2024 | Salvador
September 18 to 25
Circuito Saladearte, Cineteatro 2 de Julho
The Mostra de Cinemas Africanos is back for another edition in Salvador (BA) from September 18 to 25, with screenings at the Circuito Saladearte Cinema da UFBA, Cine MAM e Cinema do Museu, as well as at Cineteatro 2 de Julho (IRDEB – Federação). This year, the programme in the capital city of Bahia is also marked by an groundbreaking audiovisual forum that will bring together over 50 professionals from the African and Brazilian audiovisual industries, working in various sectors of the production chain, from scriptwriting to distribution. Other parallel activities, such as courses, debates, and film critic workshops, are also part of the programme.
This edition will highlight 20 feature films and 7 short films from 16 African countries, with several titles making their Brazilian premieres, and a curated selection of special programmes revolving around historical milestones such as the 30 years of freedom in South Africa, 30 years since the Rwandan genocide, and the centenary of Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973), the iconic revolutionary leader of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.
The festival opens on September 18th, at the Cineteatro 2 de Julho (IRDEB – Federação), at 7pm, with a screening of Banel & Adama (2023), by the young Franco-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy. The Senegalese tale follows a young couple from a small village grappling with the conventions of their community. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and will have its Brazilian pre-premiere at the festival. Another highlight is the feature Black Tea (2024) by Abderrahmane Sissako, one of the most renowned filmmakers from the African continent. The film, which is also making its Brazilian debut, tells the story of a young woman from Ivory Coast who falls in love with an older Chinese man after immigrating to Asia. Both filmmakers will attend the festival.
Among the films premiering in Brazil that will also feature the presence of their directors are the docufiction Pirinha (2024), by Cape Verdean Natasha Craveiro, which presents the journey of a young woman struggling to free herself from the dungeons of her subconscious and childhood traumas. From South Africa, the documentary film Banned (2024) by Naledi Bogacwi, recounts the events surrounding the film Joe Bullet (1973), composed of an all-African cast and banned by the apartheid government. Meanwhile, Nigerian Dika Ofoma explores the complexities of community and family relationships in a context of political tension in the short A Quiet Monday (2023).
As the only annual festival in Brazil exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary African films, the Mostra de Cinemas Africanos 2024 has feature film curation led by the festival's founder and director, Ana Camila Esteves, and Senegalese programmer Ibee Ndaw.
All films are rated PG-14 unless otherwise stated.
The Mostra de Cinemas Africanos in Salvador-Bahia has financial support from the State Government, through the Fundo de Cultura, the Treasury Department, and the Secretary of Culture of Bahia.
DETAILS
Mostra de Cinemas Africanos 2024
Salvador (BA): September 18 to 25
Screening venues: Cineteatro 2 de Julho, Circuito Saladearte Cinema da UFBA, Cinema do Museu e CineMAM.
Opening night: September 18 (Wednesday), at 7pm
Cineteatro 2 de Julho – IRDEB
Free entry (Tickets available 30 minutes prior to the event)
*Subject to venue capacity
Ingressos:
Cineteatro 2 de Julho (Free entry) | Tickets available 30 minutes prior to the session
Saladearte CineMAM: R$ 4 (full price), R$ 2 (half price)
Saladearte Cinema da UFBA: R$20 (full price), R$10 (half price)
Saladearte Cinema do Museu: R$20 (full price), R$10 (half price)
Vendas na bilheteria e no site: http://saladearte.art.br
Brazil-Africa Audiovisual Encounters: Cineteatro 2 de Julho (IRDEB – Federação).
Parallel Activities: Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia.
Films this year
Curated by Ana Camila Esteves (Brazil) and Ibee Ndaw (Senegal)
Premieres attended by the filmmakers
GUEST FILMMAKERS
Ramata-Toulaye Sy
France/Senegal
Director of Banel & Adama
Abderrahmane Sissako
Mauritania
Director of Black Tea
Naledi Bogacwi
South Africa
Director of Banned
Dika Ofoma
Nigeria
Director of A Quiet Monday
Natasha Craveiro
Cape Verde
Director of Pirinha
IN FOCUS: 30 years of freedom in South Africa
Curated by Marcelo Esteves
Curated by Marcelo Esteves and in partnership with the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), the Mostra de Cinemas Africanos offers a special programme of films that discuss the traumas, controversies, and aftermath of the apartheid regime, whose end in 1994 marks three decades this year.
SPECIAL PROGRAMME: The right to art, land, and mourning
Curated by Ana Camila Esteves, Gabriela Almeida, and Emi Koide
A selection of films addressing colonial exploitation, racism, and epistemicide is part of a special programme at the Mostra de Cinemas Africanos 2024. Curated by Ana Camila Esteves, Gabriela Almeida, and Emi Koide, this session features short and feature-length documentaries that address, in different ways, the trauma and mourning of colonial violence and the right to the restitution of objects, artworks, and remains.
IN FOCUS: Madagascar
This selection of locally and diasporically produced films portrays characters facing deep questions of identity, violence, and resistance in a Malagasy context. Each work reveals how personal and collective stories intertwine to form a complex and evocative portrait of a nation.
RETROSPECTIVE Mostra de Cinemas Africanos
The programme revisits the most popular titles screened since the first edition of the festival in 2018. The screenings, which take place at Cine MAM and Cineteatro 2 de Julho, bring back films that were audience favorites, offering a new opportunity to appreciate these works that captivated viewers over the years. Whether to rewatch beloved films or discover them for the first time, the retrospective invites the audience to revisit important milestones of contemporary African cinema.
Parallel programme
Based on its mission to disseminate knowledge, produce content, and promote dialogue between African and Brazilian audiovisual productions, the Mostra de Cinemas Africanos also organizes parallel activities. In this edition, there will be the short course Cinematic constructions of Amílcar Cabral: Reflections on African cinemas and their narratives, facilitated by PhD in Communications, Culture, and Arts Jusciele Oliveira, and the Film Critic Workshop, conducted by journalist and film critic Rafael Carvalho. The activities are free of charge and will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Bahia from September 17 to 24. Register free of charge here.
Brazil-Africa Audiovisual Encounters
Short course Cinematic constructions of Amílcar Cabral
Film Critic Workshop, with Rafael Carvalho
Short course Restituting Images, Stories – Memories and Cinemas
Credits
Governo do Estado da Bahia
Governador – Jerônimo Rodrigues
Secretário de Cultura – Bruno Monteiro
Secretário da Fazenda – Manoel Vitório da Silva Filho
Superintendência de Promoção Cultural / Suprocult – Lorena Lais Ferreira Teixeira
Diretora Geral da Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia / Funceb – Sara Prado
Diretoria de Audiovisual (Dimas/Funceb) – Daiane Silva
MOSTRA DE CINEMAS AFRICANOS
Direção e Coordenação Geral: Ana Camila Esteves
Curadoria Longas: Ana Camila Esteves e Ibee Ndaw
Curadoria Curtas: Ana Camila Esteves e Mamadou Diop
Curadoria Foco África do Sul: Marcelo Esteves
Curadoria Programação Especial “Direito à arte, à terra e ao luto”: Ana Camila Esteves, Gabriela Almeida e Emi Koide
Coordenação de Produção São Paulo: Ricelli Piva
Coordenação de Produção Bahia: Edmilia Barros
Produção executiva: Ângela Marques, Bergson Nunes, João Munhoz
Assistentes de produção: Bruno J. Bonfim
Coordenação de Comunicação e Assessoria de Imprensa: Gisele Santana
Redes Sociais: Adrielly Novaes
Direção de Arte e Diagramação: Jéssica Patrícia Soares
Ilustrações: Raiana Brito
Teaser: Ana Júlia Ribas
Cobertura fotográfica: Maína Diniz e Mamadou Diop
Cobertura audiovisual: Ogunjá Filmes
Consultoria e serviços em acessibilidade: Patrícia Braille e Silvania Macedo, Multiverso Ensino e Cultura
Tradução de textos e Revisão do Catálogo: Rodrigo Lessa
Produção Editorial: Ana Camila Esteves
Produção de Cópias: Aspecto Digital
Tradução e Legendagem dos Filmes:
Tradução simultânea e consecutiva: Vegah Soluções em Comunicações Internacionais
Administrativo-Financeiro: Laís Lima
Coordenação Pedagógica: Jusciele Oliveira
BRAZIL-AFRICA AUDIOVISUAL ENCOUNTERS
Coordenação geral de programação: Ana Camila Esteves
Coordenação da Programação África: Romeo Umulisa
Coordenação da Programação Brasil: Rafael Sampaio e Júlia Alves
Apoio: Embaixada da França no Brasil e no Senegal, Prefeitura de São Paulo, Paradiso Multiplica e Durban International Film Festival, Circuito Saladearte, Cineteatro 2 de Julho
The Mostra de Cinemas Africanos in Salvador-Bahia is produced by Ana Camila Comunicação e Cultura and has financial support from the State Government, through the Fundo de Cultura, the Treasury Department, and the Secretary of Culture of Bahia.
The Brazil-Africa Audiovisual Encounters project was selected in the Editais da Paulo Gustavo Bahia and has financial support from the Government of the State of Bahia through the Secretary of Culture via the Lei Paulo Gustavo, directed by the Ministry of Culture, Federal Government. Paulo Gustavo Bahia (PGBA) was created for the implementation of emergency support actions for the cultural sector, in accordance with Lei Complementar nº 195, of July 8, 2022.