The Domain by Tiago Guedes, Apr. 25 2023 @ Alliance Française Nairobi.

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Date: April 25, 2023

Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Time: 6 PM

Entrance: Free

SYNOPSIS – The chronicle of a family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus. The Domain delves deeply into the secrets of their homestead, portraying the historical, political, economic, and social life of Portugal, since the 1940s, through the Carnation Revolution to these days.

| 2019 | 2h 46min.
 

Presented by the Embassy of Portugal in Nairobi as part of the celebrations of April 25 (Freedom Day).

Screening: Shimoni by Angela Wamai, Apr. 24 2023 @ Alliance Française.

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Date: April 24, 2023

Venue: Alliance Française  

Time: 6 PM

Entry: Free (Prior Reservation Required. RSVP, Here – https://mookh.com/event/shimoni-the-pit-kenyan-premiere)

About | 2021 | 95 min.
It tells the story of a man at odds with his environment and at war with his inner demons. After being released from prison, Geoffrey is sent to the Kenyan village where he was raised. Formerly an English teacher, he is now forced to redirect his life in a community that he left behind, doing manual jobs that are alien to him.

Winner of the Bronze Stallion at the 2023 FESPACO (Pan-African Film & TV Festival)

Screening in the presence of the Director and the Film Crew.

Screening: Shimoni by Angela Wamai, Apr. 24 2023 @ Alliance Française.

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Date: April 24, 2023

Venue: Alliance Française  

Time: 6 PM

Entry: Free (Prior Reservation Required. RSVP, Here – https://mookh.com/event/shimoni-the-pit-kenyan-premiere)

About | 2021 | 95 min.
It tells the story of a man at odds with his environment and at war with his inner demons. After being released from prison, Geoffrey is sent to the Kenyan village where he was raised. Formerly an English teacher, he is now forced to redirect his life in a community that he left behind, doing manual jobs that are alien to him.

Winner of the Bronze Stallion at the 2023 FESPACO (Pan-African Film & TV Festival)

Screening in the presence of the Director and the Film Crew.

Screenings: AfroFuturistik – A Series of 5 Short Films Curated by Claire Diao, Apr. 25 2022 @ Alliance Française Auditorium

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Date: Monday, 25 April 2022

Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium

Time: 6 PM  

Free of Charge

About 

A series of 5 short films by filmmakers from Morocco, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Kenya put together by Claire Diao, the French-Burkinabé journalist and film critic.

How can Africa project itself into the future? Can it tell its own stories in more experimental, offbeat ways than the humanitarian imagery and/or cinematic images of hardship and suffering?
 
Rwandan artist Kantarama Gahigiri imagines the return to earth of a cosmonaut who stayed in space for 30 years. With humor, Kenyan Jim Chuchu examines the meteoric rise of a young contemporary artist. Between Juju and science fiction, Nigerian CJ Obasi films the adventures of three witches.  So what if the goats die is an essay on knowledge or rather on ignorance by Moroccan, Sophia Alaoui. The film “Zombie” is a journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinhsasa by the Congolese/Belgian singer Baloji.

2017/2018/2019 | 1h25min

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the Kenyan filmmaker, Jim Chuchu.

Freiburger Film Forum – Festival of Transcultural Cinema, May 6-16 2021 @ Home

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Dates: May 6-16, 2021

Medium: Online

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Some of the featured Kenyan films include: The Letter, Coachez, If Objects Could Speak and Tales of the Accidental City.

About

With 30 films stretched over 10 Days, the 2021 edition will take a closer look at a broad variety of socio-cultural topics: everyday lives, working conditions, experiences of migration, consequences of economic growth and questions of diverse cultural identities. Next to feature documentaries and fictions from established filmmakers, the students’ platform will present a careful selection of debut films from all over the globe that are deeply personal, sensitive and committed to a cause. Some of the featured Kenyan films include: The Letter, Coachez, If Objects Could Speak and Tales of the Accidental City

For the first time, this year’s edition allows us to watch online and discuss films together from various corners of the world, which has resulted in the addition of an exciting new facet to the festival: #FIFOJUNCTIONS! Partnering with DAP (Documentary Association Pakistan) and our friends from DocuBox in Nairobi, Kenya, we will use this opportunity to screen films simultaneously in these locations and discuss them from multiple perspectives.  

In addition to this collaboration with our partners in Kenya and Pakistan, other highlights from our program include: a panel on colonial heritage in Kenya and Germany, a workshop on Chinese weavings, a historic radio piece on the banlieues of Paris and a participative performance on African orature.  

Throughout the festival – from May 6 to May 16 – all films will be available to screen from home and will be free to view in Kenya. As the films will be live streamed from our cinema to your living rooms, they can be watched simultaneously worldwide. Following the live stream, there is also the opportunity for all viewers to participate in live, post-screening film discussions via zoom.

Freiburger Film Forum – Festival of Transcultural Cinema, May 6-16 2021 @ Home

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Dates: May 6-16, 2021

Medium: Online

https://freiburger-filmforum.de/en/home-2/

Some of the featured Kenyan films include: The Letter, Coachez, If Objects Could Speak and Tales of the Accidental City.

About

With 30 films stretched over 10 Days, the 2021 edition will take a closer look at a broad variety of socio-cultural topics: everyday lives, working conditions, experiences of migration, consequences of economic growth and questions of diverse cultural identities. Next to feature documentaries and fictions from established filmmakers, the students’ platform will present a careful selection of debut films from all over the globe that are deeply personal, sensitive and committed to a cause. Some of the featured Kenyan films include: The Letter, Coachez, If Objects Could Speak and Tales of the Accidental City

For the first time, this year’s edition allows us to watch online and discuss films together from various corners of the world, which has resulted in the addition of an exciting new facet to the festival: #FIFOJUNCTIONS! Partnering with DAP (Documentary Association Pakistan) and our friends from DocuBox in Nairobi, Kenya, we will use this opportunity to screen films simultaneously in these locations and discuss them from multiple perspectives.  

In addition to this collaboration with our partners in Kenya and Pakistan, other highlights from our program include: a panel on colonial heritage in Kenya and Germany, a workshop on Chinese weavings, a historic radio piece on the banlieues of Paris and a participative performance on African orature.  

Throughout the festival – from May 6 to May 16 – all films will be available to screen from home and will be free to view in Kenya. As the films will be live streamed from our cinema to your living rooms, they can be watched simultaneously worldwide. Following the live stream, there is also the opportunity for all viewers to participate in live, post-screening film discussions via zoom.