FILMS
OPENING NIGHT: Laundry
Dir Zamo Mkhwanazi /2025/106 min/ South Africa, Switzerland/Zulu
Rating Unclassified Ma 18+
Thursday 04 September 8:30 PM
Sixteen-year-old Khuthala dreams of becoming a jazz musician. 'He wants nothing to do with his father’s small laundry business.When his father is arrested, Khuthala is forced into a devastating bargain that pits his talent and moral compass against a state determined to erase Black ownership and identity.
The Eyes of Ghana
Dir Ben Proudfoot/ 2025/ Ghana/90 min /English,Twi, Ga
Rating: Unclassified 18+
Friday 04 September 6:30 PM
The Eyes of Ghana follows 93-year-old filmmaker Chris Hesse, the cinematographer of Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah. As Chris races against blindness, he embarks on a mission to rescue and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1,000 films documenting the birth of African independence during the 1950s and 1960s.
Desert Child
Dir Gilles de Maistre/2026/91 min/ France/English
Rating: All Ages
Saturday 6 September 10:00 AM
From the director of Mia and the White Lion comes a spectacular family adventure celebrating African folklore. When 14-year-old Sun travels to the Sahara, she discovers her grandfather’s fable about a boy raised by ostriches is real—and deeply tied to her own heritage. Filmed on location with live animals.
Muganga
Dir Zamo Mkhwanazi /2025/106 min/ South Africa, Switzerland/Zulu
Rating Unclassified Ma 18+
Thursday 04 September 8:30 PM
Sixteen-year-old Khuthala dreams of becoming a jazz musician. 'He wants nothing to do with his father’s small laundry business.When his father is arrested, Khuthala is forced into a devastating bargain that pits his talent and moral compass against a state determined to erase Black ownership and identity.
Katanga: Dance of the Scorpion
Dir Ben Proudfoot/ 2025/ Ghana/90 min /English,Twi, Ga
Rating: Unclassified 18+
Friday 04 September 6:30 PM
The Eyes of Ghana follows 93-year-old filmmaker Chris Hesse, the cinematographer of Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah. As Chris races against blindness, he embarks on a mission to rescue and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1,000 films documenting the birth of African independence during the 1950s and 1960s.
El Sett
Dir Gilles de Maistre/2026/91 min/ France/English
Rating: All Ages
Saturday 6 September 10:00 AM
From the director of Mia and the White Lion comes a spectacular family adventure celebrating African folklore. When 14-year-old Sun travels to the Sahara, she discovers her grandfather’s fable about a boy raised by ostriches is real—and deeply tied to her own heritage. Filmed on location with live animals.
East West Love
Dir Zamo Mkhwanazi /2025/106 min/ South Africa, Switzerland/Zulu
Rating Unclassified Ma 18+
Thursday 04 September 8:30 PM
Sixteen-year-old Khuthala dreams of becoming a jazz musician. 'He wants nothing to do with his father’s small laundry business.When his father is arrested, Khuthala is forced into a devastating bargain that pits his talent and moral compass against a state determined to erase Black ownership and identity.
Skylark
Dir Ben Proudfoot/ 2025/ Ghana/90 min /English,Twi, Ga
Rating: Unclassified 18+
Friday 04 September 6:30 PM
The Eyes of Ghana follows 93-year-old filmmaker Chris Hesse, the cinematographer of Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah. As Chris races against blindness, he embarks on a mission to rescue and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1,000 films documenting the birth of African independence during the 1950s and 1960s.
Short Film Program
Dir Gilles de Maistre/2026/91 min/ France/English
Rating: All Ages
Saturday 6 September 10:00 AM
From the director of Mia and the White Lion comes a spectacular family adventure celebrating African folklore. When 14-year-old Sun travels to the Sahara, she discovers her grandfather’s fable about a boy raised by ostriches is real—and deeply tied to her own heritage. Filmed on location with live animals.
CLOSING NIGHT: Black is Beautiful
Dir Zamo Mkhwanazi /2025/106 min/ South Africa, Switzerland/Zulu
Rating Unclassified Ma 18+
Thursday 04 September 8:30 PM
Sixteen-year-old Khuthala dreams of becoming a jazz musician. 'He wants nothing to do with his father’s small laundry business.When his father is arrested, Khuthala is forced into a devastating bargain that pits his talent and moral compass against a state determined to erase Black ownership and identity.