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The African Screen Network
The objective of the African Screen Network is to provide a platform for the coordination and promotion of contemporary African cinema across the continent. Through the creation of a sustainable screen network, the ASN seeks to act as a vehicle for the expansion of audience access to, knowledge of, and demand for African film.
2016/2017 Film Programme
For this initial phase, the ASN offers 6 exceptional contemporary African feature films & documentaries.
Network Partners:
The roles of network partners will include:
• Committing to screening at least 3 of the films offered with a minimum of one screening per film. If an organization or institution the minimum screening rate will be €100 per screening depending on venue size. Courier costs would be an additional charge.
• Distribution of supplied and additional marketing materials.
• Feedback on the screenings including audience reports and photos.
The potential of the African film industry has long been inhibited by challenges of distribution and exhibition of African and diaspora cinema on the continent. In particular, a coordinated and concerted strategy across countries is needed to develop audiences for African content in the region. The lack of networks and resources of independent cinemas has often meant limited access to quality content. As a result, African audiences rarely see their own films or those of the diaspora on their local big screens. At the same time, cinema attendance is on the rise in many countries, creating a space for a greater diversity of African content.
Beats of the Antonov
SYNOPSISSudan is doing everything it can to rid itself of the rebel forces in the Blue Nile area and the Nuba mountains. This includes obliterating their base. Their base is the villagers who have been forced to gather in mountain hideouts or refugee camps. The bombings continue but so does the resistance, led by the rebel forces. Director, hajooj kuka, was on the ground filming for over eighteen months, creating a film that traverses through the lives of displaced people who have lost everything. Yet, instead of broken people, we find a vibrant community of people with purpose and energy in the face of conflict. They respond to the violence with singing, dance, music and laughter. Through this journey we become aware of a conflict that stems from a war on identity.
AWARDS
Winner of the People’s Choice Documentary Award, TIFF 2014
Winner of the Best Feature Documentary Award, CORDOBA AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Audience Award for Feature Documentary, ANGERS AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Main Jury Prize for Feature Documentary, ANGERS AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Grand Nile Prize for Best Documentary, LUXOR AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Best Documentary Award, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Arterial Network’s Artwatch Africa Award for Freedom of Expression, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Beats of the Antonov
COUNTRY: Sudan/South Africa, 2014DURATION: 68 min LANGUAGE: Arabic SUBTITLES AVAILABLE: English & French
DIRECTOR: hajooj kukaPRODUCER: Steven Markovitz, hajooj kukaCINEMATOGRAHY: hajooj kukaEDITING: hajooj kuka, Khalid Shamis
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
TIFF 2014
WINNER
DOCUMENTARY AWARDBEST FEATURE
CORDOBA AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER
DOCUMENTARY AWARDGRAND NILE PRIZE
LUXOR AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARYMAIN JURY PRIZE
ANGERS AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER
FOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
A REFUGEE CLUB / BIG WORLD CINEMA PRODUCTION
COORDINATORPRODUCTION TAMSIN RANGER PRODUCER
ASSOCIATE KENIKA MEGAN PRODUCERMUSIC ALSARAH EDITORS HAJOOJ KUKA . KHALID SHAMIS
STEVEN MARKOVITZ . HAJOOJ KUKAPRODUCERSCINEMATOGRAPHERDIRECTOR & HAJOOJ KUKA
CONSULTANTSTORYEPHREM KOSSAIFY DESIGNER
SOUNDBARRY DONNELLYCONSULTANTEDITOREREZ LAUFER CONSULTING
PRODUCER BRIAN TILLEY
Run
SYNOPSISRun escapes just after killing his country’s Prime Minister. But in order to do so he had to act as a mad man wandering through the city. His life comes back to him in flashes: his childhood with Tourou when his dream was to become a rain miracle-worker; his adventures with Gladys the Eater; and his past as a young member of the militia in the heart of the political and military conflict in the Ivory Coast. Yet Run did not choose any of those lives. He fell into every life by running from another. And that’s why they call him Run.
AWARDS
Nominated for the Audience Award ‘New Auteurs’, AFI FEST, 2014
Nominated for the Golden Camera, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Nominated for the Lumiere Award, Best French-Language Foreign Film, LUMIERE AWARDS, FRANCE 2015
Nominated for the Golden Gate Award, New Director, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2015
Run
COUNTRY: Ivory Coast/France, 2014DURATION: 102 minLANGUAGE: French SUBTITLES AVAILABLE: English, French & Portuguese
DIRECTOR: Philippe LacôtePRODUCER: Claire Gadea, Ernest KouaméCINEMATOGRAPHY: Daniel MillerEDITING: Barbara Bossuet
STARRING: Abdoul Karim Konaté, Isaach De Bankolé, Reine Sali Coulibaly, Abdoul Bah, Alexandre Desane, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Adelaide Ouattara, Clément Drabo, Djinda Kane, N’Zanffouet Bienvenue Vianey Koffi, Anne Pamela Anghate Agoh, Stéphane Sebime, Koné Soma, Safiatou Coulibaly
Love the One You Love
SYNOPSISTerri, a sex-line operator, and Sandile, a dog handler, living in Cape Town, have the perfect romance. Maybe too perfect. When Terri decides to go work in Korea the couple agree to take a break but, to their horror, their friends and family insist that they stay together, leading them to suspect there’s a conspiracy at work to keep them in love.On the other side of town, Eugene, a lonely IT-tech can’t get over his ex, Micheline, even striking up an unlikely friendship with her teenage brother. When he uncovers proof that he and Micheline are destined for each other, Eugene sets off to win back the love of his life.These three characters embark on a kaleidoscopic journey across the city looking for answers, bringing them closer to the frightening truths about love, happiness, and life in the New South Africa.
AWARDS
Winner of Best South African Feature Film, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Winner of Best Direction in a South African Feature Film, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Winner of Best Actress (Chi Mhende), DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Winner of Youth Jury Award, FESTIVAL 3 CONTINENTS, 2014
Winner of Best Feature Film, JOZI FILM FESTIVAL, 2015
Nominated for the Ingmar Bergman Debut Award, GÖTEBORG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2015
Nominated for the Flash Forward Award, BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
Love the One You Love
COUNTRY: South Africa, 2014DURATION: 88 minLANGUAGE: English & isiXhosaSUBTITLES AVAILABLE: English
DIRECTOR: Jenna BassPRODUCER: Jenna Bass, Steven MarkovitzCINEMATOGRAPHY: Jenna BasssEDITORS: Jacques de Villiers, Jenna Bass
STARRING: Chi Mhende, Andile Nebulane, Louw Venter, Mogamat Dayaan Salie, Mzu Ntantiso, Thenji Stemela, Nelson Das Neves, Lise Slabber
Stories Of Our Lives
SYNOPSISA series of vignettes based on true stories collected for the Stories Of Our Lives project.
ASK ME NICELY (ITISHA POA) High school students Faith and Kate meet and fall in love. When school authorities separate them, Kate impulsively has sex with a local boy. Two weeks later, Kate and Faith have an awkward reunion.
RUN Patrick and his homophobic buddy, Kama, stumble upon a local gay bar. Patrick later secretly returns to the club for a night out.
ATHMAN Farm workers Raymond and Athman have been buddies for years. Hurt by Athman’s flirtatious relationship with newcomer Fiona, Raymond has to make a difficult choice.
DUET Jeff ‘s waiting in a hotel room far from home. He’s been saving for months to fulfill his fantasy of having sex with a white guy. Finally, there’s a knock at the door.
EACH NIGHT I DREAM When local legislators threaten to enforce anti-gay laws, mobs gather to evict suspected homosexuals. Amidst increasing tensions, Liz visualises escape plans for herself and partner Achi.
AWARDS
Winner of the Teddy Special Jury Award, BERLINALE 2015
2nd Place Panorama Audience Award, Fiction Film, BERLINALE 2015
Winner of the Best Film in the Volunteer of the Year Award, FRAMELINE 2015
Honorable Mention for First Feature Jury Award, FRAMELINE 2015
Winner of the Special Programming Award for Freedom, OUTFEST 2015
Winner of the Audience Award, GAZE 2015
Honorable Mention for Best Narrative Feature, TLVFEST 2015
Stories Of Our Lives
COUNTRY: KenyaDURATION: 60 minLANGUAGE: Swahili, English SUBTITLES AVAILABLE: English, French & Portuguese
DIRECTOR: Jim ChuchuPRODUCER: Wangechi NgugiCINEMATOGRAPHY: Dan Muchina, Jim ChuchuEDITORS: Dan Muchina, Jim Chuchu
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STARRING: Kelly Gichohi, Paul Ogola, Tim Mutungi, Mugambi Nthiga, Rose Njenga
NOT AVAILABLE IN KENYA.
Democrats
SYNOPSISFollowing Robert Mugabe’s contentious 2008 presidential win, Zimbabwe convened a bipartisan constitutional committee in an effort to transition the country away from its corrupt authoritarian leadership. Two men from rival political parties were appointed to the committee: Paul Mangwana and Douglas Mwonzora. Should they fail at securing maximum influence for their respective political parties on the provisions in the new constitution, dire consequences will loom. As the two begin to navigate their uncertain course, an uneasy alliance begins to form.
Filmed over three years with unprecedented access to the two political rivals overseeing the committee, this riveting, firsthand account of a country’s fraught first steps towards democracy plays at once like an intimate political thriller and unlikely buddy film.
AWARDS
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Winner of the Reel Talent Award, CPH:DOX 2014
Honorable Mention CPH:DOX Award, CPH:DOX 2014
Winner of the Best International Film, Freedom Award of Fedeora, DOCAVIV FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Nominated for the Best International Film, The International Competition, DOCAVIV FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Nominated for the Dragon Award, Best Nordic Documentary, GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Nominated for the Viktor Award, DOK.international, MUNICH INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL2015
Nominated for the Best Long Documentary, ROBERT FESTIVAL 2015
Nominated for the Golden Gate Award, Documentary Feature, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Democrats
COUNTRY: Denmark/Zimbabwe, 2014DURATION: 100 minLANGUAGE: Shona
DIRECTOR: Camilla NielssonPRODUCER: Henrik VeileborgCINEMATOGRAPHY: Henrik IpsenEDITING: Jeppe Maagaard, Bødskov
THEATRICAL SCREENINGS ONLY.NOT AVAILABLE IN ZIMBABWE.
NecktieYouth
SYNOPSISOn the 37th anniversary of the violent Soweto Youth Uprising of June 16th 1976, an affluent group of adolescent friends living in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa are shocked by their friend’s live-streamed suicide at her parent’s family home. A year and some months after the incident, two disillusioned new generation Zulu youths, Jabz and his best friend September rummage through the sleepy manicured northern suburbs of Johannesburg in search of answers, drugs, distraction and salvation.
AWARDS
Winner of Best South African Feature Film, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2105
Winner of Best Direction, DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Nominated for the Golden Alhambra, GRANADA FILM FESTIVAL CINES DEL SUR, 2015
Nominated for the Grand Prix, International Competition, T-Monbile NEW HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND, 2015
Nominated for Best Narrative Feature, TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015
Winner of the World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award, Best Film, WORLD CINEMA AMSTERDAM, 2015
Necktie Youth
COUNTRY: South Africa/Netherlands, 2015DURATION: 93 minLANGUAGE: English, Afrikaans, isiZulu SUBTITLES AVAILABLE: English, French & Portuguese
DIRECTOR: Sibs Shongwe-La MerPRODUCER: Elias Ribeiro, John TrengoveCINEMATOGRAPHY: Chuanne BlofieldEDITING: Candice Frank, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, Matthew Swanepoel
STARRING: Bonko Cosmo Khoza, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, Colleen Balchin, Kamogelo Moloi, Emma Tollman, Kelly Bates, Ricci-Lee Kalish, Giovanna Winetzki
