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- On 16 June 1960 in Mueda, Mozambique, the Portuguese army executed six hundred inhabitants on the orders of the Portuguese governor. Since the country's independence, Mueda's residents relive this event each year in a theatrical re-enactment, playing the roles of the assassins, victims and spectators. This film sets a historical landmark in the cinematic memory of decolonization and the Mozambican people's grieving process.
- This fast paced drama filled with comical moments as well as harsh realities, shows the life of a Muslim Zanzibari girl, who from childhood dreams of becoming a model, posing in front of the mirror and taking pictures of herself at every opportunity. Sophia battles with her conservative mother who sacrificed all for her daughter, and moves to the big city, Dar es Salaam with the help of her boyfriend against her mother's wishes. Anxious to get to the top, Sophia is lucky enough to find opportunities with celebrated Tanzanian fashion designer, Mustafa Hassanali and famous Zanzibari photographer, Javed Jafferji. Once successful, Sophia's ego allows her to neglect and mistreat those who helped her to the top, and soon she is forced to desperate levels to stay on top. Showing the gritty realities behind the glamorous modeling industry, Glamour teaches us that all that glitters is not gold.
- Inspired by an early 20th century legend, the film is set in a fishing village in northern Qatar. A ship drowns and its sole survivors are Atique Bin Barood and a baby in a box. Atique saves the baby, Saad, and raises him as his own. When Saad grows up, he discovers his father's secret relationship with a djinn. The djinn had taught Atique and three of his friends the art of playing 'Fjiri' - the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of the Arab states. Atique and his friends soon find themselves in adverse circumstances. Help soon arrives from an unexpected quarter - Saad's female djinn.
- A love story from Malawi.