10 - 13 October 2024 Mbare Art Space

Filamu 2023

European Film Festival in Zimbabwe
European Film Festival in Zimbabwe

Filamu, which is the Swahili word for film, will also help to build the curatorial platform in the local industry and enhance the reputation of local film practitioners for a global market. 10 short films that explore the unique worldview and experiences of Africans curated by Nkosi Ncube and Mercy Mangwana will be screened at the festival. This year the collection has films from Kenya, Gambia, Botswana , Malawi , Zimbabwe and Uganda from emerging filmmakers. The films in their diverse formats and genres tackle various explosive theses from sustainable production, women empowerment, religion, spirituality, identity , family among others.

  • Badimo Bampitsa

    Countries : Botswana

    Duration: 14.54 mins
    Language: Tswana, English
    Director: Tshepiso Oshoma
    Synopsis : A 2022 graduate project from AFDA Botswana, this film explores the religion of Ancestral Callings in Botswana that had reduces in popularity over the half a century of the country's independence. Conversations with Sangomas and Traditional Healer on their experience of this inherited faith and how they preserve it in the everchanging new age. Interviews decipher, if the ancestral calling a gift or are we enslaved to the spirits and ghosts of the forefathers. As bold words of every prominent traditional healer go, "you can never run from the calling."


    Full Film: Film Freeway
  • Timothy

    Countries : Kenya

    Duration: 07:48 mins
    Language: English, Swahili
    Director: Mark Wambui
    Synopsis : In this bone-chilling film, we follow the story of a widow who must confront the demons of her past when she is forced to spend a night alone with her deceased husband's body. Accused of his murder by her vengeful in-laws, she must prove her innocence by completing a night-long ritual in which she is watched over by her husband's corpse Will the widow be able to survive the night and clear her name, or will she become the next victim of her husband's malevolent spirit?


    Full Film: Film Freeway - PWD: RECA2023
  • Manong

    Countries : Botswana

    Duration: 05:01 mins
    Language: Tswana, English
    Director: Masego Mohwasa
    Synopsis : What happens when what you are running from catches up with you?


    Full Film: Google Drive
  • Ananansi

    Countries : Uganda

    Duration: 22.03 mins
    Language: English
    Director: Veronica Baum
    Synopsis : A film about responsible consumption and production SDG 12


    Full Film: Google Drive
  • Manda - Aliza

    Countries : Malawi

    Duration: 10:58 mins
    Language: Nyanja
    Director: Mphatso Maria, Gorette Makamo
    Synopsis : A young couple is determined to overcome the obstacles tradition and religion place in front of them. However, they must first overcome themselves before they can be together. A Malawian film from the MultiChoice Talent Factory.


    Full Film: Google Drive
  • Heaven Sounds Boring

    Countries : Uganda

    Duration: 22.39 mins
    Language: English
    Director: Ali Musoke


    Full Film: Vimeo - PWD HSB2021
  • Tarisiro

    Countries : Botswana

    Duration: 04:32 mins
    Language: English
    Director: Nyaradzo Nhongonhema - Chikoko
    Synopsis : Every mother’s dream is to safely carry, birth and hold her new born in her arms. Every mother’s hope is to do so under the safest circumstances because giving life is the essence of life itself. With every conception there is so much to look forward to and with every new birth, a new seed of hope for the future is sowed. However, not every mother is privileged to hold her baby, so many dreams crashed in their infancy by the system, by negligence, by ignorance and no one is paying attention. Tarisiro/Hope says, let’s talk about it, neonatal deaths are preventable!


    Full Film: Vimeo - Password: MercyAccess
  • Sarah Baartman Poem

    Countries : Zimbabwe

    Duration: 03:53 mins
    Language: English
    Director: Tinashe Tafirenyika
    Synopsis : A poem about beauty and race written and performed by Tinashe Tafirenyika. The visuals are by Tswarelo Mothobe.


    Full Film: Youtube
  • Fita Girls

    Countries : Gambia

    Duration: 08:08 mins
    Language: English
    Director: Mercy Mangwana/Yandeh Mohammed
    Synopsis : A story of young women defying odds in a male dominated industry


    Full Film: Google Drive
  • Mmamba

    Countries : Uganda

    Duration: 00:57 mins
    Language: Luganda
    Director: Nazzinda Ruth
    Synopsis : his animation documentary film is about cultural identity and climate conservation.


    Full Film: Youtube