African Metropolis
Synopsis
African Metropolis is a compilation of six short fiction films, set in six major African cities, a unique partnership towards new African cinema. The films from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi tell urban tales about life in African metropolises. Over 50 percent of the continent’s total population now lives in cities and vital urban cultures are forming and transforming – fast, and with growing complexity. In African cinema, the shift is towards urban stories, with less focus on the traditional, rural Africa that dominated in the past.
Shorts
To Repel Ghosts
Writer and director: Philppe Lacôte
The Cave
Director: Ahmed Ghoneimy
The Other Woman (L’autre Femme)
Director: Marie Ka
Berea
Director: Vincent Moloi
The Line-Up
Director: Folasakin Iwajomo
Homecoming
Director: Jim Chuchu
Festivals
Dubai International Film Festival, Dubai, 2014
Rotterdam Int. Film Festival, 2014
Santa Barbara Int. Film Festival, 2014
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, 2014
Jozi Film Festival, 2014
Washington Jewish Film Festival, 2014
Women in Television & Film, 2014
Luxor African Film Festival, Cairo, 2014
CinemAfrica, 2014
Colours of the Nile, Ethiopia, 2014
Int. Film Festival of Fribourg, Suisse, 2014
Curaçao Int. Film Festival, Rotterdam, 2014
AfriKamera, Poland,2014
Vues d'Afrique, Canada, 2014
Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema, Milan, 2014
Seattle International Film Festival, 2014
International Film Fest Innsbruck, Austria, 2014
Galway African Film Festival, Ireland, 2014
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, 2014
Conference of the African Studies Association, Germany, 2014
Sydney Film Festival, 2014
FESTICAB, 2014
Zanzibar Int Film Festival, 2014
Frameline G&L Film Festival, 2014
Independent Mzansi Short Film Festival, 2014
Nairobi Goethe-institut, 2014
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2014
Sao Paulo Kinoforum, Brazil. 2014
Silwerskermfees, South Africa, 2014
Rift Valley Festival, Kenya, 2014
African Film Festival, Cologne, 2014
Urbanworld Film Festival, New York City, 2014
Queer Lisboa, Portugal, 2014
Lusaka International Film & Music Fest, Zambia, 2014
Festival international du film d'Afrique et des îles, Reunion, 2014
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium, 2014
29th MIX Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival, 2014
Zimbabwe Int Film Festival, 2014
Ile Courts, Mauritius, 2014
BFI London Film Festival, 2014
Cinema Queer, Sweden, 2014
Pittsburg LGBT Int Film Festival, 2014
Mediterranean Short FF of Tangier, Morocco, 2014
Hamburg LGBT Film Festival, Germany, 2014
I Luv Africa Film Festival, Ghana, 2014
LesCineGaiMad, Madrid, 2014
Film Africa - Royal African Society's Annual Film Festival, London, 2014
Africa In Motion, Scotland, 2014
Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique du Pays d'Apt, France, 2014
AFRIFF (Africa IFF), Lagos, 2014
Puerto Rico Queer Film Festival 2014
Face a Face Film Festival, France, 2014
Paris LGBTI Film Festival (FFGLP)/ Cheries- Cheris, 2014
London Short Film Festival, 2015
Canarias LGBTIQ IFF, Canary Islands, 2015
Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, 2015
Massimadi LGBTI Film Festival, Montreal, 2015
Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival 2015
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2015
30th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Italy, 2015
Currently not for distribution in South Africa