Film Series
FilmAfrica 2016
Co-presented by the New York African Film Festival, this cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica celebration features the best fiction and documentary films from Ghana, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, and beyond, with a special focus on Senegal, the home of this year’s visiting company.
To kick off the festival, Dakar Vert Environmental Film Festival partners with BAMcinématek to co-present three films and an academic panel on environmental issues that examine some of the most urgent ecological issues in contemporary Africa and the developing world at large.
An Ethiopian boy will do anything to save his beloved sheep in this remarkable debut feature.
Two poignant portraits capturing the struggle to find one’s place in the world.
This program examines the artistic communities in Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and Senegal.
An ambitious documentary about the father of African cinema.
A feature about Sudanese youths searching for home screens with a Senegalese short.
Lilliputian hero Kirikou must outwit an evil witch in this sequel to Kirikou and the Sorceress.
A journey underscoring the realities, hopes, and dreams of contemporary emigration.
A bus driver and his passengers make a dangerous trip.
This allegorical comedy of errors features some of Nigeria’s biggest names in acting.
A pair of portraits about one of the most fraught ecological environments in the world.
This film reveals a toxic global trade fueled by greed and corruption.
DanceAfrica 2016 welcomes two Dakar-based companies, WAATO SiiTA and Tenane.
Ousmane Sembène’s landmark of African cinema is a seminal film about race and colonialism.