Collected here for a special screening are shorts from the African Film Festival’s National Travelling Series, as well as additional African and diaspora shorts screening for the first time in New York.
Join us for a post-screening Q&A.
Cape Town Royalty Program (2023)
Dir. Max Fouchee
7min
South Africa
In English
An ad presenter has to sell the dream of the South African city Cape Town as a luxurious yet cost-effective new home to wealthy Europeans. Once she realizes her script is problematic, she tries her best to let the prospective audience know about the daily reality of Cape Town’s citizens.
Jeanne (2023)
Dir. Antoine Paley
13min
France
In French with English subtitles
Jeanne Duval, the mixed-race muse and partner of Charles Baudelaire, has been forgotten by time and erased by history, but she refuses to remain silenced. In this short we see April 27, 1842: a day in the life of Duval and Baudelaire. As the day goes on, the weight of Baudelaire’s words and needs becomes increasingly difficult for Duval to bear.
The Many Moods of Muna Moto (2022)
Dir. Mohamed Challouf
19min
Cameroon/Tunisia
In French with English subtitles
Filmed by Mohamed Challouf in 2022, this conversation between director Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa and cinema critic and filmmaker Férid Boughedir was made to accompany a Criterion Collection restoration of Pipa’s celebrated 1975 feature, Muna Moto.
Inheritance (2024)
Dir. Khaliyesa Barbara Minishi
12min
In English and Swahili with English subtitles
Kenya
New York premiere
Kavaa has travelled upcountry to bury her grandfather, who disowned her when she was born out of wedlock 22 years earlier. At that awkward family reunion, she finds acceptance with the village madman, who catapults her into a liminal realm, where she can face off with her grandfather and rise above his rejection to find new self-esteem.
Breastmilk (2025)
Dir. Ifeyinwa Arinze
16min
US/Nigeria
New York premiere
Set in Lagos, Nigeria, and based on a short story by Pemi Aguda, Breastmilk follows a new mother, Aduke, who struggles to breastfeed her baby while navigating her tense relationship with her husband and managing her family’s expectations. In order to support her newborn child, she must confront her past.
Rachid (2023)
Dir. Rachida El Garani
18min
Belgium
In Dutch and Arabic with English subtitles
North American premiere
Rachid, a 21-year-old young man of Moroccan descent, has one goal: to find a job. He confidently applies to be a dishwasher in a restaurant, which to him seems like a job anyone can do. But it soon turns out that it’s not as simple as he imagined.
Back to the Theater Vox (2024)
Dir. Amina Awa Niang
22min
Senegal
In French and Wolof with English subtitles
North American premiere
Mamadou and Junior would have everything it takes to be the best friends in the world if only their two grandfathers, a famous photographer and a novelist who used to be good friends, got along again. But because of an unfinished film they wanted to make together, they broke off their relationship, and their two families hold a bitter grudge. But Junior has an idea: what if he and Mamadou found their film and finished it themselves….
Join us for a post-screening Q&A.
Cape Town Royalty Program (2023)
Dir. Max Fouchee
7min
South Africa
In English
An ad presenter has to sell the dream of the South African city Cape Town as a luxurious yet cost-effective new home to wealthy Europeans. Once she realizes her script is problematic, she tries her best to let the prospective audience know about the daily reality of Cape Town’s citizens.
Jeanne (2023)
Dir. Antoine Paley
13min
France
In French with English subtitles
Jeanne Duval, the mixed-race muse and partner of Charles Baudelaire, has been forgotten by time and erased by history, but she refuses to remain silenced. In this short we see April 27, 1842: a day in the life of Duval and Baudelaire. As the day goes on, the weight of Baudelaire’s words and needs becomes increasingly difficult for Duval to bear.
The Many Moods of Muna Moto (2022)
Dir. Mohamed Challouf
19min
Cameroon/Tunisia
In French with English subtitles
Filmed by Mohamed Challouf in 2022, this conversation between director Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa and cinema critic and filmmaker Férid Boughedir was made to accompany a Criterion Collection restoration of Pipa’s celebrated 1975 feature, Muna Moto.
Inheritance (2024)
Dir. Khaliyesa Barbara Minishi
12min
In English and Swahili with English subtitles
Kenya
New York premiere
Kavaa has travelled upcountry to bury her grandfather, who disowned her when she was born out of wedlock 22 years earlier. At that awkward family reunion, she finds acceptance with the village madman, who catapults her into a liminal realm, where she can face off with her grandfather and rise above his rejection to find new self-esteem.
Breastmilk (2025)
Dir. Ifeyinwa Arinze
16min
US/Nigeria
New York premiere
Set in Lagos, Nigeria, and based on a short story by Pemi Aguda, Breastmilk follows a new mother, Aduke, who struggles to breastfeed her baby while navigating her tense relationship with her husband and managing her family’s expectations. In order to support her newborn child, she must confront her past.
Rachid (2023)
Dir. Rachida El Garani
18min
Belgium
In Dutch and Arabic with English subtitles
North American premiere
Rachid, a 21-year-old young man of Moroccan descent, has one goal: to find a job. He confidently applies to be a dishwasher in a restaurant, which to him seems like a job anyone can do. But it soon turns out that it’s not as simple as he imagined.
Back to the Theater Vox (2024)
Dir. Amina Awa Niang
22min
Senegal
In French and Wolof with English subtitles
North American premiere
Mamadou and Junior would have everything it takes to be the best friends in the world if only their two grandfathers, a famous photographer and a novelist who used to be good friends, got along again. But because of an unfinished film they wanted to make together, they broke off their relationship, and their two families hold a bitter grudge. But Junior has an idea: what if he and Mamadou found their film and finished it themselves….
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
118min
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