The board of Luxor African Film Festival has revealed its selection for the 3rd
edition taking place 18-24 March 2014 in Luxor, Egypt. The line-up includes 79
films from 41 countries.
In the Long Narratives Competition, 14 films will be screened. They include
Bastardo (Tunisia), Battle of Tabato (Guinea-Bissau), Black Diamonds (Mali),
Durban Poison (South Africa), Dust and Fortunes (Zimbabwe), Horizon Beautiful
(Ethiopia), Rooftops (Algeria), Imbabazi (Rwanda), Kadjike (Guinea), Kampala
Story (Uganda), Yam-Dam (Burkina Faso), Mice Room (Egypt), They Are the Dogs
(Morocco), Tall as Baobab Tree (Senegal) and Rock the Kasbah (Morocco).
The Long Documentaries Competition includes Aliens (Somalia), Angola Ano Zero
(Angola), The Devil’s Lair (South Africa), Emirs in Wonderland (Tunisia), Nana
Benz (Togo), The River (Algeria), Small Small Things (Liberia), The Teacher’s
Country (Tanzania), Touba (Senegal), Tough Bond (Kenya), William and the
Windmill (Malawi).
The Short Narratives and Short Documentaries competition includes Behind the
Word (Rwanda), Haunted Souls (Uganda), His to Keep (Kenya), Homecoming
(Algeria), Jours d’avant (Tunisia), The Other Woman (Senegal), Projectionist
(Morocco), Shoeshine (Tanzania), To Repel Ghost (Cote D’Ivoire), We Meet in
Peace (South Sudan), Wooden Hand (Tunisia), Welcome Home (Burundi),
Sedhom, Elbostan Elsaid St (Egypt), ABC (Guinea), Anima (Burkina Faso), Au nom
du frere (Morocco), Light and Dark (South Africa), Made in Gougou (Tunisia),
Upright Men (Benin), Madame Esther (Madagascar), Sidhom (Egypt), Tao Tao
(Burkina Faso), We Meet in Peace (South Sudan), Welcome Home (Burundi),
Wooden Hand (Tunisia), Erkie (Egypt), Lettre du Voyant (Ghana), Jambo Amani
(Congo).
The International Freedom Competition will include Azu (Venezuela), Behind the
Smoke Screen (Iraq), Bledo (Serbia), Fuelling Poverty (Nigeria), Logical Revolt
(Egypt), My Stolen Revolution (Iran), Story of Mount Elgon (Kenya), Red Moon
(Morocco), Black Page (Iraq).
The Official Out-of-Competition Section includes Diego Star (Cote D’Ivoire), Late
for My Mother’s Funeral (Algeria), I am the film director (Egypt), Wavumba (Sierra
Leone), Women in Politics (Sierra Leone).
