Amirah Tadjin
Kenya / Great Britain
2012 | 0:08:00

At Nairobi’s iconic central station, a lithe, majestic drag queen sits on a bench, lightly crying, smoking a cigarette and descending into a breakdown through a poetic soliloquy. The film challenges our ideas of beauty, sexuality, and Kenyan attitudes to ‘otherness’ in a film that suggests being caught between two places might in fact be no bad thing.

An exploration of ‘feeling a little bit uncomfortable.’ I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the arc of time. In my film, I focus on African women’s self-image, through memories and interviews; using mixed media to describe our almost schizophrenic pursuit of globalised beauty.

Jeremiah Ikongio
Nigeria
2013 / 0:04:18

A young Mobile Policeman (MOPOL) rides through a street in Downtown Lagos and tries to intervene in a juvenile drug purchase/sale only to get into a chase through a ghetto of the city.

Daouda Coulibaly
Mali
2010 | 0:24:00

The film follows the tradition of the griot, using words/poetry, and music to deliver history – essentially the voice of the ancestors – in an effort to transfer knowledge and wisdom from past generations to those in the present... to learn from the experiences of those who came before you, and take those lessons with you as you march into the future; also, don’t completely lose yourself in the trappings that so-called modernity promises; there is some value to be gained from holding onto some traditions. – Tambay Obeson, Shadow and Act.

Muchiri Njenga
Kenya
2011 | 0:07:00

An a post-apocalyptic African slum and city, a spiritual and metaphorical voyage through a young boy's dream, mixing visual art, graphic design, animation and live action, blurring the lines of reality and fantasy...showing the effects of media on a young generation. The experimental short features music by Just A Band.
T. Obeson, Shadow and Act.

Nina Nordström
Finland, South Africa
2012 / 0:25:30

A few artists get together to organize a provocative performance to open up the eyes of their fellow citizens. They dress up as slaves with shackles, chains and an iron ball hanging from one of the artists ankle, and walk through Alexandra, a bad-reputed suburb of Johannesburg in the context of xenophobic violence. In Somehow Different we follow the artists' struggle to get all the aspects of the procession to fall in place.
These artists whom seem similar in the beginning turn out to have quite different views on the world and themselves, but at least they all have engaging stories to share.