Films for Africa

Director: Céline Sciamma
France 2007
Drama 85 minutes
Players: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Award of the Youth, Cabourg Film Festival; Prix Louis Delluc for Best First Film

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
France/Spain/Germany 2002
War Drama 170 minutes
Players: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès
Language: French (subtitles)
Awards: Silver Berlin Bear, Berlin film festival; Best film, director, screenplay and supporting actor at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival; Étoile d'Or for best composer

Director: Julie Lopes-Curval
France 2002
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Bulle Ogier, Ludmila Mikaël
Language: France (English subtitles)
Awards: Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival

Director: Olivier Assayas
France/Switzerland 2000
Drama 180 minutes
Players: Emmanuelle Béart, Isabelle Huppert Language: France (English subtitles)
Awards: Best Director Awards, Muscat Film festival

Director: Paul Grimault
France 1980
Animation drama/comedy 83 minutes
Language: French/English
Awards: Prix Louis Delluc

Director: Francois Truffaut France
1980
Romantic drama 131 minutes
Players: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: BSFC Award for Best Foreign Language Film; 10 César Awards

Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Iran/France 1999
Drama 118 minutes
Players: Behzad Dorani
Language: Persian (English subtitles)
Awards: Grand Special Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Prize and 'CinemAvvenire' Award, Venice Film Festival

Director: André Téchiné
France 2007
Drama 112 minutes
Players: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart
Language: French (English subtitles)

Director: Francois Truffaut
France 1971
Romantic drama 116 minutes
Players: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham
Language: French (English subtitles)

Director: Patrick Grandperret
France 2006
Crime Drama 97 minutes
Players: Hande Kodja, Céline Sallette
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Un Certain Regard - Prize of the Jury President, Cannes 2006

Director: Serge Bozon
France 2007
Drama 102 minutes
Players: Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Prix Jean Vigo

Director: Abdel Kechiche
France 2003
Drama 117 minutes
Players: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Special Award at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; César Awards for Best Film, director, screenplay and most promising actress; Grand Prix, Entrevues Film Festival; FIPRESCI Prize and Special Jury Award at Istanbul International Film Festival; Lumiere Award; Best Actress Award at Mons International Festival of Love Films; Étoile d'Or

Director: Bruno Dumont
France 1999
Drama 148 minutes
Players: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele
Language: French ( English subtitles)
Awards: Best Actor and Actress, Grand Prize of the Jury, Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Bruno Dumont
France 2006
Drama 91 minutes
Players: Adélaïde Leroux, Samuel Boidin
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Grand Prize of the Jury, Cannes film festival; Jury Special Diploma for best film at Yerevan International Film Festival

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
France 1981
Drama 117 minutes
Players: Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: César Awards for Best First Work, cinematography, music and sound; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film; National Society of Film Critics Award, USA, for Best cinematography

Director: Antony Cordier
France 2005
Drama 102 minutes
Players: Johan Libéreau, Salomé Stévenin
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Lumiere Award, Most Promising Young Actor; Prix Louis Delluc, Best First Film; International New Talent Competition - Grand Prize at Taipei Film Festival

Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Algeria/France 2006
Drama 100 minutes
Players: Meryem Serbah, Abel Jafri
Language: French (subtitles) Awards: Award of the Youth, Cannes Film festival

Director: Djamila Sahraoui
France/Algeria 2006
Drama 95 minutes
Players: Rachida Brakni, Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari
Language: French, Arabic (English subtitles)
Awards: Oumarou Ganda Award for the Best First Work, Best Screenplay, Best Music, FESPACO 2007

Director: Éléonore Faucher
France 2004
Drama 89 minutes
Players: Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Critics Week Grand Prize, SACD Screenwriting Award, Cannes film festival; Best French Script at Deauville Film Festival; Critics Award for Best first film, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics; Lumiere Award

Director: Francois Ozon
France 2005
Drama 81 minutes
Players: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Silver Spike and Best Actor Award, Valladolid International Film Festival

Director: Francois Ozon
France 2004
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Pasinetti Award, Venice Film Festival

Director: Francois Ozon
France 1999
Drama 96 minutes
Players: Natacha Régnier, Jérémie Renier
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Grand Jury Award, L A Outfest; Best Actress Award at Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema; Best Screenplay, Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Director: Francois Ozon
France 1998
Drama 85 minutes
Players: Évelyne Dandry, François Marthouret
Language: French (English subtitles)
Awards: Golden Bayard for Best Actress and Best Artistic Contribution, Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film, Best Actress Award at Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Director: Francois Ozon
France 2000
Drama 92 minutes
Players: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer
Language: French (English subtitles)
Under the Sand is a slow but gripping psychological drama about a woman struggling to cope with the most shocking and unexpected loneliness imaginable.

Director: Francois Ozon
France 2000
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi
Language: French/German (English subtitles)
Awards: Teddy for Best Feature Film, Berlin Film Festival; Best Feature at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

Director: Darrel James Roodt
South Africa 2007
Drama 105 minutes
Players: Melissa Leo, Lisa Marie Schneider, Renier Basson
Language: English

Director: Yushan Huang
Taiwan 2007
Drama 107 minutes
Players: Kai-Shun CHUANG, Meifang ANDAI
Language: Mandarin (English subtitles)

Director: Yushan Huang
Taiwan 1999
Drama 105 minutes
Players: Ding-ya An, Rachel Chang
Language: Taiwanese / Mandarin / Japanese (English subtitles)

Director: Yushan Huang
Taiwan 1999
Drama 105 minutes
Players: Ching-wen Chia , Hu Ping
Language: Mandarin (English subtitles)

Director: Kay Pollack
Sweden 2004
Drama 132 minutes
Players: Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren Language: Swedish/English/Italian (English subtitles)
Awards: Guild Film Award – Gold, Audience Award at Tromsø International Film Festival.
Internationally famous conductor Daniel Dareus (Michael Myquist) goes from being a...

Director in Attendance: Sandra Kogut
Brazil/France 2007
Drama 95 minutes
Players: Thiago da Silva Mariz, Wallison Felipe Leal Barroso
Language: Portuguese (English subtitles)
Awards: Première Brazil for Best Film, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

Director: Alejandro Lozano
Mexico 2004
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancon
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Awards: Mexican Cinema Journalists Silver Goddess Award for Best Cinematography 3 x MTV Awards 2005

Director: Hee-il Leesong
South Korea 2006
Drama 113 minutes
Players: Han Lee, Young-hoon Lee
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Su-Min, leaves the confines of a rural orphanage and moves to the big city of Seoul.

Director: Eugenio Cappuccio
Italy 2007
Drama 100 minutes
Players: Fabio Volo, Ninetto Davoli
Language: Italian (English subtitles)
Refreshingly real, ONE OUT OF TWO furthers Cappuccio's reputation for realistically depicting contemporary Italian life in this touching chronicle of a one man's emotional rebirth.

Director: István Szabó
Hungary 2006
Drama 110 minutes
Players: Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Tóth
Language: Hungarian (English subtitles)
A rare chance to see a new film by the Oscar-winning director of Mephisto, Sunshine, Taking Sides and Being Julia.

Director: Khaled Al-Haggar
France/UK 2000
Comedy Drama 95 minutes
Players: Flaminia Cinque, Saïd Taghmaoui, Juliette Lewis
Language: Arabic/English/French/Spanish (English subtitles)
Awards: Audience Award, Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival; Festival Prize for Best Feature at Foyle Film Festival; Prix Meuter-Titra, Mons International Festival of Love Films; Poitou Charentes Award for Feature Film, FESPACO

Director in Attendance: Heinrich Dahms
Netherlands 2007
Drama 52 minutes
Players: Mirjam Masereeuw
Language: Dutch (English subtitles)
This brilliant film is a low-key “teen drama” set in the sad and dreary, real-life setting of the Dutch polder.

Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand/France/Austria 2006
Drama 105 minutes
Players: Arkanae Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram Language: Thai (English subtitles)
Awards: Asian Film Award for Best editing

Director in Attendance: Darrell James Roodt
South Africa 2007
Drama 80 minutes
Players: Renate Stuurman, Abrina Bosman, Raymond Basson
Language: Afrikaans (English subtitles)
Awards: Special Jury Award at Durban Film festival; Audience Award and Best Actress at Apollo Film festival

Director: Nouri Bouzid
Tunisia 1986
Drama 109 minutes
Players: Khadija Abaoub, Sarra Abdelhadi Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
Awards: Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film Festival; Tanit d'Or, Carthage Film Festival

Director in Attendance: Laura Muscardin
Senegal/Italy 2006
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Marco Bonini
Language: Wolof/Italian (English subtitles)

Director: Vinod Ganatra
India 2004
Drama 80 minutes
Players: Shivaji Satam
Language: Hindi (English subtitles)
Awards: International Jury Award at Golden Elephant Film Festival, Hyderabad

Director in Attendance: Rayda Jacobs
South Africa 2007
Drama 87 minutes
Players: Rayda Jacobs, Tauriq Jenkins
Language: English/Afrikaans (English subtitles)
Abeeda Ariefdien is a 49-year old Muslim woman who wears double scarves, prays five times a day, is a wonderful mother, and a good friend.

Director: Krisztina Goda
Hungary 2006
Drama 123 minutes
Players: Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyö
Language: Hungarian/Russian/English (English subtitles)
Young director Krisztina Goda makes a splash with her tightly wound and breathtakingly solid Hungarian revolution drama Children of Glory (Szabadság, szerelem).

Director: Férid Boughedir
Tunisia/France/Italy 1990
Drama 98 minutes
Players: Selim Boughedir, Mustapha Adouani
Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
Awards: Tanit d'Or, Carthage Film Festival; Golden Palm, Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema; Audience Award, Würzburg International Filmweekend

Director: Newton I. Aduaka
France/Nigeria/USA/UK/Austria 2007
Drama 110 minutes
Players: Mamoudu Turay Kamara
Language: English
Awards: Best Film, FESPACO

Director: Yair Hochner
Israel 2005
Drama 75 minutes
Players: Daniel Efrat, Yuval Raz
Language: Hebrew (English subtitles)
Awards: Special Programming Committee Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent, L.A. Outfest

Director: Khalid Al-Haggar
Egypt/Germany 1993
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Mervat Amin, Tamir Ashraf
Language: Arabic (English subtitles)

Director: Eytan Fox
Israel 2006
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniela Virtzer, Alon Friedman
Language: Hebrew/Arabic/English (English subtitles)
Awards: C.I.C.A.E. Award, Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule, Berlin Film Festival; Audience Award, Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Audience Award

Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt 1969
Drama 130 minutes
Players: Hamdy Ahmed, Yehia Chahine
Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
Adapted from Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi's well-known novel of the same name, Al Ard was eight years in the making.

Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt/France 1997
Drama 135 minutes
Players: Nour El-Sherif, Laila Eloui
Language: Arabic/French (English subtitles)
Awards: OCIC Award, Amiens International Film Festival; Horus Awards, Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema

Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt/France 1994
Drama 129 minutes
Players: Ahmed Bedir, Michel Piccoli
Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
Featuring lush locales, this compelling import from director Youssef Chahine retells the Biblical story of Joseph from an Egyptian perspective.

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden/Italy/Germany/Finland/Denmark/Austria 2003
Drama 107 minutes
Players: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson Language: Swedish/German/English (English subtitles) Awards: Special Condor, Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1966
Drama 85 minutes
Players: Bibi Anderson, Liv Ullman, Gunnar Björnstrand
Language: Swedish (English subtitles)
Awards: National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA, for Best Film, Director and actress

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1957
Drama 91 minutes
Players: Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Thulin
Language: Swedish/Latin (English subtitles)
Awards: FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Berlin Bear, Berlin Film Festival; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film; Italian Film Critics Award, Venice Film festival

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1955
Drama 108 minutes
Players: Ulla Jacobsson, Harriet Anderson, Gunnar Björnstrand
Language: Swedish (English subtitles)
Awards: Bodil Award for Best European film; Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Poetic Humour

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1957
Drama 96 minutes
Players: Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
Language: Swedish/Latin (English subtitles)
Awards: Jury Special Prize, Cannes Film Festival

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1972
Drama 90 minutes
Players: Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Harriet Anderson, Liv Ullman
Language: Swedish (English subtitles)
Awards: Oscar for Best Cinematography; Bodil award for Best European film; Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film festival; Several David di Donatello Awards; and many more!

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1984
Drama 70 minutes
Players: Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Lena Olin
Language: Swedish (English subtitles)

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1953
Drama 96 minutes
Players: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg
Language: Swedish (English subtitles)
Although there had certainly been hints and flashes in his earlier films of the style and themes that would become characteristic of the director, it wasn’t until Ingmar Bergman was paired with a young 18 year old actress called Harriet Andersson on his daring 1953 film

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden/Germany/France 1978
Drama 99 minutes
Players: Liv Ullman, Ingrid Bergman
Language: Swedish/English (English subtitles)
Awards: Bodil Award for Best European film; David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden/Germany 1980
Drama 104 minutes
Players: Robert Atzorn, Heinz Bennent
Language: German (English subtitles)

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden/France/Germany 1982
Drama 188 minutes
Players: Kristina Adolphson, Erland Josephson
Language: Swedish/German/Yiddish/English (English subtitles) Awards: Oscars for Best Foreign Language film, cinematography, art direction and costume design; BAFTA film award for cinematography; César Award for Best Foreign Language Film; David di Donatello Awards for Best Foreign film, Best director and Best Screenplay; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film; FIPRESCI Prize, Venice Film Festival, and many more!

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Sweden 1960
Drama 89 minutes
Players: Max von Sydow
Language: Swedish/German (English subtitles) Awards: Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film; Special mention, Cannes Film Festival; Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

Director: Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1977
Drama 120 minutes
Players: Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade
Language: French/Wolof (English subtitles)
Awards: Interfilm Award, Berlin Film Festival

Director: Ousmane Sembene
Algeria/Senegal/Tunisia 1987
Drama 175 minutes
Players: Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara
Language: French/Wolof (English subtitles)
Awards: Grand Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival

Director: Ousmane Sembene
France/Senegal/Germany 1992
Drama 115 minutes
Players: Abou Camara, Marie Augustine Diatta
Language: French/Wolof (English subtitles)
Awards: The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal, Venice Film Festival

Director: Ousmane Sembene
France/Senegal/Tunisia/Morocco/Burkina Faso/Cameroon 2004
Drama 120 minutes
Players: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra
Language: French/Bambara (English subtitles)
Awards: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention, Un Certain Regard Award, Cannes Film Festival; Best Actress at Cinemanila International Film Festival; Jury Award at Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival; Special Jury Award at Marrakech International Film Festival; National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA, for Best Foreign Language Film.

OUSMANE SEMBENE, considered by many as the Father of African cinema passed away on 9 June 2007.  Together with the Egyptian master Youssef Chahine he was the first film director from an African country to achieve international recognition. Ousmane Sembene remains the major figure in the rise of an independent post-colonial African cinema. Sembene's roots were not, as might be expected, in the educated élite. After working as a mechanic and bricklayer, he joined the Free French forces in 1942, serving in Africa and France.