Africa Eye Film Fetival

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www.afrikaeye.org.uk
Watershed, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX
28th-30th October 2011

African films from an African perspective from Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Morocco & Egypt Revolution, democracy, dictatorship
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ENTER YOUR SHORT FILM
EYEFULL international short film section (max 20 min)
Theme ‘Africa Alive’ Closing date 30 Sep. FFI www.afrikaeye.org.uk
SING YOUR SONG Fri 28 Oct
dir Susanne Rostock 103’ USA 2011
Life & times of 84-year-old Harry Belafonte - his extraordinary legacy as impassioned human rights and democracy activist. Sundance winner. 20.30
£7.20 / £5.60 Tickets include priority admission to party

PARTY Fri 28 Oct Music to dance and trance to. Moroccan maestro HASSAN ERRAJI rocks with his fusion band. 22.30

EYEFULL Sat 29 Oct
90’ of shorts by and about Africans. Prize for best Bristol based entry. 15.00
DVDs to 17 Cotham Side, Bristol BS6 5TP by 30 Sep £4.60 / £3.60

AN AFRICAN ELECTION Sat 29 Oct
dir Jarreth Merz 89’ US/Ghana 2010
Edge of seat tension as parties battle the run up to Ghana’s 2008 general election. Will dirty tricks win the day or will elections be free and fair?17.00

ROBERT MUGABE … WHAT HAPPENED? Sat 29 Oct
dir Simon Bright 82’ Zimbabwe 2011
Shakespearean rise and fall of leader who built a successful country, then destroyed it + Q&A with director. SNEAK WORLD PREVIEW 20.30 £7.20 / £5.60

THE SATANIC ANGELS Sun 30 Oct
dir Ahmed Boulane 84’ Morocco 2007
14 young hard-rockers arrested and imprisoned for Satanism and shaking the foundations of Islam. Based on actual events. 14.30 £4.60 / £3.60

NO MORE FEAR Sun 30 Oct
dir Mourad Ben Cheick 74’ Tunisia 2011
Passionate, raw, and immediate, Tunisians reveal the extent of oppression so deeply hidden from tourists. Cannes hit. SW PREMIERE 16.30 £7.20 / £5.60

VIVA RIVA Sun 30 Oct
dir Djo Tunda wa Munga 96’ Democratic Republic of Congo 2010
Riva comes to Kinshasa with a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Entranced by the beautiful Nora, kept woman of a local gangster, the mix darkens as Angolan crime lord arrives relentlessly seeking his stolen shipment of gasoline 18.30 £7.20 / £5.60