Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
AFRICAN FILM WEEK
The Goethe-Institut, together with the German Embassy and the African Union, present an African Film Week from 10th till 15th October 2016 at the Goethe-Institut. A selection of eight feature films from Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mauretania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia reflects the diversity of African cinema. All films have gained national and/or international recognition through awards and festival invitations in the last years and represent excellent filmmaking from their respective countries.
Welcome to the African Film Week – welcome to the Goethe-Institut!
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SCREENING SCHEDULE
Date and time Film
Monday 10 Oct, 6.30pm Lamb (Ethiopia, 2015)
Tuesday 11 Oct, 6.30pm Run (Côte d’Ivoire, 2014)
Wednesday 12 Oct, 6.30pm Viva Riva! (DRC, 2010)
Thursday 13 Oct, 6.30pm Timbuktu (Mauretania, 2015)
Friday 14 Oct
– 5pm Under the Starry Sky (Senegal, 2013)
– 7pm As I Open My Eyes (Tunisia, 2015)
Saturday 15 Oct
– 4pm Tell Me Sweet Something (South Africa, 2015)
– 6.30pm Gidi Blues (Nigeria, 2016)
Côte d’Ivoire Run (2014), Tuesday, 11 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Phillipe Lacôte
Genre: Drama
100min I Nouchi, French with English Subtitles
The skillfully story of Run (nicknamed after his primary survival strategy) reflects three stages of his life.
After a documentary about the civil war, the director Philippe Lacôte chose fiction to further explore how violence has ripped Côte d’Ivoire apart.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Viva Riva! (2010), Wednesday, 12 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Genre: Action Drama
98min I Lingala, French, Portuguese with English Subtitles
Money – the reason for living and the principal cause of death – is the only thing
that matters in Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s version of Kinshasa.
Ethiopia – Lamb (2015), Monday, 10 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Yared Zeleke
Genre: Drama
94min I Amharic with English Subtitles
Yared Zeleke’s contemplative debut feature tells of Eprahim, a 9-year-old boy, who is sent by his impoverished father to live with relatives after the passing of his mother.
Mauretania – Timbuktu (2015), Thursday, 13 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Genre: Drama
97min I Arabic, French, Bambara, English, Songhay, Tamashek with English Subtitles
After cattle herder Kidane accidently kills a neighbor in a conflict, he is sentenced by the occupiers to compensate the neighbour’s family or be executed. A man of little means, he is unable to pay. Consequently, the family face the full might of the jihadist’s version of sharia law.
Nigeria – Gidi Blues (2013), Saturday, 15 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Femi Odugbemi
Genre: Drama
103min I English, Igbo with English Subtitles
Akin is a playboy, who thinks nothing of living off his mother’s flourishing business, until he meets Nkem, a no-nonsense young woman with her heart set on making a difference.
Senegal – Under the Starry Sky (2013), Friday, 14 Oct, 5pm
Director: Dyana Gaye
Gaye’s first feature, which follows three protagonists in Senegal, Italy and the United States, is an empathetic take on the African Diaspora experience shared by so many.
South Africa – Tell Me Sweet Something (2015), Saturday, 15 Oct, 4pm
Director: Akin Omotoso
Genre: Romantic Comedy
90min I Zulu, English with English Subtitles
Now in her mid-twenties, former teenage writer sensation Moratiwa is running a close-to-bankruptcy bookstore in downtown Johannesburg. The brainy beauty has not followed up on her early success and has lost faith in love – but then she meets Nat, a model who does not read. Slowly things begin to change.
Tunisia – As I Open My Eyes (2015), Friday, 14 Oct, 7pm
Director: Leyla Bouzid
Genre: Drama
102min I Arabic, French with English Subtitles
Leyla Bouzid’s debut feature is a vibrant coming-to-age story about Farah, who has just graduated from high school with excellent grades. Her loving but controlling mother expects her to study medicine, but Farah has her eyes on a career in music with her rebellious band.