{"id":279039,"date":"2020-08-24T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=279039"},"modified":"2020-08-24T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:41:46","slug":"cine-africa-to-screen-arab-movies-from-egypt-and-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/cine-africa-to-screen-arab-movies-from-egypt-and-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cine \u00c1frica to screen Arab movies from Egypt and Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 From September 10 to December 2, Brazil African Film Festival<\/a> will present the 9th<\/sup> Cine \u00c1frica, an online free project to screen 12 movies every Thursday on the \u00a0Cinema em Casa com Sesc<\/a>\u00a0platform. Among the ten feature-length movies and two short films programs are two Arab feature films. They are the romantic comedy \u201caKasha\u201d (pictured above<\/em>) from Sudan and the drama \u201cPoisonous Roses\u201d from Egypt. The other countries represented are Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal. Cine Africa is organized by SESC S\u00e3o Paulo and supported by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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aKasha\u2019s poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every Thursday for three months, the show will debut a new film, which will remain available for a week on the platform alongside an exclusive interview with its director. All movies and interviews have Portuguese subtitles.<\/p>\n

The opening movie will be the drama \u201cBorders\u201d (Burkina Faso, 2017) by director Apolline Traor\u00e9. The film follows four women during a dangerous journey from Senegal to Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Among the first-run movies is the comedy \u201caKasha\u201d (2019) by hajooj kuka, the first feature fiction film by the Sudanese filmmaker and activist which premiered at the Toronto Festival.<\/p>\n

Other important title is Kenyan drama \u201cSupa Modo,\u201d which opened last year\u2019s Brazil African Film Festival and tells the story of a terminally ill young girl who dreams of being a superhero. This year, the movie will close Cine \u00c1frica.<\/p>\n

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Posonous Roses\u2019 poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFor us, it\u2019s essential to always include the Arab countries in the program as many people forget that the North African countries are Africans, and these industries are key to understand the African cinema. With a wide range of contents, formats and aesthetics, the African Arab movies always bring good surprises,\u201d the show\u2019s curator Ana Camila Esteves told ANBA.<\/p>\n

Esteves says that Cine \u00c1frica gives her the freedom to include movies that have left the festival circuit. \u201c\u2018Poisonous Roses\u2019 has been in several Brazilian festivals but unfortunately was not commercially distributed, but it\u2019s an amazing movie, so we made sure to include it in the program. The love story talks about a sort of obsession between the protagonists and is very provocative from an aesthetic point of view, and I believe it is a highlight in Egyptian contemporary cinema,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for \u2018aKasha,\u2019 it\u2019s the second feature film by hajooj kuka, who I see as one of the most promising African filmmakers. In 2018, we screened his documentary \u2018Beats of Antonov\u2019 (2014) and we are now very happy to screen his first fiction film. We are great admirers of his work as an artist activist, which reflects on the Sudanese civil war in a very eloquent, honest way,\u201d the curator said.<\/p>\n

A chat about \u201cAfrican cinemas in digital contexts\u201d is also planned for the Cinema da Vela, a traditional meeting of S\u00e3o Paulo Cinesesc that will run online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Cine \u00c1frica also includes the three-month course \u201cAfrican Cinemas: Trajectories and Perspectives\u201d and the launch of an e-book by the end of the season with texts about the universe of African cinema in several formats: articles, essays, interviews and reviews. Registrations are free and start on September 10.<\/p>\n

aKasha (78 min, Sudan, 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The romantic comedy by Sudanese director hajooj kuka tells the story of revolutionary soldier Adnan, who lives in a rebel-controlled area in Sudan. He spends his days besides an AK-47, always ready for strike. However, the young man seems increasingly distracted by his feelings for Lina. In this chaotic war-torn context, they start an unusual love story, ignoring all possible consequences.<\/p>\n

Poisonous Roses (70 min, Egypt, 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shot of Poisonous Roses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Egyptian drama film directed by Fawzi Saleh tells the story of 28-year-old Tahya who lives in a small neighborhood of Cairo, surrounded by religious, conservative values. Her younger brother plans a boat refugee in Italy, and she finds herself divided between her desire to go along him and her duty to make him stay. The solution for her problems seems to arise in form of a mysterious shaman, who watches her constantly.<\/p>\n

Cine \u00c1frica Full Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

September<\/p>\n

9\/10 (Thu) – \u201cBorders\u201d by Apolline Traor\u00e9 (Burkina Faso, 2017) – Drama – 91 min;
\n9\/17 (Thu) – \u201cAristotle\u2019s Plot\u201d by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon, 1996) – Comedy – 71 min;
\n9\/24 (Thu) – \u201caKasha<\/strong>\u201d by hajooj kuka (Sudan, 2019) – Comedy – 78 min;
\n9\/30 (Wed) – Cinema da Vela on African Cinemas in Digital Contexts. Participants: Ana Camila Esteves (Brazil), Marina Gonzaga (Brazil\/France) and Jorge Cohen (Angola).<\/p>\n

October<\/p>\n

10\/1 (Thu) – \u201cNew Moon\u201d by Philippa Ndisi-Hermann (Kenya, 2019) – Documentary – 70 min;
\n10\/8 (Thu) – \u201cThe Ghost and the House of Truth\u201d by Akin Omotoso (Nigeria, 2019) – Drama – 107 min;
\n10\/15 (Thu) – \u201cPoisonous Roses<\/strong>\u201d by Fawzi Saleh (Egypt, 2018) – Drama – 70 min;
\n10\/22 (Thu) – \u201cMadame Brouette\u201d by Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal, 2002) – Drama – 101 min;
\n10\/29 (Thu) – \u201cBeyond Nollywood \u2013 Smiling and Suffering\u201d (Nigeria) \u2013 Shorts Program – 99 min;<\/p>\n

November<\/p>\n

11\/5 (Thu) – \u201cNothing Wrong\u201d by several directors (Switzerland, 2019) – Documentary – 49 min;
\n11\/15 (Thu) – \u201cPrice of Love\u201d by Hermon Hailay (Ethiopia, 2015) – Drama – 99 min;
\n11\/19 (Thu) – \u201cQuartiers Lointains – Afrofuturism\u201d (French diaspora) \u2013 Shorts Program – 100 min.
\n11\/26 (Thu) – \u201cSupa Modo\u201d by Likarion Wainaina (Kenya, 2018) – Drama – 74 min.<\/p>\n

Watch the trailers below:<\/em><\/p>\n