Family Short Films
25/05/24 | 11:50
At Watch-Africa, we love short films. So much that we have a short film jury award. This year, we are bringing some of these shorts along with feature films but we also have an exciting line up of family short films that will entertain people of all ages. Come and enjoy some of the best shorts from the African continent….and all for free!
Mapantsula + Recorded Q&A (15)
25/05/24 | 14:00
South Africa | 1988 | 103’ | 15 | Oliver Schmitz | Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans with English subtitles | Thomas Mogotlane
Panic is a small-time hood who believes he sees all the angles. But he is soon in the web of the authorities, pushed to betray the revolutionaries fighting for change.
More than a gripping crime story, Mapantsula is an almost miraculous opportunity to understand South Africa from within during its struggle for freedom, centred on the choices offered to Panic by a system set out to dehumanise him. Radical, vital, humane and unvarnished, this is a classic of guerrilla filmmaking produced under extreme censorship whilst evading the authorities. This rare anti-apartheid feature film marks the 30th anniversary of South African Freedom Day in 2024.
+ Q&A with actor Thomas Magotlane after the film
Omen (15)
24-30/05/24
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 92′ | 15 | Baolji | Marc Zinga, Yves-Marina Gnahoua, Marcel Otete Kabeya
Koffi (Marc Zinga) receives a frosty reception when he introduces his pregnant fiancé to his family. An incident with his nephew convinces them that he’s possessed by an evil spirit and as Koffi struggles to find himself and return to normality, he stumbles upon a bizarre spiritual world that takes him upon a dizzying collision course with his culture.
A deserving winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard New Vision Award, rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji’s magical realist drama is a dazzling debut
Koffi (Marc Zinga) receives a frosty reception when he introduces his pregnant fiancé to his family. An incident with his nephew convinces them that he’s possessed by an evil spirit and as Koffi struggles to find himself and return to normality, he stumbles upon a bizarre spiritual world that takes him upon a dizzying collision course with his culture.
A deserving winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard New Vision Award, rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji’s magical realist drama is a dazzling debut.
Mami Wata (12a)
25/05/25 | 20:20
Nigeria | 2023 | 107’ | 12A | CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi | Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Evelyne Ily Juhen
In an isolated coastal village Mama Efe claims to hold the keys to the all-powerful water spirit, Mami Wata. The villagers give her offerings but at home Efe clashes with her daughters Zinwe and Prisca. When power shifts, the two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of the mermaid goddess to the land.