The 4th Annual African Movie Festival in Manitoba is taking place from Sep 24th-26th in Gas Station Arts Centre Winnipeg!

AM-FM
4TH AFRICAN MOVIE FESTIVAL IN MANITOBA
September 24 - 26, 2021
Gas Station Arts Center

4th Annual Symposium: Cinema and Black Empowerment
Keynote: Tamara Dawit
Tamara Mariam Dawit is an Ethiopian-Canadian producer and director.

FILMS 2021

Breaking Ground
Director: Inès Girihirwe (Rwanda) 13min | English
Showing Sept 24, 2021 | 6:00pm

Camera d'Afrique | 20 Years of African Cinema
Director: Férid Boughedir (Tunisia) /// 1h 40mins | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 24, 2021 | 6:00pm

Ethereality
Director: Kantarama Gahigiri (Rwanda) 13 mins| English
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 1:00pm

The Unknown / L'Inconnu
Director: Simplice Herman Ganou |13 mins | French/English/German/Swiss with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 1pm

A New Country | Un Nouveau Pays
Director: Sifiso Khanyile (South Africa) 1hr 1min | English
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 1:00pm

Against All Odds | Envers et Contre Tout
Director: Samirath Mansah (Benin) 12 mins | French with English Subtitle
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 3:00pm

Addur
Director: Ahmed Baidou (Morocco) 1h 25mins | Arabic with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 3:00pm

5 Étoiles | 5 Stars
Director: Mame Woury Thioubou (Senegal) 19 min | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 6:00pm

Mofiala
Director: Boris Kpadenou (Togo) 28min | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 6:00pm

Awa!
Director: Déborah Basa (DR Congo) 27min | Lingala with English Translation
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 6:00pm

The Last Dance | La Dernière Dance
Director: Fatoumata Diallo (Senegal) 14min | French with English Subtitle
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 7:45pm

Reste d'une Frontiere
Director: Steve Fotso (Cameroun) 13min | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 7:45pm

Khamis 1984
Director: Mohamed Bouzaggou (Morocco)
1hr 15min | Arabic with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 25, 2021 | 7:45pm

28 Days | 28 Jours
Director: Jahëna Louisin (Togo) 11min | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 1:00pm

Hall Monitors | Moniteurs de Salle
Directors: Tope Babalola (Canada) 1hr 32min | English | PG
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 1:00pm

Mama Lova
Timoun Aw | Your Kid
Director: Nelson Foix (Guadeloupe/France) 27 mins | Creole/French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 3:15pm

Mother to Mother | Mère à mère
Director: Sara CF de Gouveia (South Africa) 48min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 3:15pm

Simi
Director: Johnson E. Awolola (Nigeria) 8min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 4:45pm

A Taste of Our Land | Goût de Notre Terre
Director: Yuhi Amuli (Rwanda) 1h 24min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 4:45pm

The Happiest People / Les Gens les Plus Heureux
Director: Julius Morno (Nigeria) 20min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 6:30pm

Rasta
Director: Samir Benchikh (Côte d'Ivoire) 28min | French with English Subtitles
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 6:30pm

Fish Bowl / Bocal à Poisson
Director: Ngabo Wa Ganza (Rwanda) 14 mins |English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 6:30pm

The Test / Le Test
Director: Bisong Taiwo (Canada) 9min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 8:00pm

Residue / Résidu
Director: Merawi Gerima (USA) 1h 30min | English
Showing Sept 26, 2021 | 8:00pm


The Team

BEN AKOH
Founder/President/Artistic Director and Advisory Committee Chair, Manitoba African Film Festival Inc.

BRENDA AUSTIN-SMITH
Adviser
Brenda Austin-Smith, Associate professor, Department of English, Film and Theatre, University of Manitoba.

SHEILA PETTY
Adviser
Sheila Petty, Ph.D., Professor, media studies, University of Regina.

MBYE CHAM
Adviser
Mbye Cham, Ph.D., Professor, Department of African Studies and Director of the Center for African Studies, Howard University in Washington, D. C.

ONOOKOME OKOME
Adviser
Onookome Okome, Ph.D., Professor, Arts, English and Film Studies, University of Alberta.

SARAH B. BUCHANAN
Advisor
Sarah B. Buchanan, Ph.D., Associate professor, University of Minnesota, Morris, USA.

CHIGBO ARTHUR ANYADUBA
Adviser
Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, The University of Winnipeg. His teaching and research interests focus broadly on African literatures, postcolonial literatures, and the cultural representations of genocides and mass atrocities.

ÉTIENNE-MARIE LASSI
Adviser
Étienne-Marie Lassi is an Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Manitoba. His research and teaching interests include French language, as well as Francophone African Literature and Cinema

NANDOZIE EKEOCHA
Volunteer
Nandozie Ekeocha, M.Sc., Avid film enthusiast and movie critique, writer and director of various screenplays and short films. Volunteer on Social media, marketing and promotion.

BABATUNDE O. ONIKOYI
Volunteer
Babatunde O. Onikoyi is coeditor of The Cinema of Tunde Kelan: Aesthetics, Theatricalities and Visual Performance (Cambridge Scholars, 2021). He is also film reviews editor with African Studies Review; the flagship Journal of African Studies. He currently teaches African Screen Media and Postcolonial Studies in Adeleke University, Nigeria. He has articles published in numerous book volumes and Journals including, Black Camera, African Studies Review, African Studies Quarterly, Journal of African Cinemas, Africology : Journal of Pan African Studies and Journal of Media and Communication Research. He is currently working on book which reflects new directions in Nollywood.

INFO
info@am-fm.ca
+1 (204) 897-6771

About the Festival
The African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM) is an annual spring event held in Winnipeg, Manitoba that showcases the best of African Cinema and that creates a platform for Afro-Canadian dialogue. AM-FM consist of movie screenings, interview sessions with directors/producers/actors, cocktail receptions, and cultural activities including dances, food and entertainment. Full feature movies, shorts and documentaries are screened in French and English from Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and other African countries.
AM-FM is organized by Manitoba African Film Festival Inc., a non-profit organization based in Winnipeg, Canada.
The organization and festival is advised by a committee consisting of Dr. Sheila Petty (University of Regina), Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith (University of Manitoba), Dr. Onookome Okome (University of Alberta), and Dr. Mbaye Cham (Howard University), Dr. Sarah Buchanan (University of Minnesota, Morris).
Manitoba African Film Festival Inc. was founded in 2017 by Dr. Ben Akoh.