DIFF 2019 : La sélection officielle

 






Feature Films in Competition

Back of the Moon by Angus Gibson (South Africa) 2019
Love Runs Out by Roger Young (South Africa) 2019
Les Miserables by Ladj Ly (France) 2019
Knuckle City by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka (South Africa) 2019
Cronofobia by Francesco Rizzi (Switzerland) 2018
Divine Love by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil) 2019Rwanda by Riccardo Salvetti (Italy) 2018
Solace by Tchaiko Omawele (United States of America) 2018
Vai by Becs Arahanga, Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater, Dianna Fuemana, Miria George, Ofa ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Nicole Whippy (Pacific Islands) 2019
Letters of Hope by Vusi’ Africa Sindane (South Africa) 2019
Mokalik by Kunle Afolayan (Nigeria) 2019
The Rib by Zhang Wei (China) 2019

Adam by Maryam Touzani (Morocco | France) 2019

Documentary Films in Competition

Buddha in Africa by Nicole Schaffer (South Africa) 2019
A Haunted Past by Fatma Riahi (Qatar) 2018
Anbessa by Mo Scarpelli (Italy | United States) 2019
Hamada by Eloy Dominguez Seren (Sweden) 2018
In My Blood It Runs by Maya Newell (Australia) 2019
Mother I Am Suffocating by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho) 2019
The Sound of Masks by Sara CF de Gouveia (South Africa | Portugal) 2018
For Sama by Edward Watts, Waad al-Kateab (UK | USA | Syria) 2019
My Friend, Fela by Joel Zito Araújo (Israel | France | Ethiopia | Germany) 2019
A Girl In Return by Katrine W Kjaer (Denmark) 2019

 

Short Films in Competition

Program 1 Insured Carl Houston Mc Millan, Lesotho, 2018, Sesotho with English subtitles, 5 min
Acid
Just Philippot, France, 2018, French with English subtitles, 19 min
All Inclusive
Corina Schwingruber, Switzerland, 2018, No dialogue , 10 min

Drowning in Sands RaMell Ross, USA, 2019, English, 13 min

 

Program 2

Untravel Ana Nedeljkovic and Nikola Majdak Jr, Serbia | Montenegro, 2018, English, 9 min
Joko Ya Hao
Mmabatho Montsho, South Africa, 2018, Xhosa | Zulu | English with English subtitles, 38 min
The Old Man and the Mountain
Mohamed Rida Gueznai, Morocco, 2019, Arabic with English subtitles, 22 min
Siklus
Louis Minnaar, South Africa, 2018, Afrikaans with English subtitles, 25 min
Facing North
Tukei Peter Muhumuza, Uganda, 2018, Luganda with English subtitles, 9 min

 

Program 3
Hot Dog Marleen Mayr & Alma Buddecke, Germany, 2019, English, 8 min
Desires of the Flesh
Rafaela Camelo, Brazil, 2018, Portuguese with English subtitles, 18 min
Tides
Anna M. Silva Schlenker, Columbia | Hungary, 2018, Hungarian with English subtitles, 17 min
A Kalabanda Ate My Homework
Raymond Malinga, Uganda, 2018, French with English subtitles, 12 min
Brotherhood
Meryam Joobeur, Tunisia | Swedan | Qatar | Canada, 2018, English and Arabic with English subtitles, 25 min
Writers Anonymous
Corne Koegoeleberg, South Africa, 2018, Afrikaans with English subtitles, 18 min
Undone
Sarah Laubscher, South Africa, 2018, English, 9 min

 

Program 4
Coda Zoe Jarman, USA, 2018, English, 14 min
Dunya's Day
Raed Alsemari, Saudi Arabia, 2019, Arabic with English subtitles, 14 min
Lay Lay
Angela Emurwon, Uganda, 2018, English, 7 min
The Last Post Office
Bangladesh, 2o18, Bengali with English subtitles, 17 min
Painting the Lily
May El Maraashly, Egypt, 2019, Arabic with English subtitles, 13 min
Sister
Siqi Song, USA, 2018, Chinese with English subtitles, 8 min
The River Gives
NC
Chichi
David Nessl, USA, 2018, No dialogue, 10 min

 

Program 5
2 Grams and a Sunrise Malusi Bengu, South Africa, 2019, isiZulu with English subtitles, 15 min
A Leaf
Bishara Shoukry, Egypt, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 13 min
Ales
Faiçal Ben, Morocco, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 16 min
In the Light of Fire
Rafeeqah, South Africa, 2018, Zulu with English subtitles, 13 min
Scenes from a Transcient Home
Roger Horn, South Africa, 2019, English | Shona with English subtitles, 13 min
The Open Door
Jamyang Wangchuk, Bhutan, 2018, Dzongkha with English subtitles, 15 min
Plumes Beaches (Feathers)
Leul Shoaferaw, Ethipoia | France, 2018, French with English subtitles, 11 min

 

Program 6

Adalamadrina Patricia Naya, Spain, 2018, Spanish with English subtitles, 10 min
Do you Want me to Kiss you this Time?
Iker Arce, Spain, 2018, Spanish with English subtitles, 25 min
Lavender
Matthew Puccini, USA, 2019, English, 11 min
The Field
NC
You Used to Bring me Flowers
Nofar Schweitzer, Israel, 2018, No dialogue, 5 min
Our Albertina
Chantel Clark, South Africa, 2018, Afrikaans with English subtitles, 13 min
Saving Dragons
Shivan Parusnath, South Africa, 2018, English, 8 min

 

Program 7 Alien Culture Iesh Thapar, United Kingdom, 2018, English, 10 min
Assia
Malika Zahiri, Morocco | France, 2018, French with English subtitles, 12 min
Automatic
Emma Doxiadi, Greece, 2018, Greek with English subtitles,10 min
Edgecombe
Crystal Kayiza, USA, 2018, English, 15 min
Kado
Aditya, Indonesia, 2018, Indonesian | Makassarese with English subtitles, 15 min
Fall into the Sky
Akuol de Maboir and Chriten Torres, South Africa, 2018, English | Isixhosa with English subtitles, 10 min
Green
Mustafa, USA, 2018, English, 12 min
Vitiligo
Soraya Milla, France, 2018, French with English subtitles, 7 min
Seeking Giants
Fidel Tshivhasa, South Africa, 2018, English,10 min

 

Program 8Awani Aderonke, Nigeria, 2018, English, 39 min
Aziza
Soudade, Syria | Lebanon, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 12 min
Color Blind
Callum Verster, South Africa, 2018, English, 4 min
Fuck You
Anette, Sweden, 2018, Swedish with English subtitles, 15 min
Reneepoptosis
Renee Zhan, USA, Japan, 2018, English, 10 min
Wakamba Forever
Alex Warle, Kenya , 2018, Kamba | English with English subtitles, 47 min
The Tough
Katarzyna, Poland, 2019, English, 12 min

 

Program 9 Ashmina Dekel Berenson, Nepal | UK, 2018, Nepalise | English with English subtitles,15 min
Carver
Alexandre Sibomana, Rwanda, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 8 min
Intense Practice to Improve Performance
Yasser Shafiey, Egypt, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 18 min
Self-assessment
Sid Ali Zaafoune, Algeria, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 10 min
Shoe Polishers Diary
Karim Makram, Egypt, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 13 min
Skaap
Mzonke Maloney, South Africa, 2018, isiXhosa with English subtitles, 5 min
The Fisherman
Zoey Martiinson, Ghana, 2019, Ga | English with English Subtitles, 15 min
Easter Snap
RaMell Ross, USA, 2019, English, 13 min

 

Program 10Kiss of the Rabbit God Andrew Thomas Huang, USA, 2019, English | Chinese with English subtitles, 15 min
Into Infinity
Brendan Campbell, South Africa, 2018, English, 15 min
The King's Ghost
Raphaele Benisty, France, 2018, English, 20 min
The Walker
Yadia Mor-Jougan, Cameroon, 2018, French with English subtitles, 30 min
I Got my Things and Left
Mbabazi Philbert Aimé, Rwanda, 2019, French| English | Kinyarwanda with English subtitles, 23 min

 

Program 11
Mami Alessandra, USA, 2019, English | Spanish with English subtitles, 10 min
My Father Couldn't Save the Kite
Khaled Medhat, Egypt, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 8 min
Suicide by Sunlight
Nikyatu, USA, 2018, English, 16 min
The Call
NC
Miracle
Bongi Ndaba, South Africa, 2019, isiZulu | Sesotho with English subtitles, 25 min
Sunday
Angela Emurwon, Uganda, 2018, English, 26 min
Another Beautiful Day
AK Simba, Uganda, 2018, English, 9 min

 

Program 12Mawe Malcolm Bigyemano, Uganda, 2018, Rutooro with English subtitles, 23 min
Sometimes I Think about Dying
The Rat
Carlen May-Mann, USA, 2019 English, 13 min
Ember
Caitlin Hoseck, South Africa, 2018 English, 5 min
Mine
Mahitthapat Woramessiah, South Africa, 2018, English, 4 min
Omar’s Apartment
Youssef Michraf, Morocco, 2018, Arabic with English subtitles, 20 min

 

Program 13Ambu Mel Dixon, South Africa, 2018, English, 5 min
Lily Petals
Katlego Malepe, South Africa, 2019, English, 13 min
Deambulation
Rasoanaivo Tovoniaina, Mauritius, 2018, Malagasy with English subtitles, 26 min
Vosubeng
NC
Utopia
Joerg Hurschler, Cyrill Daepp, Switzerland, 2018, English | French | German, 47 min
Stay Close
Luther Clement – Lam and Shuhan Fan, USA | China, 2018, English,19 min

 

Program 14
Faire-Part Anne, Reijniers, Nizar Saleh, Rob Jacobs, Paul Shemisi, Belgium, DRC Congo, 2019, French | Dutch | Lingala with English subtitles, 59 min
Touch Me
Eileene Byrne, Germany, 2018, German with English subtitles, 4 min
Blackout
Callum Verster, South Africa, 2018, English, 4 min
Sides of a Horn
Toby Wosskow, USA, 2018, English | isiZulu, with English subtitles, 17 min
Womb Dance
Ratsheko Mashilo Nthite, South Africa, 2018, Sotho and Sign Language with English subtitles, 27 min