Africa Film Week

The films will be presented in original French language with English subtitles.

Tuesday, 22 May, 18.00 - Aujourd'hui / Today (French drama, 86 minutes, 2013)
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.

Wednesday 23rd May, 6pm– Petite Lumiere / Little Light (French Short Film, 15 Minutes, 2003)
Dakar in Senegal. Fatima is a young girl, she's 8. She wonders while she opens the fridge if light stays on once the fridge door is closed. She finds out that the light is off. So Fatima goes out, closes her eyes, opens them, closes them again. Do people still exist when their eyes are shut?

Wednesday, May 23, 18:15 - Jimmy Goes to Nollywood (French documentary, 52 minutes, 2014)
In "Jimmy Goes to Nollywood," actor Jimmy Jean-Louis visits fellow filmmakers and actors in Nigeria and Ghana, as he takes a look at continental Africa’s most prolific movie industry – Nollywood.

Thursday, May 24th, 6pm – Lumumba (French Historical Drama, 116 Minutes, 1999)
The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.

Friday, May 25, 6 pm - L'oeil du cyclone / Eye of the Storm (French drama, 100 minutes, 2015)
Based on the study of child soldiers, Sékou Traoré's film brings us to Emma Tou (N'Diaye), a young lawyer who reluctantly accepts to defend a captured fugitive who may have been a child soldier, in what her boss titles "The Trial of the Century". Persistent to ensure a good and fair trial for the fugitive, Tou visits former child soldier Blackshouam Vila (Fargass) and tries to win his trust so he will help her in her case. But as Vila begins to tell her his history, Tou discovers the terrors of a child forced to fight in the military.

"Africa Film Week" is part of the International Spring / Africa Days program series of the PTE Foreign Affairs Directorate. Organizers: Alliance Franaise, Cinema Apollo, PTE Foreign Affairs Directorate