EXPERIMENTS WITH LOVE: YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN FILMMAKERS
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Venue: The Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Time: 1.00 – 3.30 PM
FREE ENTRY. Recommended donation of £4.
In the past few years, South Africa has witnessed an exciting new film movement, led by young women of all cultural backgrounds, who are experimenting with the film medium to seek out new ways of figuring South Africa’s past and present. What further binds these films is their attachment to questions of intimacy, interiors, and love: familial love, fraternal love, romantic love. The films in this programme complement others in the CAFF 2015 programme in this quest: Love the One You Love (Jenna Cato Bass) and Ayanda (Sara Blecher).
I am Saartje Baartman
Dir. Nobunye Levin. South Africa, 2010. 18min.
We remember differently
Dir. Jyoti Mistry. South Africa, 2005. 26min.
Fraternal
Dir. Nikki Comninos. South Africa/Zimbabwe, 2015. 60 min.
Each film will be briefly introduced by the curator of this programme, Dr Lindiwe Dovey, Senior Lecturer in African Film at SOAS, University of London.
THE MAN FROM ORAN + Q&A
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Time: 6.00 – 8.30 PM
Venue: The Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
Entry: £4
Director: Lyes Salem
Starring: Lyes Salem, Khaled Benaïssa, Djemel Barek, Amal Kateb, Naib Oudghiri and Sabrina Ouazani.
Country of Origin: Algeria
Year of production: 2014
Length: 128 min.
Language: Arabic & French, with English subtitles.
Genre: Historical drama
Synopsis: During the first euphoric years following the Independence of Algeria, two friends, Djaffar and Hamid, face a bright and promising future. Over the decades, secrets and betrayal drive them apart.
We hope the film will be followed by a discussion with Dr Jean Khalfa (Trinity College, University of Cambridge).
