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Program Schedule
Movies
Benjamin Bartlett
Directed by Tope Babalola
2018, Canada, 90 minutes
Change Your Heart, Not My Colour
Directed by Pierre-Antoine Carpentier
2017, Senegal, 19 minutes
I Still Hide to Smoke
Directed by Rayhana
2016, Algeria/France, 90 min
Beyond That Wall
Directed by Aisha Jabour
2017, Morocco/USA, 18 mins
Malaria Business
Directed by Bernard Crutzen
2017, France, 52 mins
Watu Wote: All of us
Directed by Katja Benrath
2017, Kenya, 17 mins
N.G.O. (Nothing Going On)
Directed by Aganze Arnold
2016, Uganda, 83 mins
Fallou
Directed by Allasane Sy
2017, Senegal, 30 mins
Zizou
Directed by Ferid Boughedir
2016, Tunisia, 99 mins
Hands
Directed by Lea Malle Frank Thierry
2017, Cameroun, 11 mins
A Day for Women
Directed by Kamla Abu Zekry
2016, Egypt, 110 mins
Sega
Directed by Idil Ibrahim
2018, Senegal/USA, 24 mins
Algéria, De Gaulle and the bomb
Directed by Benchiha Larbi
2010, Algeria/France, 52 mins
Angles
Directed by Lea Malle Frank Thierry
2017, Cameroun, 16 mins
To the Ghost of the Father
Directed by Bayala Marie Laurentine
2017, Burkina Faso, 50 mins
Mukhanya
Directed by Siza Mukhanya
2018, Zimbabwe, 20 mins
Keteke
Directed by Peter Sedufia
2017, Ghana, 98 mins
Kanaima Show
Directed by Baloji
2018, Congo DR, 24 mins
Our Team
BEN AKOH
BRENDA AUSTIN-SMITH
ABOUBAKAR-SANOGO
MBYE CHAM
ONOOKOME OKOME
SHEILA PETTY
MELANIE FERRIS
HASANPREET SINGH
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About the Festival
About
The African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM) is an annual spring event held in Winnipeg, Manitoba that showcases the best of African Cinema and that creates a platform for Afro-Canadian dialogue. AM-FM consist of movie screenings, interview sessions with directors/producers/actors, cocktail receptions, and cultural activities including dances, food and entertainment. Full feature movies, shorts and documentaries are screened in French and English from Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and other African countries.
AM-FM is organized by Manitoba African Film Festival Inc., a non-profit organization based in Winnipeg, Canada. The organization and festival is advised by a committee consisting of Dr. Sheila Petty (University of Regina), Dr. Aboubakar Sanogo (Carlton University), Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith (University of Manitoba), Dr. Onookome Okome (University of Alberta), and Dr. Mbaye Cham (Howard University).
Festival Info
304 – 100 Arthur St, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3