For its 2019 edition, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, Canada) offers a wide range of African films from North to South Africa, from short to features, from a lonely Algerian woman in the desert to Ugandan kung-fu masters…
Following our interview in AWOTELE#13 with Kiva REARDON (TIFF African and Middle East curator, Contemporary World Cinema Lead Programmer and founder of cléo journal), AWOTELE listed those African titles for you*:
FEATURES
143 SAHARA STREET de/by Hassen Ferhani (Algeria) documentary – 103 min
Production: Centrale Electrique, Allers Retours Films
International Sales Agent: Pascale Ramonda
WAVELENGHS
ADAM de/by Maryam Touzani (Morocco) fiction – 98 min
Production: Ali N’ Productions, Les Films du Nouveau Monde, Artémis Productions
International Sales Agent: Films Boutique
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA, TIFF SPEAKER SERIES
ATLANTICS de/by Mati Diop (Senegal) fiction – 105 min
Production: Les Films Du Bal, Cinekap, Frakas Productions
US/Canada Distributor: Netflix Inc.
International Sales Agent: MK2 Films
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA, TIFF NEXT WAVE
CERTIFIED MAIL de/by Hisham Saqr (Egypt) – fiction – 98 min
Production: Film Clinic, White Feather Film Production, Daydream Art Production
International Sales Agent: Media Luna New Films UG
DISCOVERY
CRAZY WORLD de/by IGG Nabwana (Uganda) – fiction – 63 min
Production: Wakaliwood, Ramon Film Productions
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
FLATLAND de/by Jenna Bass (South Africa) – fiction – 117 min
Production: Proper Film, Deal Productions, IGC Films, unafilm GmbH
International Sales Agent: The Match Factory
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA, TIFF NEXT WAVE
KNUCKLE CITY de/by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa) – fiction – 124 min
Production: Yellowbone Entertainment
International Sales Agent: AAA Entertainment
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
MY ENGLISH COUSIN de/by Karim Sayad (Algeria) – documentary – 82min
Production: Close Up Films
TIFF DOCS
NOURA'S DREAM de/by Hinde Boujemaa (Tunisia) – fiction – 92 min
Production: Propaganda Productions, Eklektik Productions, Les Films de l’Après-Midi
International Sales Agent: Wild Bunch
DISCOVERY
OUR LADY OF THE NILE de/by Atiq Rahimi (Rwanda/France) – fiction – 93min
Production: Chapter 2, Les Films du Tambour
International Sales Agent: Indie Sales
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
THE LOST OKOROSHI de/by Abba Makama (Nigeria) – fiction – 94 min
Production: Osiris Film and Entertainment
International Sales Agent: Osiris Film and Entertainment
DISCOVERY
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY de/by Amjad Abu Alala (Sudan) – fiction – 103 min
Production: Andolfi, DUOfilm , Die Gesellschaft DGS, Duo Films, Station Films, Transit Films
International Sales Agent: Pyramide International
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
SHORTS
The Trap (Fakh) de/by Nada Riyadh (Egypt) – fiction – 21 min
SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 05
Locals Only de/by Brent Harris (South Africa) – fiction – 13min
SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 07
Sadla d/by Zamo Mkhwanazi (South Africa) – fiction – 6min
SHORT CUTS PROGRAMME 08
* Due to the usual controversy on African film nationalities, only films referenced by TIFF to an African country are on the above list. Please note that other coproductions such as Arab Blues by Manele Labidi – France; A Fool Good by Hiwot Admasu Getaneh – France; Terminal Sud by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche – France, are also selected at TIFF this year.