{"id":314019,"date":"2022-06-27T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/mostra-de-cinemas-africanos-2022-comeca-em-6-julho-em-sp\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:11:51","slug":"african-film-festival-2022-to-begin-july-6-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/african-film-festival-2022-to-begin-july-6-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"African Film Festival 2022 to begin July 6 in S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The 2022 African Film Festival<\/strong> will occur from July 6 to 20 in S\u00e3o Paulo and from July 7 to 13 in Curitiba. The event will bring together about 50 works from 20 African countries, emphasizing female production and films previously unreleased in Brazil. The festival schedule will include discussions, masterclasses, and panels with African guests. 11 Arab features and three shorts will be screened.<\/p>\n

The schedule in S\u00e3o Paulo will include six venues in the capital city: Cinesesc, Sesc Av Paulista, Goethe-Institut, Cinusp, and Circuito Spcine (Lima Barreto Room) Roberto Santos Library), with film screenings and activities. Tickets will range from free admission to BRL 24 (about USD 4.57) per session.<\/p>\n

In a hybrid<\/strong> format, the festival will also feature online short film exhibitions hosted by Sesc S\u00e3o Paulo. For more information and the full schedule, please visit the festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arabs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the feature films in the main circuit, curated by festival founders Ana Camila Esteves and Beatriz Leal Riesco, there are five Arab productions. Among the female-directed works are the documentaries A Way Home<\/a> [Dans La Maison], by Moroccan Karima Sa\u00efdi (Belgium, France, Morocco<\/strong>, and Qatar, 2020); Suspended Wives<\/a> [Lmaalkat], by Moroccan Meri\u00e8me Addou (Morocco, France, and Qatar, 2021); and the fiction A Tale of Love and Desire<\/a> [Une histoire d\u2019amour et de d\u00e9sir], by Tunisian Leyla Bouzid (France, 2021).<\/p>\n

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Scene from Sudanese documentary Talking About Trees<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also on the main circuit will be two other works with co-production from Arab countries. The documentary We, Students!<\/a> [Nous, \u00e9tudiants!], by Central African Rafiki Fariala (Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, 2022); and the fiction Tug of War<\/a> [Vuta N\u2019Kuvute], by Tanzanian Amil Shivji (Tanzania, South Africa, Germany, and Qatar<\/strong>, 2021).<\/p>\n

In the alternative feature circuit, curated by Institut Fran\u00e7ais Cin\u00e9ma, there will be six Arab films. The three documentaries will be 143 Sahara Street<\/a> [143, Rue du D\u00e9sert], by Algerian Hassen Ferhani, 2019; Talking about Trees<\/a>, by Sudanese Suhaib Gasmelbari (France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, and Qatar, 2019); and the restored copy of Twenty Years of African Cinema<\/a> [Cam\u00e9ra d\u2019Afrique], by F\u00e9rid Boughedir, a French-Tunisian production from 1983.<\/p>\n

The fiction works will include The Gravedigger\u2019s Wife<\/a> [Guled & Nasra], by Finnish-Somali Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (France, Somalia, Germany, and Finland, 2021); You Will Die at 20<\/a> (opening picture<\/em>), by Sudanese Amjad Abu Alala (Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, and Qatar, 2019); and Wallay<\/a>, by Berni Goldblat (France, Burkina Faso, and Qatar, 2017).<\/p>\n

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Scene from 143 Sahara Street<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the short sessions, there will be three Arab productions, one from Tunisia<\/strong> and two from Egypt<\/strong>. Within the short session \u201cFragments of history: singularities and conjunctions,\u201d curated by Kariny Martins and Bea Gerolin, will be the fiction CAI – BER<\/a> [Cairo – Berlin], by Egyptian Ahmed Abdelsalam (Egypt, England, 2021, 17 min.) and the experimental short Plague Under the Olive Tree<\/a>, by Tunisian Youssef Ksentini (Tunisia, 2021, 10 min.). The short film session Institut Fran\u00e7ais Cin\u00e9ma will feature the fiction Ward’s Henna Party<\/a> [Henet Ward], by Egyptian Morad Mostafa (Egypt, 2020, 23 min.). The festival will also feature a session of Angolan short films.<\/p>\n

The festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s highlights include the South African thriller Good Madam<\/strong> [Mlungu Wam] by Jenna Bass and Babalwa Baartman. A commentary on racial relations in post-apartheid South Africa, it had its award-winning premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. It will open the African Film Festival schedule with the presence of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n

Above Water<\/strong> [Marcher sur l\u2019eau] marks the direction debut of French-Senegalese A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, who will be in S\u00e3o Paulo to present her documentary. In the film, she records the effects of climate change and globalization on a village in Niger.<\/p>\n

Making its world premiere<\/strong> at the African Film Festival, Otiti<\/strong>, by Nigerian Ema Edosio, follows the story of a seamstress who takes on the responsibility of caring for the ill father who abandoned her as a child. Ema is also coming to Brazil to present a masterclass on her experience as an independent filmmaker in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

In total, 28 feature films will be presented in S\u00e3o Paulo, 15 in the official selection to screen at Cinesesc, and 13 in the alternative program on the Spcine circuit. \u201cThe African Film Festival returns to movie theaters in great style to celebrate the biggest African film festival in Brazil,\u201d highlighted in a note festival director Ana Camila Esteves. \u201cThe program is expanding its reach and relevance by bringing African filmmakers to the country and promoting cinematography from the continent among Brazilian audiences,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Watch the trailers:<\/p>\n

A Tale of Love and Desire<\/strong><\/p>\n