May 16: TAINTED CANVAS (dir. Segilola Ogidan; 2020)
The journey to self is one stunningly ugly masterpiece. TAINTED CANVAS is a harrowing tale about the effects of child sexual abuse.
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April 11: OUR LADY OF THE NILE (dir. Atiq Rahimi; 2020)
Our Lady of the Nile is a prestigious Catholic boarding school perched high on a hill, where teenage girls are groomed to be the Rwandan elite. Graduation on the horizon, they share the same dormitory, the same dreams and concerns. But throughout the country as well as within the school, deep-seated antagonisms rumble. Changing these young girls’ lives – and the entire nation – forever.
2020 World Music Day…at the movies.
Ahead of the 2020 World Music Day, we shared a selection of films and TV series with music as a central theme. #WorldMusic Day #AtTheMovies
March 21: AFROFUTURISTIK (Quartiers Lointains 6) | Nigerian Premiere
The 6th season of Quartiers Lointains seeks to question this perception that Africa has of itself in a compendium of diverse, vibrant short films made by filmmakers to look out for. Indeed, ‘‘African cinema’’ has long become ‘‘African cinemas’’, rich in their plurality, even if still too marginalized.
March 14: BAAMUM NAFI (dir. Mamadou Dia; 2019) | Film Premiere
A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children’s marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.
February 28: THE LETTER (dir. Maia Lekow & Christopher King; 2019) | Film Premiere
A gripping family drama following a 94 year-old Grandmother with a fearless spirit who must overcome dangerous accusations of witchcraft that are coming from within her own family. Her grandson Karisa, travels home from the city to investigate, and it gradually emerges who sent the threatening letter and why.
February 14: TROUBLE SLEEP (dir. Alain Kassanda; 2019) | Physical Screening
TROUBLE SLEEP immerses us in the rich urban landscape of a contemporary African city, saturated with sounds and movements, struggling with autophagous impulses, where Men dream of another fate, which is less bitter, by drinking in the evening, before plunging back the next day into the incessant daily struggle of all against all.
January 17: FREEDOM FIELDS (by Naziha Arebi; Documentary, 2018)
Screen Out Loud proudly kicks off our 2021 film programme with Nazehi Arebi’s FREEDOM FIELDS. We look forward to welcoming you as we screen this compelling portrait of women footballers rising up against systemic oppression that denies them a fair chance at playing the game they love.
December 13: LE HAVRE (by Aki Kaurismäki; 2011)
When an underage illegal migrant arrives at the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on him and welcomes him into his home.
November 8: LOVING VINCENT (Nigerian Premiere)
This November, we present the Nigerian premiere of LOVING VINCENT, the award-winning hand-painted biopic directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman.