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Fifoi 2024
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The truth about Alvert, the last Dodo
A film by Nathan Clément
In Reunion Island, little Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set on a quest to turn a chicken into a dodo bird, whose magic feathers might save the sick mother of the kid.
Jua Kali
A film by Joash Omondi
Diana and her colleagues skillfully perform their cleaning duties against the backdrop of their privileged Nairobi clients’ private struggles and shenanigans. But the work is also taking a toll on Diana’s body.
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Competitions
Short film competition

Jamuhuri
A film by Bonface Wahomé
Jamuhuri, Swahili for ‘republic,’ is a short film marking Kenya’s 60 years of independence. Through Stop Motion and abstract sounds, it explores the nation’s diverse history, politics, and ...
Jamuhuri, Swahili for ‘republic,’ is a short film marking Kenya’s 60 years of independence. Through Stop Motion and abstract sounds, it explores the nation’s diverse history, politics, and ...

The truth about Alvert, the last Dodo
A film by Nathan Clément
In Reunion Island, little Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set on a quest to turn a chicken into a dodo bird, whose magic feathers might save the sick mother of the kid.
In Reunion Island, little Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set on a quest to turn a chicken into a dodo bird, whose magic feathers might save the sick mother of the kid.

Jua Kali
A film by Joash Omondi
Diana and her colleagues skillfully perform their cleaning duties against the backdrop of their privileged Nairobi clients’ private struggles and shenanigans. But the work is also taking a toll on ...
Diana and her colleagues skillfully perform their cleaning duties against the backdrop of their privileged Nairobi clients’ private struggles and shenanigans. But the work is also taking a toll on ...

Mirror mirror
A film by Sandulela Asanda
Luthendo intends to explore her own body in a sensual way. Unfortunately, neither the internet nor the magazines offer any particularly useful advice. FaceTiming her best friend, she expresses ...
Luthendo intends to explore her own body in a sensual way. Unfortunately, neither the internet nor the magazines offer any particularly useful advice. FaceTiming her best friend, she expresses ...

Laka
A film by Germain Le Carpentier
In the peaceful lagoon of Mayotte, Mariama and her father go on a daily fishing trip and in search of the dugout that has been stolen from them. In the distance, McCombe, an underwater ...
In the peaceful lagoon of Mayotte, Mariama and her father go on a daily fishing trip and in search of the dugout that has been stolen from them. In the distance, McCombe, an underwater ...

Yellow Fever
A film by Ng’endo Mukii
An exploration of ‘feeling a little bit uncomfortable.’ I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the ...
An exploration of ‘feeling a little bit uncomfortable.’ I am interested in the concept of skin and race, and what they imply; in the ideas and theories sown into our flesh that change with the ...

Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper
A film by Hachimiya Ahamada
Madagascar. December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-in- command in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two daughters alone. One morning, before going to ...
Madagascar. December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-in- command in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two daughters alone. One morning, before going to ...

La rivière Tanier
A film by June Balthazar
My grandmother is a mystery. Since she lost her memory, the mere mention of her is enough to make anyone’s body stiffen. What are you hiding from us, Marie Lourdes, in your thick silence? Using ...
My grandmother is a mystery. Since she lost her memory, the mere mention of her is enough to make anyone’s body stiffen. What are you hiding from us, Marie Lourdes, in your thick silence? Using ...

The Old Days
A film by Guillaume Noura
As she bathes in the river. Lise-May, 14, meets a young boy with supernatural abilities who lives underwater. The predators the boy claims to flee from may well be the same who are about to ...
As she bathes in the river. Lise-May, 14, meets a young boy with supernatural abilities who lives underwater. The predators the boy claims to flee from may well be the same who are about to ...
FIFOI 2024 Program

