films, docs &
animations
an overview of the productions seen at the festivals of 2003
Visiting
African festivals, I get to see many works of art, music and
filmproductions. On behalf of some European filmfestivals, I
select and recommend some of these films in order to get them
displayed overseas.
The festival I primarily work with is the Afrika Film Festival in Leuven (Belgium). This festival
not only displays the films during the festival itself, but also
tries to get a selection of films distributed in Belgium.
documentaries, animations, shorts & features seen at the festivals of 2003
NB: productions screened at the festivals of 2003 which I only saw in 2002 are not listed in this overview, please check the 2002 overview. Films with titles in different languages are mentioned under both.
| title | director | year | min. |
country | genre | seen |
| About braids / Histoire de Tresse | Jacqueline Kalimunda | 23 | Rwanda/ Fr. | feat. | ZIFF | |
| A date with Helvetia | Pule Diphare | 2002 | 15 | Switz | doc. | Enc.JB |
| A Lion's Trail | Francois Verster | 2002 | 55 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Aftermath | Judy Kibinge | 26 | Kenya | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Alex's Wedding / Le Mariage d'Alex | Jean- Marie Teno | 45 | Cam./ Fr. | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Amandla | Lee Hirsch | 102 | USA/RSA | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Amazonia | Nandini Sikand | 8 | USA | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Between Joyce and Remembrance | Mark Kaplan | 48 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB | |
| Black Sushi | Dean Blumberg | 18 | feat. | Apollo | ||
| Bodysong | Simon Pummell | 2002 | 83 | UK | feat. | Enc.JB |
| Cosmic Africa | Craig & Damon Foster | 2002 | 72 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Dangerous affair | Judy Kibinge | 112 | Kenya | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Deafening Echoes | Eugene Paramoer | 2003 | 18 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Doing it! | Kali van der Merwe | 52 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB | |
| Four rentboys and a sangoma | Catherine Muller | 2003 | 58 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| From Dachau with Love | Bernd Fischer | 2003 | 77 | Germany | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Gazlam Episodes 9 & 13 | Barry Berk | 25 | RSA | series | ZIFF | |
| Gemaakte Hare | Brenda Davis | 2003 | 7 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| God is African | Akin Omotoso | 90 | RSA | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Grumpies | John Fredericks | 2003 | 11 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Heremakono / Waiting for Happiness | Abderrahmane Sissako | 95 | Maur-a/Fr. | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Hidden | David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn & Mats Johansson | 2003 | 8 | Sweden | anim. | Enc.JB |
| Hijack Stories | Oliver Schmitz | 100 | feat. | Apollo | ||
| Histoire de Tresses / About braids | Jacqueline Kalimunda | 23 | Rwanda/ Fr. | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Isis Journey | Emma Rose Quesada-Medina | 28 | Philippines | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Journeys with George | Alexandra Pelosi | 2002 | 76 | USA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| La vie sur terre / Life on earth | Abderrahmane Sissako | 61 | Maur-a/Fr. | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Le Mariage d'Alex / Alex's Wedding | Jean- Marie Teno | 45 | Cam./ Fr. | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Life on earth / La vie sur terre | Abderrahmane Sissako | 61 | Maur-a/Fr. | feat. | ZIFF | |
| Lion's Trail > A Lion's Trail | ||||||
| Little Miss Tiny | Tamsyn Reynolds, Emilie McKay & Tamara Rothbart | 26 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB | |
| Looking for love > Four rentboys and a sangoma | ||||||
| Malunde | Stephanie Sycholt | 118 | feat. | Apollo | ||
| Mapantsula | Oliver Schmitz | 1988 | 104 | feat. | Apollo | |
| Mboutoukou | Victor Viyuoh | 14 | Cameroon | feat. | ZIFF | |
| My One Legged Dream Lover | Penny Fowler-Smith & Christine Olsen | 1998 | 52 | Australia | doc. | Enc.JB |
| My Terrrorist | Yulie Gerstel | 2002 | 58 | Israel | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Naliaka is coming | Albert Wandago | 90 | Kenya | feat. | ZIFF | |
| NY1 | Ntombi Mzamane | 2003 | 3 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Our Friend Saddam | Antonia Rados | 2003 | 52 | France | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Property of the State: Gay Men in the Apartheid Military | Gerald Kraak | 2003 | 52 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Qula Kwedini - a rite of passage | Mandilakhe Mjekula & Jahmil XT Qubeka | 2003 | 57 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Rhythms from Africa: Cape town: Gold Tears and Music | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said & Bridget Thompson | 52 | RSA | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Rhythms from Africa: Cape town: Our Language, our Music our City? | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said & Bridget Thompson | 52 | RSA | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Seeing is Believing | Peter Wintonick & Katerina Cizek | 2002 | 59 | Canada | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Sharp Sharp! | Aryan Kaganof (alias Ian Kerkhof) | 2003 | 26 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Shooting Bokkie | Rob de Mezieres | 74 | doc. | Apollo | ||
| Shotdown | Andrew Worsdale | 1989 | 104 | feat. | Apollo | |
| Skitterwit | Danie Bester | 22 | feat. | Apollo | ||
| Soldiers of the Rock | Norman Maake | 98 | feat. | Apollo | ||
| Stopping the Music | Douglas Mitchell | 52 | RSA | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Strong Enough | Penny Gaines | 26 | doc. | Apollo | ||
| The awakening of the lakes | Portia Rankaone | 2002 | 12 | Switz. | doc. | Enc.JB |
| The Day I will Never Forget | Kim Longinotto | 92 | UK | doc. | ZIFF | |
| The Tap | Toni Strasburg | 2002 | 51 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
| Waiting for Happiness / Heremakono | Abderrahmane Sissako | 95 | Maur-a/Fr. | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Women on Farms | Asmara Bekari | 22 | RSA | doc. | ZIFF | |
| Zion Youth Crew | Vaughan Giose | 2003 | 10 | RSA | doc. | Enc.JB |
> overview of the productions seen at the filmfestivals of 2002
Abbreviations:
| AFDA | the South African school of motion picture medium and live performance | |
| Apollo | Apollo Film Festival | www.apollotheatre.co.za |
| DIFF | Durban International Film Festival | www.und.ac.za/und/carts/ |
| Enc.JB | Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, Jo'burg | www.encounters.co.za |
| GD | Glass Door, South African animation industry at Sithengi | www.sithengi.co.za |
| Molw. | Molweni township festival | www.pcmnet.co.za.mol/ |
| Resf. | Resfest, Digital Film Festival | www.resfest.com |
| Sith. | Sithengi, Southern African International Film & Television Market | www.sithengi.co.za |
| ZIFF | Zanzibar International Film Festival, Festival of the Dhow Countries | www.ziff.or.tz |
| feat. | feature film | |
| doc. | documentary | |
| anim. | animation | |