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Programme

All screenings take place at Filmhouse Cinema, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ (map)

One-page printable schedule

TICKET DEAL
See any three programmes in the Africa in Motion festival for £12/£7.50 concessions, or all sixteen for £48/£32 concessions. Tickets must all be bought at the same time. To book tickets, call the Filmhouse box office on 0131 228 2688. All special events and entertainment are free.

Friday 20 Oct

Opening Film: Yeelen (Brightness)

5.45pm | Filmhouse Cinema 2
Souleymane Cissé | Mali/Burkina Faso/France/West Germany 1987 | 1hr44m | 35mm | Bambara with English subtitles | PG

Reception

7.45pm | Filmhouse Guild Room

Entertainment

9.00pm | Filmhouse Café Bar
Live African music featuring Temwa Cultural Group and Jango Rhythms

Saturday 21 Oct

African Cinema Symposium: Neglected Strands and New Trajectories

10.30am - 1.30pm | University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, Faculty Room South | Free event
- please register by emailing [email protected]

LOST AFRICAN CLASSICS

3.00pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3 | 2hrs37m | PG

Le Retour de l'Aventurier

Moustapha Alassane | Niger/France 1966 | 34m | 16mm | Haoussa & French with English subtitles

Concerto pour un Exil

Désiré Ecaré | Ivory Coast/France 1968 | 42m | 35mm | French with English subtitles

Contras' City - UK Premiere

Djibril Diop Mambety | Senegal 1969 | 21m | DVD | Wolof with English subtitles

Badou Boy - UK Premiere

Djibril Diop Mambety | Senegal 1970 | 60m | DVD | French and Wolof with English subtitles

Lost Classics Roundtable Discussion

6.15pm - 7.15pm | Filmhouse Guild Room | Free ticketed event

Ceddo

8.30pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Ousmane Sembene | Senegal 1977 | 2hrs | 35mm | Wolof with English subtitles | PG

Sunday 22 Oct

Kaddu Beykat (Letter from My Village)

3.30pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Safi Faye | Senegal 1975 | 1hr30m | 16mm | Serere and French with English subtitles | PG

Yaaba (Grandmother)

6.30pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Idrissa Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso/Switzerland/France 1989 | 1hr30m | DVD | More with English subtitles | PG

Monday 23 Oct

African Cinema Paradiso: Ten Films to Fall in Love With

8.00pm - 9.00pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
1hr | Free ticketed event

Cairo Station (Bab el hadid)

9.15pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Youssef Chahine | Egypt 1958 | 1h30m | BetaSP | Arabic with English subtitles | PG

Tuesday 24 Oct

Workshop: Bumpy journey across Angola

2.00pm-5.00pm | Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Main Lecture Theatre (E22) | Free non-ticketed event

Nha Fala (My Voice)

8.30pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Flora Gomes | Guinea-Bissau/Portugal/France/Luxembourg 1992 | 1hr50m | DVD | Kabuverdianu with English subtitles | 15

Wednesday 25 Oct

Touki Bouki (Journey of the Hyena)

6.00pm | Filmhouse Cinema 2
Djibril Diop Mambety | Senegal 1973 | 1hr25m | 35mm | Wolof with English subtitles | 15

Harvest 3000 Years (Mirt Sost Shi Amit)

8.00pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3
Haile Gerima | Ethiopia 1975 | 2hrs30m | 35mm | Amharic with English subtitles | PG

Thursday 26 Oct

AFRICAN DOCUMENTARIES

6.00pm | Filmhouse Cinema 3 | 1hr35m | 15

The Body Beautiful

Ngozi Onwurah | United Kingdom 1991 | 23m | 16mm

Fishers of Dar - UK Premiere

Lina Fruzzetti, Ákos Östör and Steven Ross | US/Tanzania 2001 | 38m | DVD

Khalfan and Zanzibar - UK Premiere

Lina Fruzzetti, Alfred Guzzetti and Ákos Östör US/Zanzibar 1999 | 22m | DVD

Think Local Act Global

John Simpson | United Kingdom 2006 | 12m | DVD

Entertainment

8.45pm | Filmhouse Café Bar
African-Asian Scottish writer and performance poet Kokumo Fadeke Rocks will appear in the Filmhouse café bar, followed by a performance by Tanzanian singer-songwriter Tumi Lambo.