This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an...

Two boys with different experiences and goals meet up in a sprawling African market. One is looking ...

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...

Mairy, a thirty-year-old woman from Philippines, works in a village in Cyprus. She takes care of Mr....

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfrien...

Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the vict...

Manuel meets Lydie, a mysterious and very attractive young woman. In the company of his friend Sizo,...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

An ambitious journalist challenges the leader of a violent vigilante group to a high-stakes drinking...

Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is star...

The story takes place in Equatorial Guinea, where Mr. Cuchillas leads a mafia gang that takes care o...

Beginning of the 20th century in the east of Sudan. Tajouj is the beautiful cousin of a young tribes...

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him ...

Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king...

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follow...

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything ...

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the surviv...

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan gen...

Ahmed’s father has only a day with his wife and son before he must return to war. With haunting, inn...

A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the suga...