Part of DanceAfrica Festival 2023
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.
A young Ghanaian girl living in England finds a golden floppy disk that helps her to rediscover her African identity, becoming a prophetic device warning her of the dangers of forgetting one's heritage.
At a refuge for migrants in Mali, two teen girls from Burkina Faso befriend a woman in her 40s whose memory and hope have faded. Amid failed journeys and trauma, the trio finds some joy, hope, and tenderness.
A young Ghanaian girl living in England finds a golden floppy disk that helps her to rediscover her African identity, becoming a prophetic device warning her of the dangers of forgetting one's heritage.
A man prepares to journey to southern Ghana in an adaptation of an Ama Ata Aidoo short story. Plus a woman treks the Caribbean’s harsh natural landscapes in the second part of Daniela Yohannes’ Atopias trilogy.
In this coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar, a young freedom fighter meets an Indian-Zanzibari woman on her way to get married. Passion and revolution escalate.
These animated shorts by Canadian-Burkinabé-German director, writer, and animator Cilia Sawadogo shine a light on shifting identities, ancestral wisdom, and bridging the gap between social classes.
This wide-ranging selection of contemporary short films from Ghana reflects the country’s emerging generation of skillful and socially conscious storytellers.
Back home in Nigeria after studying in England, Obi navigates love, political change, corruption, European influence, and traditional values. Adapted from Chinua Achebe’s novels.
When a rebel warlord arrives, healer Mama Efe—supported by her daughter and her protegée—plots to save the villagers of Iyi and restore the glory of mermaid deity Mami Wata.
This subtle and powerful drama shot in Belgium and Congo explores a mother-son relationship years after a traumatic night, revealing new layers of meaning and relating.
These short films invite us into stories from the US, South Africa, Nigeria, and the UK about memory, identity, madness, and uncertainty.
Filmed in Algeria in 1969, this documentary explores neocolonialism and the need for unity through the first Pan-African Cultural Festival, interviews with Black Panthers, and a performance by Miriam Makeba.
