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SONTI
Terrence Aphane, South Africa, 2023, 82 min, Sotho with English subtitles
20 JULY 14:00 GATEWAY 9 23 JULY 19:15 SUNCOAST 8
A 19-year-old village boy saves the life of a woman who has been kidnapped. In doing so he endangers the lives of his family. His courage is not appreciated by his family and when the killers stop at nothing to find him, he must face a difficult decision and choose between saving his family or the life of a stranger.
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.
Aicha lives on a farm in the isolated north of Tunisia with her husband and youngest son. The family lives in anguish after the departure of the eldest sons Mehdi and Amine to the violent embrace of war and an ill-fated attempt to fight for ISIS in Syria. When Mehdi returns home unexpectedly with a mysterious and silent pregnant wife, Reem, in a niqab, a darkness emerges, threatening to consume the entire village. Aicha is torn between her maternal love and her search for the truth.
THE STORY OF SOULEYMANE
Boris Lojkine, France, 2024, 92 min, French with English subtitles
22 JULY 19:30 GATEWAY 8 25 JULY 19:30 GATEWAY 8
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
Mo Harawe, Austria, France, Germany, Somalia, 2024, 133 min, Somali with English subtitles
21 JULY 18:00 SUNCOAST 7 28 JULY 18:00 GATEWAY 8
WHO DO I BELONG TO
Meryam Joobeur, Tunisia, France, Canada, 2024, 117 min, Arabic with English subtitles
20 JULY 17:15 SUNCOAST 8 27 JULY 16:45 SUNCOAST 8
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