YAFMA DOCUMENTARY 2022

Sunday 24 April 2022: YAFMA - Documentary

Subtitles: English

 

11u00 South-Africa

• Botlhale, 2021, Reabetswe Moeti, Zuid-Afrika, 35 min.

Botlhale suffers from a mental illness and is admitted to a mental institution. He makes new friends and together they make plans for the future.

• Nothing is Normal, 2020, Leron Adonis, Zuid-Afrika, 30 min.

The recent lockdown due to the global pandemic emphasized another pandemic in South Africa: the escalating gender-based violence (GBV). How can men contribute towards changing the patriarchal mindset of South African society?

• Ulwandle Lushile: Meeting the Tides, 2020, Tambisa Jordaan, Zuid-Afrika, 10 min.

During the Apartheid era, the Sokhulu people were forcibly removed from their coastal lands and it was for them forbidden—under threat of arrest and imprisonment—to harvest the rich marine resources on which they had long depended. In her film, marine scientist Tembisa Jordaan shows how Sokhulu women are once again carrying on the tradition of sustainably harvesting mussels and passing it on to a younger generation.

• Brown Skinned Girl, 2019, Mona-Lisa Msime, Zuid-Afrika, 13 min.

In a society where dark-skinned girls are not considered as beautiful, a South African girl struggles to see beauty in her reflection until she holds her own "Brown Skinned Girl AA Meetings”. She re-introduces herself to herself.

• Mother Shoal, 2021, Kirsten Horne, Zuid-Afrika, 26 min.

An Indian fishing community in Durban, South Africa, has a deep and ancient relationship with the ocean. To them, the ocean is the mother, the beginning and the end of life. But during the pandemic, overnight, the beaches are closed and fishing is banned.

 
14u20 Maghreb

• Jamila in the time of Hirak, 2021, Abderrahmane Harrat, Algerije, 7 min.

Jamila has been homeless for 15 years. The Algerian Hirak (peaceful protests) gave her back the courage and the confidence to seek a better future

• Expatriation - 19, 2021, Rawan Hasabo, Egypte, 13 min.

The experiences of migrants and refugees during COVID-19are unimaginable to most of us. What issues they face, being both out of their homeland and having to survive a global pandemic.

• El Ghriba, 2021, Mohamed Feki, Tunesië, 6 min.

The synagogue El Ghriba is one of the main identity markers of the Jews of Djerba. They are one of the last living Jewish communities in the Arab world. Every year on Lag baOmer, a holiday 33 days after Passover, the blue-tiled El-Ghriba synagogue fills with thousands of pilgrims.

• Spring Days, 2021, Imad Badi, Marokko, 18 min.

Fatima supports her children by collecting and selling wood from the forest, with the help of an animal. But one day, the animal falls sick due to drought

• Palimpsest, 2021, Mohamed Osman Kilani, Tunesië, 6 min.

A name is a spell, and also a key - if you know how to read it... The director explores the several layers of Identity hidden between the lines of his first name.

 
15u30 Western-Africa

• Soja Go, Soja Come, 2021, Tobi Akinde, Nigeria, 16 min.

Residents of Ibadan & Lagos talk about the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on their daily life. “Sojago, soja come”, an abridged version of the Nigerian saying, “soldier go, soldier come, but barracks remains”, speaks of the transience of crisis after crisis and the staying power of the will to survive.

• The Life Changing Story of Sunday, 2021, Solomon Usuanlele, Nigeria, 10 min.

Chess in Slums Africa, headed by Tunde Onakoya, provides a safe haven for under-privileged children and orphans. He dreams of building the biggest chess academy in the world

• À la recherche d’Aline, 2020, Rokhaya Marieme Balde, Senegal/Zwitserland, 27 min.

Rokhaya Balde, a young director, returns to her home in Senegal to make a film about a local historical figure. Throughout her research, which consists of interviews with local personalities, discussions with her team and fictional scenes shot on location, we discover the story of Aline Sitoe Diatta.

 

 16u40 A new, fighting, generation

• Hymns on the Bridge, 2021, Sadam Siddig, Soedan, 25 min.

Islam Zain al-Abidin is a Sudanese plastic artist, who immigrated to France in the mid-nineties after student demonstrations against the new Bashir regime. In 1991 the regime closed the College of Arts where he studied. In 2019, Islam Zian El Abidin participated in the Sudanese demonstrations in Europe in support of the popular revolution that started in Sudan. The result of his interaction with the revolution is reflected in his artwork.

• Angola’s Path, 2020, Angola, 24 min.

A group of young people from Luanda (Angola) and the director António-Pedro got together for a Filmand Music Workshop. The result is this documentary. They follow 3 zungueiras (woman street vendors) and 2 street boys. Because of the pandemic, their livesare even moredifficult.They talk about theirstruggles and about their dreams.

• APA, 2021, DR Congo, Maisha Maene & Leo Nelki 3 min.

Filmmakers Maisha Maene and Leo Nelki lay bare the volatility of eastern Congo in a sensory essay that evokesimages of environmental threat, military aggression, and a young generation raised in conflict.

• On the Road, 2021, Misheck Chiza Banda, Zambia, 9 min.

Female truck drivers are making a name for themselves in a country that still struggles with embracingwomen in male-dominated sectors.They are in inspiration to the next generation of girls to grow upknowing that gender should not be a barrier for their career choises and shouldn’t stop them fromempowering themelves.