La Vergüenza (The Shame)
by David Planell, 2009, 1h47
presented by the Embassy of Spain
Pepe and Lucia don’t know how to deal with their adopted son’s behavior. They decide to send him back until they realize the consequences of such a plan…
Slum Film Festival, Aug. 9-20 2011 @ Kibera and Mathare slums
Founded in 2011 in Nairobi Kenya, SLUM FILM FESTIVAL is a pilot film festival showcasing films made by and about slums. This innaugural project focuses on the images around the slums in Nairobi with a vision of expansion to include films from around the world in the future editions.
A positive initiative for the slums and its artists, the Slum Film Festival seeks to raise positive attention and help to shift the public perspective on the slums and the people who call them home.
SFF intends to become a platform for film production out of the slums. With awareness and awards, it will help give local film projects a leg up to reach both International and local film festival circ..
SFF kicks off on August 6th 2011 and will run through August 23rd, in both Kibera and Mathare!
MISSION: Changing our belief system is central to making any real and lasting change; we are working to shift the global picture & perception of slums through social transformation utilizing media and the arts.
The Slum Film Festival is a joint project of the Spanish Embassy (Kenya), Hotsun Foundation, Slum-TV, AECID (Spanish Agency Of International Cooperation) in collaboration with the Nairobi Art Center.
CONTACT: slumfilmfestival@gmail.com
KIBERA Screenings & Performance schedule 9/11 August.
MATHARE Festival Screenings, Performance, and Workshop Schedule 15-20 August
Slum Film Festival Teaser
Moonlight Cinema: True Lies, Aug 7 2011 @ Capri 7
Moonlight Cinema is all about Classic movies on Large Air Screen, every Sunday @Capri 7.
This week James Cameron steals the show, with his 1994 Action – Comedy Film “TRUE LIES”
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, show as the TRUE definition of Secrets, Love and Guns! – So don’t miss out on all the action under the moonlight.
Bring a Friend and a Duvet.
Venue: Capri 7, Hurligham
Date: 7th August 2011
Time: 7p.m
Local Beers: 150
Entry: Free!
Palestine Film Festival, Aug. 8-12 2011 @ Alliance
Dates: August 8-12, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 5.30pm
Entrance: Free
Presented by the Kenya Palestine Solidarity Committee in partnership with Alliance Francaise, Fahamu (Networks for Social Justice), Pambazuka (Pan-African Voices for Freedom and Justice), the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Kenya and Solidarity Network Kenya.
Main feature: PLO – History of a Revolution by Aljazeera
Time: 6pm and from 5.30 – 6pm, a six part series
Date: Aug. 8, 2011
WALLS OF SHAME by Thierry Denis & Guy Ratovondrahona (52min)
The fall of the Berlin Wall gave us hope for the end of divisions. However, 20 years later, many walls be it of concrete, metal or wire have been erected throughout the world.
In the USA, in Israel, in Europe, and in many other parts of the world. In our so called global world, these walls are for us the evidence of a global crisis.
Date: Aug. 9 2011
LIFE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE: Eyewitness stories & photos (59 min)
The film provides an excellent introduction to the occupation in Palestine and the non-violent movement for freedom and equality in the Holy Land.
Date: Aug. 10, 2011
LEMON TREE 106min, with English subtitles
The director tackles the bitter Israel-Palestinian conflict by focusing on how it impinges on one Arab widow (the wonderful Hiam Abbass) who tries to scrape a living from her grove of lemon trees. Her new neighbour, who unfortunately for her is the Israeli defence minister and his wife, is advised by his security goons that the next door lemon grove constitutes a security risk, and an order is given for its chopping down. The widow decides against all odds to fight the decision, eventually taking it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Date: Aug. 11 2011
THE SYRIAN BRIDE 1h37, with English subtitles
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married to Tallel, a television comedian who works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home.
Date: Aug. 12, 2011
GAZA HOSPITAL 1h24, with English subtitles
The Gaza Hospital in Beirut is adjacent to the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila; it used to be a vanguard health center run by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The Hospital witnessed and endured the Israeli invasion in 1982 and the War of the Camps. This documentary switches between past and present as it traces the history of this building and the stories of the people who live or have worked therein.
For More information check Alliance website.
Download The Palestine Film Festival Programme (Pdf)
Movie screening: Soul Boy, Aug 6 2011 @ Kifaru House
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Enjoy a unique evening watching a movie under the stars and supporting Kenyan movie talent.
SOUL BOY – Directed by Hawa Essuman
Where: Kifaru House off Kanjata Rd. House with Rhino on gate (see map below)
When: August 6th 2011
Gates open at 2pm for relaxed drinks and nyama choma; movie starts at 7pm
ONE FREE PLATE OF NYAMA CHOMA WITH FOR FIRST 100 GUESTS WITH TICKET
Popcorn, bar, nyama choma, live DJ
Advance tickets 800Ksh, gate tickets 1000ksh
Moonlight Cinema: “The Gods Must Be Crazy”, Jul 31 2011 @ Capri 7
We celebrate classic movies on a Large Air screen every Sunday @ Capri 7 and you’re officially invited!
This week, we go back to 1980 and feel the Kalahari heat – with (the late) N!xau and the team, in the 1st installment of the African Hit flick; “THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY.”
Come with a pal, a duvet and a box of tissues, coz the laughter is Non Stop!
Venue: Capri 7, Hurligham (Jabavu Road)
Date: 31st July 2011 – Time: 7p.m
Local Beers: 150
Entry: Free!
Entry: Free!
Japanese Movie: Swing Girls, Jul 25 2011 @ Alliance Francaise
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
From 6pm in the Auditorium of the Alliance Francaise
Moonlight Cinema: Basic Instinct, Jul 24 2011 @ Capri 7
Open Air Cinema every week at Capri 7; where we celebrate Classic movies on a large Outdoor Screen!
This week – get blown away by the Sexy Bombshell; Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas, in the 1992 Erotic Thriller; “BASIC INSTINCT”
Come with a friend and a Duvet, and after that; its old skul jams at the Main Bar.
Local Beers: 150 Entry: Free!
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Homages: Jane Murago-Munene, Jul. 22-23 2011 @ Goethe
The Retrospectives on Kenyan Filmmakers continues at Goethe Institut with the screenings of Jane Murago-Munene films.
Dates: July 22-23, 2011
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 4pm
Entry: Free
2010 was a successful year for Kenyan film. Many of its protagonists are not well known, not even in Kenya, and it is time to pay homage to their works. Goethe Institut series, which introduced Jacob Barua, Judy Kibinge and Willie Owusu to a keenly interested audience, last year, continues with Jane Murago-Munene.
Jane Murago-Munene is a producer and director of CineArts Afrika, a communication and publicity firm based in Nairobi. Besides managing her company, she has produced numerous prize-winning feature and documentary films throughout her career. Her latest achievements are Turning Tide: Women Entrepreneurs in Africa, a TV-series showcasing successful businesswomen from East Africa, and Monica Wangu Wamwere – The Unbroken Spirit, which was awarded the First Prize Documentary, FESPACO 2011.
As chair of Kenya National Film Association (KNFA) Jane was part of the team that helped establish the Kenya Film Commission and also steered the creation of KIFF – Kenya International Film Festival.
Screenings
The Prize of Daughter
This feature film highlights the plight of the girl child through Naisenya, a nurse trying to bring change in her community. The film revolves around the Female Genital Cut, a traditional practice that not only has devastating health implications but also hinders the girl’s progress.
Turning Tide
Women Entrepreneurs in Africa This is a television series showcasing successful businesswomen from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Women, Water and Workload
A documentary on women of Kwale District in the southeast of Kenya who have to trek long distances for water with deleterious effects on their children.
Water Closer to the People
A documentary on the Kwale Water and Sanitation Project demonstrating the importance of community participation and the incorporation of local approaches in the provision of clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
Silence is Betrayal
A 5 minute video documentary on rape which was used to commemorate the St. Kizito Secondary School tragedy that occurred in 1991 in which 19 girls were killed and 71 others raped when the male students went on rampage. Silence is Betrayal played a key role as an advocacy tool and helped in lobbying for the Sexual Offences Bill through screenings in workshops with various groups. The Bill was passed by Kenya’s Parliament and came into law in July 2006.
Behind Closed Doors
A feature film that voices the violence women undergo silently. The story centres on Rose who is faced with domestic violence. The film emphasizes the need for women to take control of their lives.
Sustainability: Productive Use of Water
A documentary on the community managed and successfully operated Kabuku Water Project in Kiambu.
Rekindle the Embers
A look at the Lake Nakuru National Park and the environmental degradation it has suffered due to man’s involvement and the remedial measures being taken to reverse the trend.
Monica Wangu Wamwere – The Unbroken Spirit
This documentary explores the search for justice by a mother whose three sons were detained during the clamour for multi-party democracy in Kenya. Monica Wangu Wamwere started the Release Political Prisoners group to push for her sons and 49 other detainees release. She, together with mothers of other political detainees, camped at both Uhuru Park and the All Saints Cathedral for more than a year. It is the story of a woman who sought justice for her family and for Kenya. It is a story of Kenya’s struggle for the second liberation. It is a story of courage and determination. It is a story of power for the powerless. Above all, it is the story of a mother’s unconditional love. – The Unbroken Spirit won First Prize, Best Documentary at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) 2011.