These are the films that have been nominated for the Film Africa's Award for Best Short African Film for 2012. The winner will receive the grand prize of The Silver Baobab and £2,000 towards their next production.
Films
Mon, 5 November 2012, 6:30pm
A fiction film about pirates in Somalia told through the eyes of a suffering Somali fisherman.
Tue, 6 November 2012, 6:45pm
About beauty, sexuality, and Kenyan attitudes to ‘otherness’ in a film that suggests being caught...
Tue, 6 November 2012, 6:45pm
This stunningly shot futuristic Afro-samurai film is as tongue-in-cheek as it is visually sumptuous
Tue, 6 November 2012, 6:45pm
Stunningly told through puppets, this film unravels a story the government would rather deny.
Mon, 5 November 2012, 6:30pm
A beautifully scripted and visualized tale shows what happens to Fatine when a young boy catches...
Tue, 6 November 2012, 6:45pm
This tale of a father’s journey to find the best godfather for his baby son is told through...
Mon, 5 November 2012, 6:30pm
Dream-like, the film is full of brightly lit nostalgia as the soul of a young man about to commit...
Mon, 5 November 2012, 6:30pm
Set in 1980s Zimbabwe during the 5th Brigade massacres, The Tunnel follows young Elizabeth as she...
Tue, 6 November 2012, 6:45pm
This fantasy thriller tells the bewitching tale of an orphaned child with supernatural powers who...
