Festivals and Films
Addis Ababa What's on
7th Ibero-American Film Festival
1-6 October 2012. The Ibero-American Film Festival is organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the embassies of Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, Portugal and Spain.
On 3 Oc...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Movie Projection: Invitation to the Dance
18 October 2012. Goethe Institut projects the movie Invitation to Dance by Gerhard Schick.
It documents the working process of the German choreographer Gerda König, affected by muscular dystro...
Accra What's on
How To Make A Book With Steidl
27 September 2012. This documentary feature film, entitled How To Make A Book With Steidl, focuses on the German publisher Gerhard Steidl, during his collaboration with world famous photographers in N...
Cairo What's on
Backstreet Festival in Alexandria
23-29 September 2012. This dance and theatrical Backstreet Festival takes place under the motto Towards Art in non-traditional Spaces. It offers a space for the dialogue between artists coming from Eu...
Nairobi What's on
22-29 September 2012. The Samosa Festival consists of a biennial cultural platform for the promotion of Kenyan music, art, poetry and drama as well as ethnic and racial unity.
On stage are various...
Nairobi What's on
28-30 September 2012. The second edition of the Ngoma Jazz Festival focuses on instrumental artist in Kenya and East Africa.
Several local Jazz musicians and bands from different generations, such...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Film Projections at Goethe Institut
6 September-25 October 2012. Goethe Institut projects a series of international movies.
On 6 September it projects the South African movie Uhlanga (The Mark) by the director Ndaaba ka Ngawane, whic...
Accra What's on
25 August 2012. The New Music Ghana Festival is a concert, which aims to sustain young Ghanaian musicians and their music, inspired by the various musical traditions in Ghana.
On stage will be four...
Cape Town What's on
Baxter Dance Film Festival 2012
8–11 August 2012. This edition of the Baxter Dance Film Festival foresees a rich programme of screenings of international dance films.
On 8 August it shows four short dance films, which are p...
Cape Town What's on
33rd Durban International Film Festival
19-29 July 2012. The 33rd Durban International Film Festival focuses on the blossoming African and particularly on the South African film industry.
On screen will be 290 international movies, but a...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Zanzibar International Film Festival
7-15 July 2012. This year’s edition of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) includes a rich programme of cultural events.
The festival, consists in a long list of film screenings a...
Nairobi What's on
14 July 2012. This event, entitled Wamathai Spoken Word July, features a series of poetry, music and photography performances.
The poetry events will be performed among the others by El Poet, Jemed...
Nairobi What's on
27 June-25 July 2012. The Italian Institut of Culture pays homage to Italian Cinema with the screening of a series of famous Italian movies from the past decade.
On 27 June it screens Terraferma by...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
28 June-26 July 2012. Goethe Institut organizes a series of movie screenings.
On 28 June at 19.00 it screens the German movie Soul Kitchen by Faith Akin. This famous director, who has previously di...
Cairo What's on
Submissions for the 12th Independent Short Film Festival
20 June-20 July 2012. Goethe Institut is inviting new Egyptian short films to submit to the next edition of the Independent Short Film Festival of Cairo, which will take place in October.
This thre...
Cape Town What's on
8 June-8 July 2012. The Baxter Theatre hosts the eighth edition of the Vodacom Funny Festival, which presents a selection of 30 award-winning acts coming from the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as wel...
Lagos What's on
Film Screening of The Naked Option
14 June 2012. Goethe Institut hosts the screening of this American documentary film, entitled The Naked Option, directed by Candace Schermerhorn.
It documents the life of grassroots women in the Ni...
Lagos What's on
Film Screening of The Big Sellout
30 June 2012. The Nigerian Film Corporation organizes, in cooperation with iREP, the Documentary Film Festival Goethe-Institut Nigeria, the screening of this German movie, entitled The Big Sellout, wr...
Addis Ababa What's on
14 June 2012. Goethe Institut hosts the screening of the movie Adopted by Gudrun F. Widlok. The emphasis is on the dominant perception that the rich West gives something to the poor South. For once th...
Nairobi What's on
8-9, 21 June 2012. Goethe Institut pays homage to Wanjiru Kinyanjui, one of Kenya’s veteran film directors.
Kinyanjui studied at the Technical University of Berlin and was awarded for he...
