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TWO MELONS – BIRTH OF AN ARTIST YACHA Y
By Ingrid Gaier By Anne Zwiener

On her birthday a young woman receives a Humans tend to take whatever they want, no
book from her worried parents, who emphasize matter what consequences it may have. This
a certain quote in that book: You can’t carry two does not often happen with malicious intent,
melons in one hand!” This call for moderation but these nonreflective actions can lead to an
and rationality is not something the young unexpected outcome. The short film “Yacha Y”
woman can accept just like that. – a Quechua word translated with “knowledge
(Austria / 2014 / 02:00 minutes) from the woods” – deals with this topic.
(Austria / 2015 / 06:45 minutes)

FÊTE DU CINÉMA D’ANIMATION

Three French feature-length animated films from the 16th edition of Fête,
made available by the Institut Francais.

Aya Of Yop City
End of the 1970s, in Ivory Coast in Yopougon,
popular district of Abidjan. This is where Aya,
19, lives, a serious girl who prefers to stay at
home rather than go out with her friends. Aya
shares her days between the school, the family
and her two best friends: Adjoua and Bintou,
who only think about going gasping softly after
dark in the bush. Things go wrong when
Adjoua finds herself pregnant inadvertently.
What to do?
French Title: AYA DE YOPOUGON
Directors: Marguerite Abouet / Clément
Oubrerie
(France / 2013 / 104:00 minutes)

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