The 8th Cambridge African Film Festival brings you an exciting range of films, covering the themes of Sex, Sport, and Revolution!

Read about our line-up of screenings in the Arts Picturehouse programme:


You can also download a PDF (10Mb) of the Arts Picturehouse programme.

Screenings and events will take place at three venues: the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Trinity College Winstanley Lecture Theatre, and St Paul’s Centre. See below for information for what’s going on at each venue!

 

Cambridge Arts Picturehouse - Main Festival Location!Come and hang out with the festival committee and the guest filmmakers in the Arts Picturehouse to soak up the festival atmosphere. Click hereto book tickets!Click on a day to see what’s on:Thursday 29 October
Friday 30 October
Saturday 31 October
Sunday 1 November
Monday 2 November
Tuesday 3 November
Wednesday 4 November
Thursday 5 November
Sunday 8 November
Thursday 29 October 20096.30pm: SKIN (12A) Opening Night Screening
Followed by a Q&A with Margaret Matheson, producer of SKIN.Friday 30 October 20096.30pm: THE YELLOW HOUSE (LA MAISON JAUNE) (CAFF 15)

Saturday 31 October 2009

2.15pm: New African Shorts:

A HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE (IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS L’INDÉPENDANCE) UK PREMIERE
WARAMUTSEHO (BONJOUR) UK PREMIERE
SEKTOU (ILS SE SONT TUS…) UK PREMIERE
MEMORY PLACES
Followed by Q&A with Daouda Coulibaly, director of A HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE and Piotr Cieplak, director of MEMORY PLACES.

6.45pm: BEHIND THE RAINBOW (CAFF 15)
with Mark Ashurst, Director of the Africa Research Centre


Sunday 1 November 2009

2.15pm: CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY (CAFF 15)

6.45pm: SLEEPWALKING LAND (TERRA SONAMBULA) (CAFF 15)


Monday 2 November 2009

2.15pm: Double Bill:

VICTOIRE TERMINUS (CAFF 15)
KILLER NECKLACE (CAFF 15)

6.45pm: FROM A WHISPER (CAFF 15)


Tuesday 3 November 2009

6.45pm: RACHIDA (CAFF 15)
Followed by a Q&A with director Yamina Bachir


Wednesday 4 November 2009

2.15pm: NOLLYWOOD BABYLON (CAFF 15)

6.45pm: SEAPOINT DAYS (CAFF 15)
Introduced by producer Lucinda Englehart


Thursday 5 November 2009

6.45pm: FAHRENHEIT 2010 (CAFF 15)


Sunday 8 November 2009

4.15pm TOUKI BOUKI

Trinity College Winstanley Lecture Theatre: FREE Late-Night Screenings on the Theme of LOVE AND SEX IN AFRICA!Curious about Africans’ perspectives on love and sex? Tired of always hearing about sex in Africa as linked to HIV/AIDS? Come and have your stereotypes shattered at the 8th Cambridge African Film Festival’s programme of FREE late-night screenings at Trinity College Winstanley Lecture Theatre.Click on a day to see what’s on:Monday 2 November
Tuesday 3 November
Wednesday 4 November
Thursday 5 November
Friday 6 NovemberMonday 2 November9pm: Double bill: AMOUR, SEXE ET MOBYLETTE and AWAITING FOR MENTuesday 3 November9pm: 50 YEARS! OF LOVE?

Wednesday 4 November

9pm: SEX, OKRA, AND SALTED BUTTER

Thursday 5 November

9pm: MASCARADES

Friday 6 November

9pm: LA PRINCESA DE AFRICA

St Paul’s Centre: CAFF Screenings and Closing Festival Party with Menelik Music!Saturday 7 NovemberAfternoon screenings:2pm: THE POSITIVE LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB3pm: AFRICAN HOOP DREAMS
Followed by Q&A with director Eric Druryand WAR GAMES
Followed by Q&A with co-producer Heather Baker.**Evening Feature Presentation**

7pm: WRESTLING GROUNDS (L’APPEL DES ARENES)
Followed by a Q&A with director Cheikh Ndiaye.

Later: Come and feast on African-inspired food and dance the night away to African music on Saturday 7 November!

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