African Metropolis

The vitality of the African city has provided local filmmakers with a rich array of stories for their films. African Metropolis presents six short films that examine the complexity of urban life in Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. They run the gamut of genres, but in all the central character is the city itself. A Jewish pensioner lives alone in a Johannesburg apartment, the last resident of an ever-changing city. In a Nairobi of the future, one man searches for the girl of his dreams. Dakar is the backdrop to an intimate conversation between two women. Abidjan once played host to the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In Cairo a musician sees the gap between rich and poor expand. And a final film confronts the perils of the poverty trap.

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The Wolfpack

The Wolfpack

2015

Franziskas Gespür für Männer

2006

Mord in aller Unschuld

2008

Liebe und andere Gefahren

2009

Maximum Pleasure

2014

A Small Act

2010

Gloria's Call

Gloria's Call

2019

American Casino

2009

Don't Forget

Don't Forget

2022

La operación

1982

Torn from the Flag

Torn from the Flag

2007

Joanna

Joanna

2013

Rad Plaid

2010

New Mars

New Mars

2019

Declutter

2017

The Silence

The Silence

2015

Interview with a Cannibal

2008

NightMare

NightMare

2022

Fimfarum 2

Fimfarum 2

2006

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

Jan Werich's Fimfarum

2002