Film Africa 2020 Baobab Award 2

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The second programme of five short films nominated for this year’s Film Africa Baobab Award includes Egyptian drama Henet Ward about Halima, a Sudanese henna artist who is called upon to paint the bride-to-be of a well-off Egyptian family, but the day does not go to plan. Ghanaian film Da Yie follows a day in the lives of Matilda and Prince, two impressionable children as they encounter Bogah, an adult with nefarious intentions. Both films are also screening as part of the LIFF 2020 International Short Film Competition.

Films as part of this showing

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Arachind

Ama, an Ashanti goddess, reluctantly meets with her estranged ex, Anansi, the trickster god of stories.

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The Trap

In the peculiar set up of a deserted and run-down Egyptian seaside resort in wintertime, a young unmarried couple arrives to make love. The power…

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Henet Ward

Halima, a Sudanese henna painter prepares a young Egyptian bride for her wedding day. The day does not go strictly to plan for Halima and her…

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Good Night

A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day…

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What Did You Dream

It's the summer school holidays in 1990 South Africa and 11-year-old Boipelo is back at her grandmother Koko's four-roomed house in the Pretoria…