African Pictures
SIFF is thrilled to present African Pictures, showcasing the best filmmaking happening in and about Africa today. This program will bring shorts and features, documentaries, and fiction films to American audiences who might never have the chance to see them otherwise. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to experience innovative and inspiring filmmaking from across the continent.
Juju Stories
Nigeria | 2021 | 84 min | Abba T Makama, C J ‘Fiery’ Obasi, Michael Omonua
April 14 - 24, 2022
From the cinema collective Surreal 16 comes an unsettling three-part anthology about the juju (magical) folklore of Nigeria.
The Last Shelter
France | 2021 | 85 min | Ousmane Samassekou
April 14 - 24, 2022
A Malian rest stop on the edge of the Sahara is a refuge for African migrants struggling to make it to Algeria and Europe.
Neptune Frost
Rwanda | 2021 | 105 min | Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
April 14 - 24, 2022
An Afrofuturist sci-fi musical from poet-actor-composer Saul Williams about an intersex runaway hacker and a coltan miner.
A Tale of Love and Desire
Tunisia | 2021 | 103 min | Leyla Bouzid
April 14 - 24, 2022
Literary classics and erotic Arabic poetry intersperse this seductive tale of the courtship between two literature students.
Tug of War
Tanzania | 2021 | 90 min | Amil Shivji
April 14 - 24, 2022
A freedom fighter and an Indian-Zanzibari woman fall in love as the island protectorate struggles for independence.
Feathers
Egypt | 2021 | 112 min | Omar El Zohairy
April 16 - 18, 2022
Egyptian patriarchy and misogyny are the targets and absurdism is the weapon as a man is transformed into a chicken.
Blind Ambition
Australia | 2021 | 96 min | Warwick Ross, Robert Coe
April 19 - 24, 2022
An elite team of Zimbabwean migrant sommeliers compete in the Western Europe-dominated World Wine Tasting Championship.