Film
Monica
After receiving a call from her sister-in-law, Monica returns home to care for her ailing mother, who she hasn’t seen in years in this quiet portrait of family, forgiveness, and acceptance from Italian director Andrea Pallaoro.
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The ground-breaking debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq follows a timid married man who falls in love with a trans woman while working in a Bollywood style burlesque club.
Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) returns with a timely and gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small mountain town.
This cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica celebration showcases the best new narrative, documentary, and short films from across Africa and the diaspora, with a special focus on films from and about Ghana.