Images of human tragedies in the countries of the brown continent dominate the film screenings of the third day of the Luxor African Film Festival, which is being held in its 11th session in the ancient city of Luxor in southern Egypt, from 4-10 March, with the participation of filmmakers from 35 countries..Today, Monday, the festival includes cinematic screenings of 14 films, ranging from a feature film, a long documentary film, and a short film.
.In the screenings of the Feature Film Competition, the Chadian film “Massoud”, directed by Emmanuel Rotopam, will be shown. The film tells about Masoud, the son of Barkai, a respected imam of the village who advocates a tolerant Islam and vehemently opposes the actions of jihadist groups. But once he senses injustice, Masoud becomes radicalized and joins the jihadists..
In the screenings of the Diaspora (Diaspora films), the film “A Place Called Wahala”, from Togo, directed by Gujarin Ilanogos, will be shown.
The film records details of the ceremony hosted by the Wahala War Cemetery, to commemorate the African soldiers who died in World War I..
In the same competition, the Tunisian film “Kurban”, directed by Najib Belkadi, will be shown, and the events of the film take place during the quarantine period, as Sarah works from her home in the field of relief and humanitarian work.
While she was helping people whose condition deteriorated due to the Corona virus, her husband, who suffers from mental disorders, found himself without his medicine, which is no longer available in the market.
In the same competition, the Belgian-Cameroonian film “Prayers of the Dolphin”, directed by Rosen Mbakam, will be shown. The film tells the story of Dolphin, a Cameroonian woman who immigrated to Belgium, and her shocking story full of scenes of rape, disease, poverty and betrayal..
As for the feature-length documentary competition, the movie “The Last Refuge” from Mali and South Africa, directed by Othmane Smasekou, will be shown.
His story revolves around the city of Java in Mali, which has been a safe haven for African travelers for decades, and here and on the edge of the Sahel desert lies the house of immigrants that has become the temporary refuge for thousands of people every year, including the optimists who are on their way to Europe, and some of them who have been betrayed by their luck and become in On their way back to their hometown.
In the same competition, the Ethiopian film “Faye Day”, directed by Jessica Bashir, will be shown. The film takes us on a spiritual journey to the heights of Harar immersed in the qat ritual.
In the short film competition, films: “Batool” from Egypt, “Where am I” from Angola, “Sorrows for a Child” from Senegal, “Mnizih” from Togo, and “On the Map” from Egypt.
In the program of “Rediscovering Egypt”, the Egyptian film “Farewell Bonaparte” is shown. As part of the honors film screenings, the movie “Toki Bouki”, directed by the late Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambetti, will be shown.