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Glasgow Film Festival · 2022

Glasgow Film Festival 2022

African Stories

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6 films · 5 reviews

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Blind Ambition

Review preview for Blind Ambition

Co-directors Robert Coe and Warwick Ross use their simple premise to explore wider subjects.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
The story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2021; Director: Robert Coe, Warwick Ross; Writer: Robert Coe, Warwick Ross)

Full review See: Warwick Ross and Robert Coe in conversation on wine tasting and Blind Ambition

Casablanca Beats (Haut Et Fort)

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Although the heartfelt nature of the film is evident, it's a shame Ayouch became so wedded to its documentary element when its more stylised moments are where it finds its real energy.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Young people from the Casablanca slum of Sidi Moumen participate in a cultural project that encourages them to express themselves through hip hop.

(Year: 2021; Director: Nabil Ayouch; Writer: Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Ismail Adouab, Nouhaila Arif, Samah Baricou)

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The Gravedigger's Wife (La Femme du fossoyeur)

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There's a straightforwardness to the telling of this tale that adds to its accessibility.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A gravedigger finds himself up against it as he tries to get the cash together to help his gravely ill wife get medical treatment.

(Country: Finland, Germany, France; Year: 2021; Director: Khadar Ahmed; Writer: Khadar Ahmed; Stars: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar, Awa Ali Nour, Amina Ayanleh)

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I Am Samuel

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Although the film has a heartfelt sweep, it is so tightly focused that questions go unanswered.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
An intimate portrait of a gay Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love, and safety and questioning the concept of conflicting identities.

(Country: Kenya, Canada, UK, US; Year: 2020; Director: Peter Murimi; Writer: Ricardo Acosta, Peter Murimi)

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Once Upon A Time In Uganda

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A film which will remind its viewers why they fell in love with cinema in the first place.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of Wakaliwood, the grassroots film industry born in the slums of Kampala which is all about action and entertainment and the conviction that in the movies, nothing is impossible.

(Country: Uganda; Year: 2020; Director: Cathryne Czubek, Hugo Perez; Stars: Isaac Nabwana, Alan Hofmanis, Harriet Nabwana, Bisaso Dauda)

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Sabizanga

A woman goes from one prison to another searching for her husband, a victim of police violence.

(Country: Angola, France; Year: 1972; Director: Sarah Maldoror; Writer: Claude Agostini, Sarah Maldoror, Mário Pinto de Andrade; Stars: Domingos de Oliveira, Elisa Andrade, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino, Benoît Moutsila)