OPENING NIGHT:
The Fisherman
Dir Zoey Martinson/2024/105 min/ Ghana/2024
Rating: Unclassified PG
Friday 27 March, 6:50 PM
A traditional Ghanaian fisherman forced into retirement teams up with a bougie talking fish and his quirky associates on a whimsical adventure to Accra, chasing their dream of owning a boat while learning to navigate the modern world.
Nawi: Dear Future Me
Dir Vallentine Chelluge, Apuu Mourine, Kevin Schmutzler/2024/Kenya/99 min/English, Swahili
Rating: Unclassified 15+
Saturday 28 March, 2:00 PM
Sold for livestock by her own father, a young girl escapes her impending marriage and embarks on a journey to reclaim her dream of joining high school.
Nteregu
Dir Manuel Loureiro, Roger Mor/ 2025/Guinea-Bissau/83 min/Portuguese/ Creole
Rating: Unclassified 15+
Saturday 28 March, 4:30 PM
Nteregu is a documentary film about the music of Guinea-Bissau. It film explores the evolution of Guinean music, tracing its roots from traditional instruments and rhythms to its modern forms, including those found in Europe.
Fanon
Dir Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny/2024/ Algeria/132min/French, Arabic
Rating: Unclassified 18+
Saturday 28 March, 6:30 PM
Film screening and Q&A with the film’s director, Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny.
Psychiatrist from Martinique Frantz Fanon has just been appointed Chief Medical Officer at the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria.Very soon, his approach to treating Algerian patients draw the ire of his colleagues.
This Jungo Life
Dir David Fedele/2024/Morocco, Australia, Sudan/90 min/English
Rating: M 15+
Sunday 29 March, 2:00 PM
Film screening and Q&A with Melbourne-based director David Fedele.
This Jungo Life takes us deep inside the hidden lives of young refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan and South Sudan, living and sleeping rough on the streets of Morocco; forced to flee violence and instability in Libya, and unable to return home due to ongoing war and conflict.
My Father's Shadow
Dir Akinola Davies Jr./2025/UK, Nigeria/117 min/English
Rating: Unclassified 15+
Sunday 29 March, 6:30 PM
A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian metropolis Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.
