A once-banned Kenyan lesbian drama and a film about boat-building screened aboard a boat

As we reported back in August, Afrika Eye is undergoing a major expansion in its 14th year. The South West’s biggest celebration of African arts, cinema and culture now boasts a host of additional events on either side of its film screening weekend, which this year takes place at the Watershed from November 9-11. Now the full film programme has been announced and it’s a typically diverse and eclectic selection, with discussions and/or director Q&As at almost every screening.

Prior to the weekend, the festival has what is believed to be a Bristol first: a suitably rum-fuelled screening aboard a ferry boat as it pootles around the docks. Appropriately enough, Vanishing Sails is a documentary about the dying art of traditional boat-building in Grenada.

Highlights of the cinema programme include the Bristol premiere of ground-breaking Kenyan lesbian drama Rafiki, which proved so controversial that it was briefly banned back home; striking African western Five Fingers for Marseilles; powerful refugee drama A Season in France; and innovative animation Adama, which explores the rarely told story of African soldiers fighting in the Great War. Ace cameraman-turned-director Chris Menges will also be present for a Q&A after a screening of his award-winning 1980s apartheid-era drama A World Apart.

Follow the links below for more information about all screenings, and visit the Afrika Eye website for the full programme of other events.

Afrika Eye 2018 Film Screenings

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