SÉLECTION QAFF 2023
THE 47 FILMS / QAFF 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTION
The Quibdó Africa Film Festival is back with its fifth edition in Quibdó, Chocó. We are proud to share with you the official launch of this new adventure, which is transforming and adapting to grow and continue to support the African and Afro-descendant audiovisual industry. However, as has been one of the festival's main objectives, we continue to build bridges that reinforce the growth and development of the African audiovisual industry, production and distribution. For this edition, QAFF presents its official selection of 47 films (25 hours) represented by 21 countries around the world.
ANIMATION
GROMONMON Directed by Laurent PANTALÉON – 11’50 La Réunion
AKESI AND THE SECRETS OF THE FOREST Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 13:37 - Germany
AKESI AND THE LOSS OF THE BATEKE KINGDOM Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 14:01 - Germany
AKESI AND THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE Directed by Saïd Abitar, Curt Fortin - 14:50 - Germany
SHORT FICTION
CAPITANA ESPACIAL Directed by Paula Mayo – 5’ Colombia
BOXED Directed by Wanjiru Njendu – 6’09 United States
CRACKS Directed by Rufin Mbou Mikina – 7’43 Congo
MIRROR MIRROR Directed by Sandulela Asanda -9’ South Africa
THE LAST TRAIN Directed by Lodi Paul Inga – 9’41 South Africa
GUALÍ Directed by Rosa Patricia Perea – 11’08 Colombia
THE FALL OF PHAETON Directed by Aurélie Filain – 11’46 France
MESOCOSMS Directed by Welket Bungué – 12’ Brazil
AJE AND BRUJA Directed by Nosa Igbinedion – 12’38 Nigeria
SINGLE SONG Directed by Obeida Benavides Nieves – 13’18 Colombia
UNKIND CUT Directed by Marc G. Pitre – 13’57 United States
DIVE Directed by Marton Olympio, Anderson Jesus – 15’ Brazil
CONGUITO Directed by David Ontoria – 15’ Spain
SÈT LAM Directed by Vincent Fontano – 20’ France
HALF SOUL Directed by Marwen Trabelsi – 23’14 Tunisia
TWIN LAKES HAVEN Directed by Mbabazi Philbert Aimé – 24’ Rwanda
DORLIS Directed by Enricka MH – 25’ France
BOTTLED SPIRITS Directed by Elizabeth Carter – 34’15 United States
EL BEAT Directed by Irene Lema, Carolina del Mar Fernández, Sergio Bromberg – 45’09 Colombia
THE RED TREE Directed by Joan Gómez Endara – 59’ Colombia
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
TRIPTYCH BY JORGE ARTEL Directed by Alvaro Serje, JM Suárez – 5’ Colombia
TERRA MATER Directed by Kantarama Gahigiri – 9’46 Rwanda
BLACK GIRLS MAGIC Directed by Yulian Renteria – 9’50 Colombia
MARIMBA OF CHONTA Directed by Julian Garcia Cardenas – 10’09 Colombia
NGUBÁ Directed by Ernestina Miranda, Mar Ajé – 11’34 Colombia
THE GOLDEN GENERATION Directed by Kieran Kenlock, Kwame Wilson, Steven Apampa, Yaf Downes – 13’57 Netherlands
MULIKA Directed by Maisha Maene – 14’RD Congo
TRAVESSIA by ALEXANDRE Directed by FREITAS MACIEL – 14’57 Brazil
THE BLACK CHRISTS FAR FROM JUSTICE Directed by Monica Manganelli – 15’ United States
LEND ME YOUR VOICE Directed by Claudine Shenge Ndimbira – 20’ South Africa
PIMPI Directed by Andrés Mosquera – 21’58 Colombia
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS Directed by Andrés Felipe Villarreal Valencia – 24’03 Colombia
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
AFRICAN GLORY Directed by Thierry Siegried BUGAUD – 63’ France
NEGRA Directed by Medhin Tewolde Serrano – 71’ Mexico
COLONIALISM AND YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGION: THE OSUN DEITY Directed by Badewa Adeseye Ajibade – 76’ Nigeria
LA BONGA Directed by Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Canela Reyes – 77’ Colombia
THE GREEN VEIN Directed by Sara De Sousa Correia – 90’ Portugal
AFRICA, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS Directed by Benita Jacques – 108’ Canada
FEATURE FILMS FICTION
JUWAA Directed by Nganji Mutiri – 85’ Belgium
HOMESHOPPERS' PARADISE Directed by Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye – 89’ Germany
XALÉ Directed by Moussa SENE ABSA – 101’ Senegal
THE CROSSING Directed by Irene TASSEMBEDO – 111’ Burkina Faso