September 14: FAMILY PORTRAITS (Short Film Programme)
For our September event, Screen Out Loud explores the notion of family through three short films from across Africa with stops in Mali, Egypt and Nigeria.
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August 9: TIME MASTERS (1982) by René Laloux
On the planet Perdide, little Piel is pursued by a swarm of hornets who killed his father. Piel finds himself alone but Jaffar, aboard his spaceship, rushes to save him. From the ship, he will guide little Piel with the help of two extra-terrestrial clowns, Jad and Yula.
November 10: THE GOLDMAN CASE (2023) by Cédric Kahn | #ArtCinemaDay
The trial of Pierre Goldman, a fiery and controversial figure of revolutionary left-wing activism holds in 1975. Guilty of numerous charges, yet he proclaims his innocence in a double murder accusation.
October 13: FAAJI AGBA (2015) by Remi Vaughan-Richards
‘Faaji Agba’ is a six-year journey by film-maker Remi Vaughan-Richards following seven 68- to 85-year old Yoruba master musicians in Lagos, Nigeria. They were forgotten by society until Kunle Tejuoso, owner of Jazzhole Records, follows a trail to rediscover them, and the FAAJI AGBA COLLECTIVE is born.
September 8: Alphaville – A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard
In an era after the 1960s, the authorities of the “outer planets” sent the famous secret agent Lemmy Caution on a mission to Alphaville, a dehumanized city a few light years away from Earth. Caution is in charge of neutralizing Professor von Braun, the almighty master of Alphaville…
August 18: TUG OF WAR (Vuta N’Kuvute; 2021) by Amil Shivji
A rebellious young revolutionary becomes involved with a young Indian-Zanzibari girl escaping an oppressive arranged marriage. Denge, a frustrated and rebellious young man meets Yasmin, a young Indian-Zanzibari girl in the middle of the night as she is on her way to be betrothed to a man three times her age. This sparks a series of missed opportunities for the forlorn lovers.
July 6: QUAI D’ORSAY (The French Minister; 2013) by Bertrand Tarvenier
.After graduating from the École nationale d’administration, Arthur Vlaminck lands a job as speechwriter in the Foreign Ministry.
June 9: BURNING CASABLANCA (2021) by Ismaël El Iraki
In hellish Casablanca, the burning love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise amazon Rajae sets ablaze a crazy Moroccan underworld in this story of passion, trauma and rock n’ roll.
May 12: THE LAST QUEEN (2022) by Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri
THE LAST QUEEN is inspired by the legendary Queen Zaphira, and intends to flesh out her hitherto underreported yet contested place in the history of Algeria.
December 17: ASHKAL – The Tunisian Investigation (2022) by Youssef Chebbi
Director Youssef Chebbi delivers an artistic masterpiece that is relatable across borders, putting the viewer through a range of emotions until the last minute. ASHKAL was awarded the Étalon d’or de Yennenga at Fespaco 2023.