- Original title
- Tsotsi
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
South Africa- Director
- Gavin Hood
- Screenwriter
- Gavin Hood (Novel: Athol Fugard)
- Music
- Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker
- Cinematography
- Lance Gewer
- Cast
- Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Rapulana Seiphemo, Nambitha Mpumlwana, Jerry Mofokeng
- Producer
- Co-production South Africa-United Kingdom; Distributed by Miramax
- Genre
- Drama | Social Drama. Poverty
- Synopsis / Plot
- Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - TSOTSI traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking.
- Awards
- Original title
- Yesterday
- Year
- 2004
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
- South Africa
- Director
- Darrell James Roodt
- Screenwriter
- Darrell James Roodt
- Music
- Madala Kunene
- Cinematography
- Michael Alan Brierley
- Cast
- Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvlase, Kenneth Kambule, Harriet Lehabe, Camilla Walkerer, Nandi Nyembe
- Producer
- HBO / Videovision Entertainment
- Genre
- Drama | Disease/illness. AIDS
- Synopsis / Plot
- Young mother Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) lives in Rooihoek, a remote village with meagre resources, with her daughter Beauty (Lihle Mvelase), while her husband (Kenneth Khambula) is away working in Johannesburg's mines. Falling ill, she struggles to see a doctor, never guaranteed a consultation after walking the long distance to the medical centre, which is only open one day a week and always oversubscribed. When she finally gets an appointment, she is diagnosed as HIV positive. Devastated, she goes to visit her husband who refuses to accept the situation, and Yesterday is left to fend for herself, desperately hoping she will survive long enough to see Beauty go to school. Yesterday claims she was named so by her father because 'things were better yesterday'. A bold statement given South Africa's painful history, but given how the AIDS epidemic has affected the region, it is sadly clear to see how some can come to that conclusion. Set against the stunning, harsh landscapes of South Afica's Zululand, director Darrell Roodt (Sarafina!, Cry the Beloved Country) insists his film is not a message movie, but a timely depiction of how devastating the disease is for the individual.
- Awards
- Original title
- Le chagrin des oiseaux (Timbuktu)
- Year
- 2014
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
Mauritania- Director
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Screenwriter
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
- Music
- Amin Bouhafa
- Cinematography
- Sofian El Fani
- Cast
- Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi, Kettly Noël, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed, Fatoumata Diawara, Adel Mahmoud Cherif, Salem Dendou, Mamby Kamissoko, Yoro Diakité, Cheik A.G. Emakni, Zikra Oualet Moussa, Weli Cleib
- Producer
- Co-production Mauritania-France; Les Films du Worso / Dune Vision / Arches Films / arte France Cinéma / Orange Studio
- Genre
- Drama | Based On A True Story. Religion. Africa
- Synopsis / Plot
- Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith.
- Awards
- Original title
- Rebelle
- Year
- 2012
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Director
- Kim Nguyen
- Screenwriter
- Kim Nguyen
- Cinematography
- Nicolas Bolduc
- Cast
- Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga, Ralph Prosper, Jean Kabuya, Jupiter Bokondji, Starlette Mathata, Alex Herabo, Dole Malalou, Karim Bamaraki, Sephora Françoise, Jonathan Kombe, Marie Dilou, Gauna Gau
- Producer
- Item 7 / Shen Studio
- Genre
- Drama. War | Africa. Childhood
- Synopsis / Plot
- Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
- Awards
Sudáfrica
- Título original
- Papicha
- Año
- 2019
- Duración
- 106 min.
- País
Argelia- Dirección
- Guion
- Fadette Drouard, Mounia Meddour
- Música
- Rob
- Fotografía
- Léo Lefèvre
- Reparto
- Productora
- Coproducción Argelia-Francia-Bélgica-Qatar; Ink Connection, High Sea Production, Scope Pictures, Tayda Film, Tribus P Film, Same Player, Fonds Impact
- Género
- Drama | Religión. Moda. Años 90. Feminismo
- Sinopsis
- Argelia, años 90. Nedjma, de 18 años, estudiante alojada en la ciudad universitaria de Argel, sueña con convertirse en estilista y se niega a que los trágicos sucesos de la guerra civil argelina le impidan llevar una vida normal y salir por la noche con su amiga Wassila. Al caer la noche, se escurre entre las redes del alambrado de la ciudad con sus mejores amigas para acudir a la discoteca donde vende sus creaciones a las ‘papichas’, las jóvenes argelinas. La situación política y social del país no deja de empeorar. Nedjma se niega a aceptar las prohibiciones de los radicales y decide luchar por su libertad e independencia organizando un desfile de moda.
- Premios
KeniaWanjeri Gakuru, Gathoni Kamau, Ian Masters, Kamau Wa Ndung'u, Mugambi Nthiga (Obra: Silas Miami. Historia: Likarion Wainaina)
Sean Peevers
Enos Olik, Volker Tittel
Coproducción Kenia-Alemania; One Fine Day Films, Ginger Ink Films
AngolaMario Bastos, Ery Claver
Aline Frazão
Ery Claver
Geração 80
