Amílcar
AFRICA: Built from original letters, poems, and political writings, Amílcar offers a subjective, meditative portrait of Amílcar Cabral and the fight for Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde’s independence
Africa
The art of information
INTERVIEW: In his master class at Makedox, Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper exposed how to «write-in-movement», which literally means «cinemato-graphy». He also talked about political cinema and mental ecology. We met him for our in-depth film interview, especially about his last three films.
The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
CONTROL: A corporate spy embeds with environmental activists, flips (sort of), and drags an asbestos empire into view. What follows isn’t a clean exposé but a knot of moral grey zones.
The Empty Grave
COLONIALISM: A Tanzanian lawyer’s quest to reclaim ancestral remains reveals the deep-rooted legacy of German colonial violence and systemic silence.
Ancestral Visions of the Future
EXILE: Blending docufiction and philosophy, Lemohang Mosese redefines home, exile, and human interconnectedness through Ubuntu and radical decolonial storytelling.
The destructive borders of European self-interest
MIGRATION: At the entrance to the Sahara, Agadez, Niger, reveals the human cost of EU migration policy.
«African cinema today stands at a dynamic crossroads»
FILM AFRICA: In our conversation with Lead Curator Keith Shiri, we explore how this year’s selection highlights evolving African cinema, amplifying voices while addressing funding and distribution challenges.
A million roses and coal
UKRAINE: The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.
Afropessimism, Afrofuturism, and Afropolitanism
AFRICA: For capitalists, disruption opens the door to new power and new revenues: People, society and nature are reduced to raw material. Author Achille Mbembe’s horizon is always the broadest possible – the cosmic, earth-historical, and planetary. Despite all the harrowing problems, Africa is conjured up as a vibrant world centre that still has power in reserve, teeming with wildlife, and a wealth of cultures.
FIPADOC asks «Is This How People Live?» at 2024 festival
From 19th to 27th January, Biarritz will become the focal point of documentary storytelling with the 6th edition of #Fipadoc.
The lives of others
AFRICA: Karim Sayad’s 2G is an intimate portrait of former people smugglers from Niger.