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FEATURE FILMS
AFTER THE LONG RAINS
Damien Hauser, Kenya, 2023, 91 min, Swahili with English subtitles
20 JULY 14:30 GATEWAY 8 28 JULY 14:30 SUNCOAST 8
Ten-year-old Aisha’s school assignment is to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is taking over their parents‘ businesses and professions, but she has bigger dreams. She wants to go to Europe and become an actress. Her plan is to become a fisher so that she can sail to Europe, but her mother thinks that fishing should be left to men. Undeterred, Aisha meets a fisherman and alcoholic named Hassan who promises to teach her how to fish. Will her future become clearer now?
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
Based on the book by anthropologist Paulo Lins that fictionalised his research into the poverty-stricken Rio neighbourhood Cidade de Deus, the film shows how drug gangs dominated the city’s poor favela areas. Rocket a photographer, attempts to avoid the prevalent violence and crime and aspires for a better life. His life contrasts with L’il Zé who rises to become a ruthless crime lord alongside his friend Bené. The film is groundbreaking in its realistic portrayal of life in the favelas and features non-professional actors. The result is a powerful and unfiltered story and a world of contrasts, where hope and despair coexist.
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Payal Kapadia , France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, 2024, 114 min, Malayalam, Hindi with English subtitles
20 JULY 19:30 SUNCOAT 7 28 JULY 20:00 SUNCOAST 7
CITY OF GOD
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, Brazil, France, Germany, USA, 2002, 130 min, Portuguese with English subtitles
21 JULY 19:15 PAVILION 12 28 JULY 18:30 GATEWAY 9
22 45TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL