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AFRICAN CINEMA

African Cinema screens in co-operation with the Institut Français and the Embassy of France
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Mandabi
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Ousmane Sembène
Senegal  ·  1968

A Senegalese man’s life is turned upside down when he receives an impossible-to-cash money order from his nephew in France. ​

“A feast for the eyes and ears” – NY Times

​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>​

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Tilaï
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Idrissa Ouédraogo
​Burkina Faso  ·  1990  ·  Cannes Grand Prix
 
Forbidden love sparks a chain of devastating events in pre-colonial West Africa. 

“As exhilarating an experience as it is haunting” – LA Times


​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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The Gravedigger's Wife
La femme du fossoyeur 

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
​Finland/Germany/France  ·  2021
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A gentle, big-hearted drama about a gravedigger seeking money for his wife’s operation.

“This Somali language film’s simplicity and economy is its power.”– Observer

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​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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Le Franc

Djibril Diop Mambéty
​Senegal  ·  1994

“A winning cautionary tale about a poor Senegalese congoma player who wins the lottery… a satire delivered as the sweetest of pills” ​– Time Out

Screens with The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>​

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The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegal  ·  1999
 
“A delightful slice of realism about a crippled girl who finds success as a seller of newspapers on the streets of Dakar… A charmer”  – Variety​

Screens with Le Franc

​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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African Cinema screens in co-operation with the Institut Français and the Embassy of France

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