulder over several weeks in the streets of Casablanca, They Are the Dogs plays on the urgency of the news report. This screening will be followed by a discussion lead by North African film researcher Dr. Stefanie Van De Peer.

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glasgow

Monday 3 November

Africa in Motion Short Film Competition Various directors and countries | 2h | Various languages | 15

Mon 3 Nov at at 6pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts For the seventh consecutive year, AiM has invited African filmmakers to submit short films of up to 30 minutes for our annual Short Film Competition. The shortlist has been selected from over 80 entries, comprising a diverse and captivating collection of work from across the continent. The Short Film Competition is part of AiMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to nurturing young African filmmaking talent. The winner is selected by our jury of acclaimed film practitioners and academics and will be announced immediately after the screenings. The audience will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite film with the Audience Award winner announced on our website at the end of the festival. Our thanks go to Buni TV for sponsoring the prize money for the competition. The shortlisted films are:

Afronauts

Frances Bodoma | Ghana 2014 | 14m Inspired by true events, Afronauts tells an alternative history of the 1960s space race. It is July 1969, the night of the moon landing, and a group of Zambian exiles in the desert are trying to beat America to the moon.

Picture Perfect Heist Alan Shelley | South Africa 2013 | 8m | English with English subtitles | 15 Hendry and Dwain, two clumsy crooks, are planning on stealing a masterpiece painting out of the national gallery, their most ambitious heist to date. Hendry is confident that they have all their bases covered and that they are on the brink of finally making the big time. However Dwain feels differently, he is convinced that they have over-looked something crucial. There is only one problem: He just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put his finger on what the missing link is. Cont. next page

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glasgow

Monday 3 November

AiM Short Film Competition cont.

Silence and I

Berea

Vauneen Pretorius | South Africa 2013 | 12m

Vincent Moloi | South Africa 2013 | 14m

Adamt (Listen) Zelalem Woldemariam | Ethiopia 2013| 18m | Ahmaric with English subtitles

Adamt is a short film about a young Ethiopian composer and drummer who is struggling with a traumatic experience from his childhood. A spirit appears in his life and inspires him to channel his memories into a new direction. From the director Lazare, a previous Audience Award Winner at the AiM Short Film Competition, comes this stunning and sensitive film.

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Adamt

glasgow

Come Back, Africa Lionel Rogosin | South Africa/USA 1959 | 1h35m | 15

Mon 3 Nov at 8.30pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts After witnessing first hand the terrors of fascism as a soldier in World War II, director Lionel Rogosin vowed to fight against it wherever and whenever he saw its threats re-emerging. In an effort to expose “what people try to avoid seeing”, Rogosin travelled to apartheid-struck South Africa and secretly filmed Come Back, Africa, which revealed the cruelty and injustice with which black South Africans were treated. A jarring view of a largely concealed environment of injustice, Come Back, Africa honestly and sincerely captures images of the faces of a people oppressed.

Monday 3 November

Township Café Wasasa Comedy Night Mon 3 Nov at 9pm - 10pm, CCA Club Room Free Entry Following their success performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and with Kevin Bridges, Wasasa bring their unique fusion of African and Glaswegian humour back to Glasgow! Wasasa Comedy was created in Glasgow in 2008 by a group of comedy fanatics who noticed an increase in people from various communities moving to Scotland. Its founders, Kalonde Kasengele, Katai Kasengele and Tolu Fakunle, had a vision of using comedy as a vehicle for promoting integration and diversity. Even the name Wasasa is ironic - it is a slang word in the Zambian language Bemba meaning “you are not funny”.

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1994: The Bloody Miracle Meg Rickards | South Africa 2013 | 52m | Documentary | 15

Tue 4 Nov at 6pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it’s difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’ nearly didn’t happen. In an orgy of countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now, for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994: The Bloody Miracle is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart democracy, and at how they have now made an uneasy peace with the ‘Rainbow Nation’ in their own different ways. We are delighted to have director Meg Rickards present at the festival to join in a discussion of the film after the screening.

Tuesday 4 November

Township Café - African Dance Workshop with GODS Tue 4 Nov at 6pm - 7pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Theatre Free ticketed to book email rhea@africa-in-motion.org.uk Glasgow Open Dance School (GODS) is a notfor-profit voluntary run organisation that was founded in 2011 by Julia Scott, Romany Dear and Ashanti Harris. GODS facilitate monthly dance and movement related workshops and events in and around Glasgow for free. It is an open group that is intended for anybody with a desire to move, dance, learn and share! For this event, GODS is partnering with Africa in Motion and Glasgow-based dancer and teacher Joy Maria, who will be leading a oneoff South African kwaito inspired dance class. The class is open to everyone....Everybody is a dancer!

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Tuesday 4 November

Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ella

Mapantsula

Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera | Malawi 2014 | English and Chichewa with English subtitles | 1h35m | 15

Oliver Schmitz | South Africa 1987 | 1h44m | Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans, English with English subtitles | 15

Tue 4 Nov, 7.30-10pm, Kinning Park Complex Free entry to book email: justine@africa-in-motion.org.uk

Tue 4 Nov at 8.30pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts

Against the colourful and spirited backdrop of rural Malawi, Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ella is a vibrant, beautifully shot film reflecting modern day Malawi. From teen romance to parental tribulations, the film offers a rare glimpse into African daily lives, a story that resonates with audiences across the world. Drinks and snacks will be provided for a donation. This screening is supported by the Scotland Malawi Partnership.

Banned in South Africa at the time of its release, Mapantsula is a true classic of South African cinema and one of the most important anti-apartheid films. It captures precisely and evocatively the politically charged atmosphere of the country in the late 1980s, when apartheid was at its most oppressive and destructive in daily life. The film tells the story of Panic, a small-time crook, who stalks the streets of Johannesburg pickpocketing and mugging at knife-point, in an unforgettable performance by Thomas Mogotlane. Arrested one day with a group of political activists, Panic is interrogated by the security police and offered all sorts of financial rewards to testify against the activists sharing his prison cell. Panic is forced to make some life-altering decisions, and it is in his journey from petty thief to a politicised man of principle that the true significance of the story lies.

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Wednesday 5 November

Hear Me Move Scottnes L. Smith | South Africa 2014 | 1h30m | Zulu and English with English subtitles | 15

Wed 5 Nov at 6pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts The endearing and highly entertaining Hear Me Move tells the story of Muzi, the son of an amazing pantsula dancer, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery in order to learn the truth about his father’s death and come to terms with his own identity. But will Muzi embrace his destiny and become the man he is meant to be? Hear Me Move is an exciting new South African feature film, creating a local challenge to a genre that includes such well-loved films as Fame and Step Up.

Plus short Boys of Soweto Meja Shoba | South Africa 2013 | 4m | Zulu with English subtitles | 15 Boys of Soweto is the vividly shot tale of a dapperly-dressed circle of gentlemen, a group of suave-conscious South Africans known as Boys of Soweto. The short film is a love letter to both style and township beauty.

Afrovibes performance The Soil A Native Rhythms Production

Wed 5 Nov at 8.15pm - 9.45pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts Suitable for all ages Ticket prices: £12 / £10 Conc. OR £19/ £15 Conc when bought with a ticket for Skierlik This three member a cappella vocal group combines a stunning mix of musical styles; township jazz, hip hop, afro-Pop and afroSoul. No instruments, no music lessons just their own voices and local inspiration - that’s all these 20-somethings had during their Soweto childhood. The group’s music is underpinned by a great rhythmic vocal bass line and beatboxing while the other two voices provide the ever-changing top lines. The award-winning, platinum-selling trio comes to Afrovibes 2014 direct from the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Afrovibes music nights are famed for their energy and great sounds – and this year will be no exception!

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Thursday 6 November

African Gothic

Four Corners

Gabriel Bologna | South Africa 2014 | 1h30m | English and Afrikaans with English subtitles | 15

Ian Gabriel | South Africa 2014 | 2h | English, Cape Afrikaans, Tsotsitaal & Sabela with English subtitles | 15

Thu 6 Nov at 5.45pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts

Thu 6 Nov at 6pm, Glasgow Film Theatre

African Gothic is the screen adaptation of the famous Afrikaans playwright Reza de Wet’s ‘Diepe Grond’ and brings to life the story of Sussie and Frikkie, characters caught in the unresolved grief and guilt of committing a horrific crime. Having experienced a traumatic childhood shaped by abusive parenting on their rural South African farm, they re-enact their childhood traumas. When presented with alternatives, they respond with a show of violent force and retreat deeper into their isolation. They have allowed their farm to decay by rejecting reality and creating an eerie fantasy world, endlessly enacting the rituals of punishment and humiliation to which their parents had subjected them. With the farm ruined and in the grip of an exhausting drought, they face eviction by an officious lawyer, who is onto their dark secret.

Cape Town today – home to South Africa’s toughest maximum security prison – Pollsmoor. When Farakhan, a general in one of the century-old Numbers Gangs, is released after 13 years, he wants a quiet life and a ‘river of peace’. But he finds himself in a world more violent than when he left it. Now ruthless street gangs control the ghetto streets, crack and guns are sold openly, and young boys are disappearing, victims of a serial killer. In this turbulent world, Farakhan seeks to make contact with his son, whom he has never known. Four Corners is a high-octane, multithread, coming-of-age crime drama set in a unique and volatile South African subculture. At times raw and violent, at times touching and true, the four lives of the characters Farakhan, Leila, Tito and Gasant converge around the boy Ricardo, weaving universal themes of love, loss, kinship, betrayal and redemption. We are delighted to have director Ian Gabriel in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

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Thursday 6 November

Prisoner 46764: The Untold Legacy of Andrew Mlangeni

Skierlik Afrovibes performance

Lebogang Rasethaba | South Africa 2014 | 53m | English, isiZulu, Sesotho with English subtitles

Written and performed by Philip Dikoltla Presented by arrangement with Lentswe Arts Projects

Thu 6 Nov at 7pm, The Glad Café, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd Free entry Andrew Mlangeni, the 11th accused in the infamous Rivonia Trial, escaped the death penalty to spend 26 years on Robben Island in the cell next door to Nelson Mandela. He looks back over his life and what drove him to give up everything in the fight for freedom and in the face of death. The film takes an intimate look at the sacrifices made by those committed to the ideals of justice and equality. What drove the heroes that made South Africa the miracle it is today? Telling the tale of the collective effort it takes to create a revolution, we shine the light on those relegated to the margins of history. Twenty years later a nation starts to question the true value of democracy. We remember that it takes more than a Mandela to free a nation. Andrew Mlangeni is one of those unsung heroes.

Thu 6 Nov at 8pm-9pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Theatre Age guidelines: recommended for audiences aged 14+ Tickets: £10 / £8 Conc. OR £19/ £15 Conc when bought with a ticket for The Soil This award-winning play revisits the horror of a racially-motivated shooting spree that devastated the remote settlement of Skierlik in 2008. Thomas moved away after his wife and three-month-old daughter were killed in the atrocity: the burden of living alone in the family home was unbearable. But now he’s returning. We ride with him on the long dirt road back to Skierlik. Following Thomas’s thoughts, we too experience what he is about to face back home in his tiny shack: the blue shack that he knows so well, with the padlock on the door. This performance will include a postshow discussion with the playwright and performer Philip Dikoltla alongside the creative producer Karabo Kgokong, hosted by Playwright Studio Scotland.

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Thursday 6 November

Township CafĂŠ - Music from the World Tomorrow (pre-club night) Thu 6 Nov, 8pm-12am, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Top Floor Bar Free entry Weekly DJ sets from Dam Mentle, DJ Dance Music, Latitia Pleiades and F.F.T.H.O.C.O.A.L provides Afrovibe sounds every Thursday at the CCA Bar. After an exciting day of Africa in Motion films and performances, join us in the bar to dance the night away! Confusion Na Wa - see page 56

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Fri 7 Nov at 6pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts This film presents a sensual tapestry of combat games from both sides of the Atlantic, a story driven by a need of Mestre Cobra Mansa’s to understand the ancestry of the art form, capoeira, as part of a wider concern with his Afro-Brazilian heritage. The search for roots starts in Rio where, as a 12-year-old street child Cobra found survival and self-esteem in the games of capoeira. He tells how through capoeira he grew into Brazil’s black movement and discovered his identity as an Afro-Brazilian. We journey with him from Brazil to Angola where we meet capoeira masters on both sides of the Atlantic and discover the diverse forms of capoeira that exist today. Through him we discover a story of combat games, dances and music that connect Brazil and Africa from the time of slavery to today.

Friday 7 November

Township Café - Capoeira Demonstration and Class with Mão No Chão Fri 7 Nov at 7.45pm-8.45pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts Free ticketed to book email rhea@africa-in-motion.org.uk Following the screening of Body Games, we welcome the Scotland-based capoeristas Mão No Chão to lead a taster class. Please wear comfortable clothes. Booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art crossing the boundaries of game, dance, ritual and fight. Mão No Chão was created in 2002 by Contra-Mestre Dion to promote the beautiful game of Capoeira Angola in Scotland. Mão no chão means hand on earth.

This screening of Body Games will be followed by a capoeira demonstration and workshop by Scotland-based capoeira group, Mão No Chão.

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Saturday 8 November

Children’’’ s day

They Are We Felix Roberta Durrant | South Africa 2013 | 1h37m | PG

Sat 8 Nov at 11.30am, Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), as part of GFT’s Take 2 event 13-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil’s music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and turns to two aging members of his father’s old band to help him prepare for the school jazz concert. Felix is a family-friendly film of a deeply moving story about perseverance in pursuing dreams and developing one’s talent. As part of Glasgow Children’s Day, Moroccan musician Omar Afif will present a fun, interactive music workshop following the screening of Felix, taking you through a journey into the traditions of North Africa through music, dance and storytelling. Be ready to get involved and bring your fun side! Glasgow Young Scot or Kidz Card holders and an accompanying adult get in FREE to these shows (these tickets can only be issued on the day of the screening). All other tickets cost £4.50.

Sat 8 Nov at 2.30pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade sing and dance its way back together? In Perico, Cuba, an Afro-Cuban group has kept alive songs and dances that their ancestor, known only as Josefa, brought aboard the slave ship from Africa. They preserved them proudly despite slavery, poverty and repression. Through years of searching, filmmaker Emma Christopher tried to find their origins. Then, in a remote village in Sierra Leone, people watched a recording of the Cubans’ festival joined in their songs, and said joyously, ‘They Are We!’. Finally, the Africans said, their lost but never forgotten family was coming home. This is a movie of survival against the odds and how shared humanity can ultimately triumph over any number of years’ separation. This screening will be preceded by a dance performance presented by Celebrate, Barrowland Ballet and Maryhill Integration Network. Join us on this emotional journey where the excitement of starting a new life is mixed with the pain of goodbyes as we celebrate the world around us through music and dance. Performed by Barrowland Ballet ensemble and Youth Company, Maryhill Integration Network and young people from the Scottish Guardianship Service.

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Saturday 8 November

Timbuktu - Preview screening Abderrahmane Sissako | Mali/Mauritania/France 2014 | 1h40m | French with English Subtitles | 15

Sat 8 Nov at 3pm, Glasgow Film Theatre This latest film from Malian master Abderrahmane Sissako recounts the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels. When the multicultural city is invaded by jihadists, they ban music, soccer and virtually any form of pleasure and insist that all women must cover their bodies. The local imam calmly argues against their narrow, ultra-orthodox dogma, but he has little influence over the rag-tag bunch of religious intruders. Beautifully filmed and directed with remarkable control and restraint, Timbuktu confirms Sissakoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as one the true humanists of contemporary cinema. It is a stunningly realized condemnation of intolerance and the refusal to acknowledge diversity. The screening has kindly been sponsored by the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies and will be followed by a discussion.

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Saturday 8 November

Coz ov Moni II

Nishan

Fokn Bois | Ghana 2013 | 1h | Pidgin English with English subtitles

Yidnekachew Shumete Desalegn | Ethiopia 2013 | 1h33m | Amharic with English subtitles | 15

Sat 8 Nov at 5pm, Calabash Restaurant, 57 Union St Free entry In this boisterous sequel, two friends are out to seek revenge on a machete-wielding gang that ambushed, wounded, robbed and left them for dead. They spend the day tracking the gang members down one by one. Follow the FOKN Bois (M3nsa & Wanlov The Kubalor) as they take you on another musical adventure in Accra, Ghana, and beyond, introducing you to the sights and nuances of their quirky world. Fokn Bois are among some of the bestknown Ghanaian artists in the world due to their unconventional style, ingenious and shocking lyrics, and progressive sounds. Coz ov Moni II is the second installment of the duo’s musical satire pidgin musicals.

Sat 8 Nov at 6pm, Kinning Park Complex Free entry Nishan follows the story of a strong Ethiopian woman who has recently obtained a rare visa to leave the city and work abroad. But fate intervenes as her family, her independence, and her dreams are derailed by a sequence of accidental events. Nishan’s father returns one night from gambling with the prize of an antique golden gun. Unbeknownst to him, the gun is a highly prized memento avidly sought by a pair of ruthless thieves. As the thieves move closer to discovering the gun’s whereabouts, Nishan must resist the advances of Engda, her boss’s conniving son who intends to trap her into marriage. Entangled in a web of deceit and danger, Nishan must navigate through these ordeals to preserve her independence, protect her family, and realize her ambitions for a better life.

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Saturday 8 November Plus Connect ZA & The Space’s ‘Mandela Day Shorts’

Future Sound of Mzansi Spoek Mathambo & Lebogang Rasethaba | South Africa 2014 | 1h38m | Documentary | 15

Sat 8 Nov at 8pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts Directed by performance artist Spoek Mathambo and filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba, this documentary aims to explore, express, and interrogate South Africa’s cultural landscape through the vehicle of electronic music. The film engages with a potent range of pioneers sculpting the sounds of things to come. We swim in the sounds of deep house, glitch hop, sghubu sapitori, durban qhum, dubstep and shangaan electro. In a country still steeped in poverty, crime and injustice, young South Africans party like their lives depend on it. The groove is thick and infectious and the future looks blindingly beautiful.

The World is Flat Film by Kent Andreasen | Music by Auntie Flo and Esa Williams | 4m

Pied Piper’s Voyage Film by Lebohang Kganye | Music by Auntie Flo and Esa William | 3m

Vividism Film by Knox-om-Pax | Music by Spoek Mathambo | 2m

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Sunday 9 November

Visions of the Future: African Science Fiction Shorts Various directors and countries | 1h13m | 15

Sun 9 Nov at 3pm, Glasgow Film Theatre As part of the BFI Sci-fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder, we are screening five African sci-fi shorts, exploring futuristic and fantastic alternative futures for the continent. The shorts will also tour to three further venues across the UK. See: bfi.org.uk/sci-fi for further details. The screenings will be followed by a discussion. We are screening:

Afronauts

Robots of Brixton

Frances Bodoma | Ghana 2014 | 14m

Kibwe Tavares | UK 2011 | 6m

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Sunday 9 November

African Science Fiction Shorts cont.

Jonah

Touch

Kibwe Tavares | UK 2013 | 18m

Shola Amoo | Nigeria/UK 2013 | 13m

Touch tells the story of Jessica and George, two lovers navigating desire and technology, in the expansive green field of a futuristic Lincolnshire.

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Sunday 9 November

Township Café - African Acoustic Sound Session, Omar Afif and Seeds of Thought

Sodiq

Sun 9 Nov, 3pm-5pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Club Room

Sun 9 Nov at 5pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts

Come along to this afternoon of live music hosted by Omar Afif and Seeds of Thought collective.

Sodiq Adeojo, a 20-year-old young man from Peckham, South London, has been charged for the murder of Sylvester Akpalara, an 18-year-old from Streatham. In 2004 Sodiq and filmmaker Adeyemi set up a football team together that ran until 2008. Sodiq’s hopes, aspirations and desires were documented in a film directed by Adeyemi in 2008. At the time Sodiq was about to take his GCSE’s and embark on an academic journey towards studying medicine and becoming a doctor. In less than 5 years the demise of a seemingly promising young man, from albeit a tough neighbourhood, has once again become a loss to society; not just the murder of another young boy also the failed attempts at a decent future.

Seeds of Thought is a Glasgow-based collective which since its inception in 2005, continues to bring people together through poetry, art and music. Omar Afif, a Gnawa musician and dancer from Morocco, combines Berber, Arabic and Islamic traditional song. Gnawa music is a rich repertoire of ancient African Islamic spiritual religious songs and rhythms. Its well preserved heritage combines ritual poetry with traditional music and dancing. Omar plays a handmade ‘Gimbri’ - a three stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people.

Adeyemi Michael | Nigeria/UK 2013 | 44m | Documentary | 15

We are delighted to be joined by director Adeyemi Michael who will take part in a Q&A following the screening.

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Sunday 9 November

Confusion Na Wa Kenneth Gyang & Tom Rolands-Rees | Nigeria 2013 | 1h44m | English & Pidgin with English subtitles

Sun 9 Nov at 6pm, Calabash Restaurant, 57 Union St, Free Entry Set in an anonymous Nigerian city, Confusion Na Wa is a dark comedy about a group of strangers whose fates become intertwined over the course of 24 hours. At the heart of the mischief are two opportunist wasters, Charles and Chichi, who happen upon Emeka’s phone and, having read through the contents, decide to blackmail him. Little does Chichi realize that Charles’s misdemeanors have set in motion a chain of events that will lead to an end they could not foresee. Confusion Na Wa was winner of the Best Picture category at the 2013 African Movie Academy Awards, the continent’s highest accolade for homegrown cinema. The film stars leading Nigerian actors Ramsey Nouah, Ali Nuhu, OC Ukeje, Ikponmwosa Gold and Tony Goodman as well as introducing a number of new talents.

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School screenings This year we have partnered with a number of organisations working with schools in order to bring African cinema to young audiences in Scotland. The films listed below form part of our schools programme, and will accompanied by an educational resource which will be available from the GFT and Into Film websites. If you require more information about the schools screenings please contact: justine@africa-inmotion.org.uk

edinburgh

Felix Roberta Durrant | South Africa 2013 | 1h37m | PG

Wed 5 Nov at 10am, Filmhouse 13-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil’s music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and turns to two aging members of his father’s old band to help him prepare for the school jazz concert. Felix is a family-friendly film of a deeply moving story about perseverance in pursuing dreams and developing one’s talent. This screening is held in partnership with Into Film, an education charity that puts film at the heart of the educational and personal development of children and young people across the UK. To book please follow the link: www.intofilm.org

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Khumba: A Zebraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tale

Otelo Burning

Anthony Silverston | South Africa 2013 | 1h25m |U

Sara Blecher | South Africa 2011 | 1h34m | English and Zulu with English subtitles | 15

Thu 30 Oct at 10am, Glasgow Film Theatre

Wed 5 Nov at 10am, Glasgow Film Theatre

Khumba, a half-striped zebra is born into an insular, superstitious herd and is immediately ostracised by the rest of the zebras, except for Tombi, a feisty tomboy. When he is blamed for the drought, Khumba leaves the only home he has ever known in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all black and white in this colourful animation for the whole family!

Shot in Durban and set in 1989, in the final years of the crumbling system of apartheid, Otelo Burning tells the story of a group of township kids who discover the joy of surfing. When 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi takes to the water for the first time, it is clear that he was born to surf. But then tragedy strikes. On the day that Nelson Mandela is released from prison, Otelo is forced to choose between surfing success and justice. Jealousy, betrayal and political turbulence impact the lives of these young boys in ways that will change them forever. This is a beautifully made, insightful and entertaining film that captures a turbulent time in the history of South Africa.

To book please follow link: www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/schools

Felix Roberta Durrant | South Africa 2013 | 1h37m | PG

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Mon 3 Nov at 10am, Glasgow Film Theatre See previous page. To book please follow link: www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/schools

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exhibitions

Looking Back: Classic African Film Posters 1972-1990 June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive www.junegivanniﬁlmarchive.com

Sun 19 Oct - Thu 6 Nov, Filmhouse Cafe, Edinburgh The selection of African film posters exhibited in Filmhouse Café for the duration of the festival are from the Collection Nuovi Graﬃti D’Africa, presented by the 1st Milan African Film Festival in 1991, to festival guests. It features films from almost 2 decades (1972-1990) from North and South of the Sahara and includes the films of a broad selection of well-known directors: Sembene, Cissé, Bouzid, Ouedraogo, Kabore, Hondo, Chahine and many others. The line up includes classic films and lesser known films and directors to discover, from countries rarely featured in UK African film screenings such as Togo. The posters present a kaleidoscope of styles and images that give visitors some idea of the designs and tastes that have caught the attention of potential cinema-goers on the continent; and they feature actors frequently seen on African screens like Sidiki Bakaba and Gerald Essomba. A poster collection such as this also provides a map of the spread and a sense of the timeline of production on the continent during that period. For instance – reading purely from the collection of the 50 poster sheets in the whole collection (more than 50 posters, as some sheets include more than 1poster; of which is selection is presented here), it is possible to identify some of the prolific countries during the two decades covered: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt – notably predominantly Francophone at that time. Countries less visible in filmmaking on the continent at the time, such as Madagascar and Zimbabwe, are also included but significantly none are from South Africa – why? The apartheid era? Could it be as much a reason of a FrancophoneAnglophone difference rather than an accident of selection? And what about Portuguese-speaking Africa? Does it say something about where the proliferation of African films were coming from in the 1970s and 1980s, or simply which countries had the resources or were supported in producing publicity materials to engage commercially with their potential markets at home or abroad? If you are interested in cinema generally, African Cinema in particular, the art and culture of Africa or just poster art – there should be something here for you.

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exhibitions Negritude Republic Modise BlackDice

Fri 24 Oct - Fri 7 Nov, Summerhall, Edinburgh Negritude Republic is a new lifestyle brand driven by South African-born, Johannesburgbased designer/illustrator/photographer/ art director, Modise BlackDice. BlackDice’s creativity stems from the cultural ideology of Afrocentrism; elevating messages of Black Consciousness, rooted in a (re)discovery of the authentic self. His work aims to draw attention to his own African heritage using symbolic references to liberation heroes like Steve Biko and Madiba. BlackDice has a distinguished aesthetic within his work, mixing notions of traditional South African tribal themes with masculine African portraits and illustrated typography. Each piece nods to a new movement in panAfricanism and punk rock fused with pop art and hip hop. This is BlackDice’s first solo exhibition in the UK and showcases his diverse approach to design through striking posters. Modise BlackDice has practiced as a graphic designer since 2010, beginning as an intern at a marketing communications company, Global Mouse, where he is now Art Director. BlackDice is also the winner of Africa in Motion 2014’s design competition. He has developed a stunning contemporary visual for the festival which encapsulates this year’s festival theme, Looking back, reaching forward, through an Afrocentric illustration contemporary in its graphic style and retrospective in its context.

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Stirling Screening

Wed 5 Nov at 5pm, Macrobert, University of Stirling, Stirling Set in the land of a thousand hills, this film follows the blossoming Rwandan film industry - Hillywood. As the country is still healing from the wounds of an ethnic and cultural genocide 20 years ago, cinema has become a way for artists to express themselves and create discussion and debate. This innovative documentary explores the people at the heart of the industry and the valuable role cinema can play in healing a nation. Through this film we discover the pioneers who brought the industry to life, including Eric Kabera, who will be in attendance at AiM. Rwandan filmmaker Erica Kabera will host a Q&A on Rwandan filmmaking after the screening. Eric Kabera was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1970. He was living in the DRC when the Rwandan genocide started in April 1994 but was still deeply affected by the tragedy. After 1994, Eric started the film production company, Link Media Productions, which produced the first feature-length film on the Rwandan genocide (100 days, directed by Nick Hughes). Motivated by the lack of human resources in audiovisual production in Rwanda, Kabera founded the Rwanda Cinema Centre (RCC) in 2001 with the intention of training and facilitating filmmaking in Rwanda. Kabera’s directorial debut, Keepers of Memory, an unforgettable documentary released ten years after the Rwandan genocide is screening at Africa in Motion this year. Kabera’s contributions to films also include co-producing the critically acclaimed film Africa United, and a number of other short films and documentaries. His latest documentary Intore, is set to be released early next year. Eric Kabera’s visit to Africa in Motion has been generously supported by the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling.

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Symposium Twenty Years of Democracy: Art and Activism in South Africa Wed 3 Dec, 9.30am to 5pm, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow Full Price excluding booking fee: £15.00 (includes lunch and coffee/tea) Concession: £10.00 (includes lunch and coffee/tea) Book tickets from CCA box office or online: www.cca-glasgow.com This one-day symposium on art and activism in South Africa is co-hosted by Africa in Motion and the University of Glasgow. This year South Africa celebrates 20 years since its first democratic elections in 1994. The arts – including music, film, theatre, literature and visual arts – have played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid struggle and the important role of creative expression in South Africa’s young democracy continues today. Led by Albie Sachs – famous anti-apartheid activist, art lover, and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa – as keynote speaker, the symposium will include talks and discussions by a number of high profile South African scholars and cultural practitioners. Talks will cover the role of visual arts, theatre, music, film and literature in the struggle against apartheid, the role of the arts in historical memory and legacy, and the importance of the arts in expressing post-apartheid identities in contemporary South Africa. The City of Glasgow is the perfect location for this symposium, given the strong historical connection that exists between Glasgow and the anti-apartheid struggle. Nelson Mandela also had a strong connection with Glasgow, and visited the city in 1993 to thank its citizens for their support in the fight against apartheid, with Glasgow being the first city in the world to offer him the Freedom of the City in 1981.

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Venues Brass Monkey 14 Drummond Street Edinburgh EH8 9TU T: 0131 556 1961

Kinning Park Complex 40 Cornwall St Glasgow G41 1AQ T: 0141 419 0329

Calabash Restaurant 57 Union Street Glasgow G1 3RB T: 0141 221 2711

Nice ‘n’ Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall St Glasgow G2 3LG T: 0141 333 0900

Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD T: 0141 352 4900

Summerhall Summerhall Pl Edinburgh EH9 1QH T: 0845 874 3000

Edinburgh College of Art Lecture Room 017 University of Edinburgh 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF T: 0131 651 5800

St John’s Church Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4BJ T: 0131 229 7565

Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9BZ T: 0131 228 2688

The Glad Café 1006A Pollokshaws Rd Glasgow G41 2HG T: 0141 636 6119

Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street Glasgow Lanarkshire G36RB T: 0141 332 6535

Woodland Creatures 260-262 Leith Walk Edinburgh EH6 5EL T: 0131 629 5509