AFRICAN SHORTS

In the organizer's words:

AFRICAN SHORTS

AYO (D: Francoise Ellong-Gomez &, Yolande Eckel, Cameroon 2024, OmeU | DCP | 15 min.)
THE LAST HARVEST (D: Nuno Bonaventura Miranda, Cape Verde/PT 2025, OmeU | DCP | 22 min.)
DEADLOCK (D: Mahdi Boucif & Lucien Beucher, Algeria 2024, OmeU | DCP | 10 min.)
THE INCREDIBLE SENSATIONAL FIANCÉE OF SÈYI ÀJÀYI (D: Abbesi Akhamie, Nigeria 2024, OmeU | DCP | 16 min.)
STERO (D: Millan Tarus, Tevin Kimathi, Kenya 2024, OmeU | DCP | 13 min.)
LEES WAXUL (D: Yoro Mbaye, Senegal/Central African Republic/FR/BE 2024, OmeU | DCP | 21 min. )

AYO helps her mother with the deliveries of the women in her village and wonders if she wants to have a child herself ... In THE LAST HARVEST, the lives of Gabriel, Isabel and Firmino intertwine as they question their identity and their place in the life of the Cape Verdean community in Lisbon. In DEADLOCK, Sifou and Mahrez are stuck in their neighborhood in Algiers, looking out at the sea and thinking of their brothers who have left for a new life. THE INCREDIBLE SENSATIONAL FIANCÉE OF SÈYI ÀJÀYI: In the bizarre pan-African nation of Alkebulan, a brilliant scholar plots revenge after discovering her fiancé's engagement to another woman. Speaking Kiswahili on school grounds is against the language policy. Student Bruce tries to defy this unjust rule by becoming the badass hero STERO. LEES WAXUL: The opening of a traditional bakery leads to a palpable, unspoken tension between Ousseynou and his sister-in-law and gradually jeopardizes his role as a family man.

AYO helps her mother with the deliveries of the women in her village and wonders whether she would like to have a child herself ... In THE LAST HARVEST, the lives of Gabriel, Isabel and Firmino intertwine as they question their identities and their place in the life of the Cape
Verdean community in Lisbon. In DEADLOCK, Sifou and Mahrez are stuck in their neighborhood in Algiers, looking out at the sea and thinking about their brothers who have left for a new life. THE INCREDIBLE SENSATIONAL FIANCÉE OF SÈYI ÀJÀYI: In the bizarre pan-African nation of Alkebulan, a brilliant scholar seeks revenge after discovering her fiancé's engagement to another woman. Speaking Kiswahili on school grounds is against the language policy, and student Bruce tries to defy this unjust rule by becoming the badass hero STERO. LEES WAXUL: The opening of a traditional bakery leads to a palpable, unspoken tension between Ousseynou and his sister-in-law, and gradually his role as a family man is also jeopardized