Shorts Competition 2012

The films competing in this section are:

Umkhungo	Yellow Fever
Matthew Jankes - South Africa - 2011 - 30m	Ng’endo Mukii - Kenya/UK – 2012 - 7m
"A deeply serious film with powerful performances."	“Skin and body are often distorted into a topographical division between reality and illusion.”-Ng’endo Mukii
Taxi Sister	Yeberew Wuleta
Theresa Traore Dahlberg - Sweden/Senegal - 2011 - 28m	Tirsit Agez - Ethiopia - 2011 - 5m
“A testament to the deep reserve of female talent.”
Atlantiques	White Gold
Mati Diop - France/Senegal - 2009 - 15m	Adama Salle, Burkina Fasso/Morocco - 2010 - 20m
"Memorial and campfire talks about the dreams of so many youngsters."	"How history just never stops repeating itself."
Tinye So	Dirty Laundry
Daouda Coulibaly - Mali - 2010 - 25m	Stephen Abbott - South Africa - 2011 - 16m
"The spirits are speaking one last time in the hopes of being heard."	"And all Roger wanted was a 40-degree rinse and a mild spin cycle."
Psychology 101	Hisab
Tilahun G Selassie - Ethiopia - 2011 - 12m	Ezra Wube - Ethiopia - 2011 - 8m
"A psychology experiment gone comically awry."	"A humorous poke at the hustle and bustle of Addis Ababa."
Keyti: Poetry in the Street of Dakar	Drexciya
Nomadic Wax - USA/Senegal - 2,4m	Akosua Adoma Owusu - Ghana/USA – 2010 - 12m
"Artistic expression has many forms and faces."	"Drexciya’s influence certainly continues to mutate and grow."
A History of Independence
Daouda Coulibaly - France/Mali - 2009 - 21m
“If you can stand the smoke, you will enjoy the heat of the fire.”