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.

Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender ...
Two teens, Tamari and Itai, are impoverished following the death of their parents when their uncle t...

Three childhood friends - Elise, Sonia and Cecile - leave for a summer in the South of France to hel...

Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged moth...

Jed prepares to interview French cineaste and self-appointed expert on the nature of love - Thierry ...

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania...

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A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winem...

The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect th...

The story of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), one of the first well-known female painters, includi...

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Bobby Kustermann is a young man with Down syndrome who lives in a loving family until his mother d...

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Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).

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Monica, a renowned choreographer, returns to Spain after a 20 year absence to see her sick father. U...