A film program exploring how togetherness can be shaped through stories of longing and belonging.
These films summon up different registers of storytelling to weave common narratives and narratives of the common.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers, in English.
Mugabo
Amelia Umuhire, 2017, 6’31’’
In Kinyarwanda with English subtitles
Mugabo is a short experimental film about a young girl's return to the idealized homeland, a place full of borrowed memories.
Written and directed by Amelia Umuhire, produced by Amanda Mukasonga and Amelia Umuhire, edited by Amelia Umuhire.
Da Yie
Anthony Nti, 2020, 20’
In English, French & Asante Twi with English subtitles
Young Matilda and Prince are taken on a life-changing trip by a stranger. Da Yie (also known by its English title Good Night) portrays kids, gangsters and Ghana's vibrant coast as you've never seen them.
Produced by Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov and Dimitri Verbeek, and distributed worldwide by the International Production & Distribution company Salaud Morisset.
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
Audrey Jean-Baptiste & Maxime Jean-Baptiste, 2021, 15’
Sixty years ago, the French government decided to establish its space center in Kourou (French Guiana, South America). 600 guyanese people were expropriated to allow France to realize its dream of space conquest. Combining field investigation and video-editing processes on archives, ‘Listen To the Beat of Our Images’ gives a voice to an invisibilized and silenced population.
In French with English subtitles
