Resilience
Film festival CinemAfrica, devoted to celebrating African and diaspora cultures, heads into its 22nd edition with ‘Resilience' being its theme. Festival director Dina Afkhampour states that this year's programme places great importance in the current discussions about the struggle for justice for black people across the world. And you can, for welldocumented reasons, enjoy it from the comfort of your own home, since the festival will be taking place digitally this year. But what's in store filmwise? Afkhampour provides some info and gives us a few highlights.
“The narrative films in this year's programme constitute a geographic diversity we are proud of: Dhalinyaro by Lula Ali Ismail is one of the only feature length films to be entirely produced and directed by Djiboutians — a beautiful coming of age story for the whole family. You Will Die At 20 by Amjad Abu Alala has been touted as the revival of Sudanese cinema and This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection by Lemohang Mosese from Lesotho is the perfect symmetry between stunning visuals and captivating story-line.
Plus never before have we felt compelled to include as large a documentary film section,” she concludes.