THE 47 FILMS / QAFF 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTION

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The Quibdó Africa Film Festival is back with its fifth edition in Quibdó, Chocó. We are proud to share with you the official launch of this new adventure, which is transforming and adapting to grow and continue to support the African and Afro-descendant audiovisual industry. However, as has been one of the festival's main objectives, we continue to build bridges that reinforce the growth and development of the African audiovisual industry, production and distribution. For this edition, QAFF presents its official selection of 47 films (25 hours) represented by 21 countries around the world.

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ANIMATION

GROMONMON Directed by Laurent PANTALÉON – 11’50 La Réunion

AKESI AND THE SECRETS OF THE FOREST Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 13:37 - Germany

AKESI AND THE LOSS OF THE BATEKE KINGDOM Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 14:01 - Germany

AKESI AND THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 14:50 - Germany

 

SHORT FICTION

CAPITANA ESPACIAL Directed by Paula Mayo – 5’ Colombia

BOXED Directed by Wanjiru Njendu – 6’09 United States

CRACKS Directed by Rufin Mbou Mikina – 7’43 Congo

MIRROR MIRROR Directed by Sandulela Asanda -9’ South Africa

THE LAST TRAIN Directed by Lodi Paul Inga – 9’41 South Africa

GUALÍ Directed by Rosa Patricia Perea – 11’08 Colombia

THE FALL OF PHAETON Directed by Aurélie Filain – 11’46 France

MESOCOSMS Directed by Welket Bungué – 12’ Brazil

AJE AND BRUJA Directed by Nosa Igbinedion – 12’38 Nigeria

SINGLE SONG Directed by Obeida Benavides Nieves – 13’18 Colombia

UNKIND CUT Directed by Marc G. Pitre – 13’57 United States

DIVE Directed by Marton Olympio, Anderson Jesus – 15’ Brazil

CONGUITO Directed by David Ontoria – 15’ Spain

SÈT LAM Directed by Vincent Fontano – 20’ France

HALF SOUL Directed by Marwen Trabelsi – 23’14 Tunisia

TWIN LAKES HAVEN Directed by Mbabazi Philbert Aimé – 24’ Rwanda

DORLIS Directed by Enricka MH – 25’ France

BOTTLED SPIRITS Directed by Elizabeth Carter – 34’15 United States

EL BEAT Directed by Irene Lema, Carolina del Mar Fernández, Sergio Bromberg – 45’09 Colombia

THE RED TREE Directed by Joan Gómez Endara – 59’ Colombia

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SHORT DOCUMENTARY

TRIPTYCH BY JORGE ARTEL Directed by Alvaro Serje, JM Suárez – 5’ Colombia

TERRA MATER Directed by Kantarama Gahigiri – 9’46 Rwanda

BLACK GIRLS MAGIC Directed by Yulian Renteria – 9’50 Colombia

MARIMBA OF CHONTA Directed by Julian Garcia Cardenas – 10’09 Colombia

NGUBÁ Directed by Ernestina Miranda, Mar Ajé – 11’34 Colombia

THE GOLDEN GENERATION Directed by Kieran Kenlock, Kwame Wilson, Steven Apampa, Yaf Downes – 13’57 Netherlands

MULIKA Directed by Maisha Maene – 14’RD Congo

TRAVESSIA by ALEXANDRE Directed by FREITAS MACIEL – 14’57 Brazil

THE BLACK CHRISTS FAR FROM JUSTICE Directed by Monica Manganelli – 15’ United States

LEND ME YOUR VOICE Directed by Claudine Shenge Ndimbira – 20’ South Africa

PIMPI Directed by Andrés Mosquera – 21’58 Colombia

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS Directed by Andrés Felipe Villarreal Valencia – 24’03 Colombia

 

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

AFRICAN GLORY Directed by Thierry Siegried BUGAUD – 63’ France

NEGRA Directed by Medhin Tewolde Serrano – 71’ Mexico

COLONIALISM AND YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGION: THE OSUN DEITY Directed by Badewa Adeseye Ajibade – 76’ Nigeria

LA BONGA Directed by Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Canela Reyes – 77’ Colombia

THE GREEN VEIN Directed by Sara De Sousa Correia – 90’ Portugal

AFRICA, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS Directed by Benita Jacques – 108’ Canada

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FEATURE FILMS FICTION

JUWAA Directed by Nganji Mutiri – 85’ Belgium

HOMESHOPPERS' PARADISE Directed by Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye – 89’ Germany

XALÉ Directed by Moussa SENE ABSA – 101’ Senegal

THE CROSSING​ Directed by Irene TASSEMBEDO – 111’ Burkina Faso

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