Programme: Luxor African Festival's winning films to screen in Alexandria

Ahram Online , Thursday 4 Feb 2016

Screenings will include fiction, documentary and shorts

Beats of the Antonov
(Photo: still Beats of the Antonov)

Between 7 and 22 February, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's film forums will focus on screenings of films which won major awards at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival held in March 2015.

The films are screened within the separate forums held by the BA Arts Centre's movies programme: short, documentary and fiction.

All screenings begin at 7pm at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Auditorium Hall.

Programme:

Sunday 7 February
Short Film Forum

Mother Earth (Senegal, 2014)
Winner of Best Short Fiction at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival
Directed by Aliou Sow
Duration: 32 minutes
Dialogue in French and other languages
Subtitled in English

Warda, The Passion of Life (Tunisia, 2014)
Winner of Best Short Documentary at the 4th Luxor African Flm Festival
Directed by Mahmoud Jemni
Duration: 26 minutes
Dialogue in Arabic (Tunisian dialect)
Subtitled in French 

Sunday 14 February
Documentary Film Forum

Beats of the Antonov (Sudan, 2014)
Winner of Best Feature Documentary at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival
Directed by Hajooj Kuka
Duration: 65 minutes
Dialogue in Arabic (Sudanese dialect)
Subtitled in English 

Sunday 21 February
Fiction Film Forum

The Sea is Behind (Morocco, 2014)
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival
Directed by Hicham Lasri
Duration: 88 minutes
Dialogue in Arabic (Moroccan dialect)
Subtitled in English 

Monday 22 February
Fiction Film Forum

Beti and Amare (Ethiopia, 2014)
Winner of Best Artistic Achievement Award at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival
Directed by Andy Siege
Duration: 94 minutes
Subtitled in English

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