Q&As, Panels & Workshops
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A Little Blackman from the Congo
South African filmmaker Tshililo waha Muzila walks the Camino de Santiago in an orange life jacket, exposing Europe’s migrant crisis…
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A Place called Paradise
A young couple leave Cape Town for rural Suurbraak, seeking belonging and healing as they embrace farming and community life,…
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Amigo the Griot
A blind Afrikaaps hip hop storyteller in Eersterivier reconnects with his past through music, weaving memory, community, and survival into…
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Amilcar
This beautifully made film about poet, agricultural engineer, and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, who was born in Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verdean…
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an open field
After the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed his brother, filmmaker Teboho Edkins returns to the site, where grief, ritual,…
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Before They Sold the Sky
A moving look at how we attach narratives and memories to physical places, Before They Sold the Sky explores director…
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Bones
Bones tells the story of Baartman’s final repatriation to South Africa in 2002, which was catalysed by a 1998 poem,…
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Bridging the Disconnect
In the Eastern Cape, Professor Pumela Msweli’s time banking initiative helps a rural community confront water scarcity, transforming shared skills…
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Broken Windows
In Benoni, communities confront crime and neglect by cleaning their environment, revealing how resilience found in collective action challenges cycles…
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Concerto
This short doccie accompanies pianist Nina Schumann as she prepares to perform Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2”. It’s a piece…
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Curtain Call
Curtain Call follows a group of young actors as they navigate the chaos, conflict, and camaraderie of a stage production.…
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Dear Sikhonkwane
A tribute to SiSwati author, Sikhonkwane Mahlalela, whose life of teaching and writing becomes a portrait of language, memory, and…
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Die Lopende Ambulanse
Set in the small, remote town of Merweville, this heartfelt short doccie follows a group of emergency first-aid responders who…
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Elephants & Squirrels
This engrossing film follows a Sri Lankan artist as she retraces the colonial-era journey of two men who collected numerous…
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Eyes to see
After a life-altering accident, Dr Yvette Abrahams embarks on a healing journey through Indigenous knowledge, reimagining queerness, nature, and identity…
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Her Khaltsha
The Khaltsha Cycling Academy, Khayelitsha’s first all-girls cycling group, breaks binaries, finding freedom, independence, and sisterhood as they push beyond…
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INYEMBEZI ZENDODA
INYEMBEZI ZENDODA introduces us to artist Lwanda Dlamini, who was brutally attacked and left for dead. Unable to discuss his…
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Just Because I’m a Street Kid
This heartrending film introduces us to Shorty, the Melville Poet, a talented wordsmith who has published two volumes of poetry…
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Mama-Demic
Inside a South African maternity ward, a doctor balances motherhood and medical training, whilst confronting a collapsing health system, at…
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Marxism & Period Pains
Featuring remarkably honest interviews with a cross-section of South African women, Marxism & Period Pain takes an in-depth look at…
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My Father’s Son
Two estranged South African brothers meet online for the first time and, through Zoom calls, uncover a shared past shaped…
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Notes from the Underground
Featuring the cream of Cape Town’s hip hop talent, including Ready D, Isaac Mutant, and Mutant’s daughter, Lyrix, this powerful…
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One Last Order
After 37 years at a Florida drive-thru, Sighle Williams’ final shift becomes a town-wide celebration of gratitude, turning routine service…
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Robots
At Johannesburg’s busy intersections, a street performer, Gift, balances spectacle with survival, as he navigates fatherhood, survival, and identity amid…
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Sonder
Within neglected multi-storey hostels, Sonder explores Black Zulu queer masculinities shaped by surveillance, violence, and desire, where fragile performances of…
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talking to Family
After studying abroad in Cape Town, a young filmmaker returns to Chongqing, navigating the complexity of modern life in China…
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Taste of the Land
In Johannesburg, urban growers Siwe Ntombela and Forest Ramushwana reclaim indigenous foodways, exploring how ancestral knowledge, ecological care, and urban…
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The Hands that Feed
The Hands That Feed is a lovingly made tribute to the Stellenbosch restaurant Decameron, which has become a staple for…
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The Hour after Midnight
The Hour After Midnight investigates the contested death of Dr Neil Aggett under apartheid detention, uncovering state surveillance, torture, and…
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Truck Mama
Evaline, a long-haul truck driver in East Africa, navigates dangerous roads and a male-dominated field while balancing motherhood and ambition,…
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TUTU
TUTU is a compelling portrait of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a man whose beliefs and principles are more relevant…
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VET vannie Land
In Richtersveld, South Africa, botanists and conservationists battle organised syndicates poaching rare succulents, exposing a global black market threatening the…
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WAT WAS HIE?
A journey through Cape Town’s layered histories, where movement and memory reactivate landscapes marked by colonialism, slavery, and Indigenous resistance,…
