Festival

Your Call Is Important To Us Director: Joe Nadeau & Romy Boutin St-Pierre  People from diverse backgrounds call various government departments looking for answers to their bureaucratic problems. Through the comic absurdity of their discussions with this government machine, tragic situations emerge. The eight-minute staged documentary "Your call is important to us" exposes the systemic […]

Essex Girls Director: Yero Timi-Biu Based on writer/lead actress Busayo Ige’s real-life experiences of growing up in the coastal regions of Essex (South East England) – ESSEX GIRLS explores how it feels to be a Black girl in a mostly white regional space, how to find self-love in a sphere that doesn’t always accommodate you, […]

Misinterpretation Director: Boma Cookey-Gam A crucial misinterpretation threatens to derail the filming of a group of film students' final thesis project.

Baba Director: Mbithi Masya In the outskirts of Nairobi, Baba, a six-year-old boy with the unique gift of teleportation struggles to understand people and the world around him – including his cousin Kevin, who is frequently tasked with looking after him, and even shares a room with him. Buoyed by childish optimism and an extraordinary […]

I Promise You Paradise Director: Morad Mostafa Following a violent incident; Eissa a 17 years old African migrant in Egypt is in a quest against time to save his loved ones whatever it takes.