Afrika Eye 2015

Ephraim is a young Ethiopian boy, the son of a farmer. When Ephraim’s mother dies, his father sends him to live with rural cousins, far from his drought-ridden homeland and where his only comfort is his pet lamb and companion - Chuni.

In this lively documentary see how a new generation of Senegalese artists are pushing for social, economic and political change through the messages conveyed by their varied range of artistic pracitices.

A look back at some of the best short films screened at Afrika Eye in previous years providing a fantastic opportunity to see again short snippets of life and stories from all over Africa and the African Diaspora.

This vibrant, music-rich, documentary showing how people in the Blue Nile/Nuba Mountains area of Sudan are responding to regular bombing raids by celebrating and taking strength from their culture.

Despite a small budget, an untrained crew and non-professional actors, Hermon Hailay’s off-beat romance about a young taxi driver caught up in the dark side of love has rightly earned her a string of international accolades.

An award-winning documentary that charts how Ousmane Sembene shook off humble beginnings to become an internationally acclaimed film director and political game-changer, now acknowledged as the founding father of black African cinema.

The acclaimed breakthrough film by Ousmane Sembène, now hailed as the founder of African cinema. A young Senegalese woman moves to France with hopes of a better life but finds instead that she is virtually a slave to the elegant Riviera set.

From the acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, this is a tragi-comical masterpiece in which a newspaper seller takes drastic action to secure the love of the beautiful woman he sees every day at Cairo’s railway station.

An eclectic programme of short films and a fantastic opportunity to see short snippets of life and stories from all over Africa and the African Diaspora. The place to spot up and coming filmmakers.

Featuring beautifully hand-drawn land, sea and city-scapes, this is the animated story of Maki, a boy who befriends a giraffe called Zarafa, and how they stick together even when Zarafa is sent to Paris as a gift for the king.

Join the Bristol based cast and crew for the premiere of this inner city drama set in St Paul's. Janeece and Chantelle are young students about to make choices that will drastically affect their future.

Debt-burdened villagers think their luck is in when ex-resident Linguère returns promising to share her fabulous riches. But this is a dark comedy with a catch. First, she wants them to kill the man who broke her teenage heart.