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A day in the life of Mozambican women refugees working in a quarry outside Dar es Salaam.

‘Something special about Nairobi is the people. I love the people of Nairobi. One thing I dislike about Nairobi is that there are barely spaces for children to play’, says Victoria behind the wheel of her van, driving from one birthday party to the next. Five years earlier, she set up a helium balloon business in the Kenyan capital to surround herself with joy and find safety after escaping an abusive relationship. In the colourful bouncy castles she erects and in the children’s laughter that fill them up, she finds healing and new strength.

A poor but ambitious fisherman enslaves a mermaid-like water spirit and exploits her and her abilities for wealth and power.

11 years old JOHNI and his ten year old sister SONI stumble on a sack of cash hidden by the thugs ROBAA and KAUZI. When the two thugs realise it is the kids, they try to track down and retrieve the money but their bungling ways create more comedy than horror. Soni, the braver of the two kids convinces Johni to not let their mother MAMA JOHNI into the secret. However in a twist of events, their farm hand MWAKAZI, unkowingly handles the loot, but loses it to MALI the hawker. Will the bumbling thugs manage to retrieve the money or will the kids outwit them? A Swahili comedy set in Kenya, Kizingo shows the twists and turns that fate throws on even the best laid plans.

A young man living in Dar es Salaam meets an old man who takes him in as his son and eventually sends him off to Nigeria to look for his three children. The only link to finding them is a set of negative films and an address. The story is about his adventures in a foreign land and how he finally meets them and reunites them with their father.

A blind man and a deaf woman fall in love with each other, but their disabilities cause major communication problems.

In the Kenyan slums of Kibera, a ten-year-old boy hustles to provide for his family, taking him away from his crush on her birthday.

The Albino Witchcraft Murders Documentary which charts the attempts of two people with albinism to follow their dreams in the face of prejudice and fear in Tanzania. Against the backdrop of an escalation in brutal murders of people with albinism, quietly determined 15-year-old Veda still dreams of completing his education. Josephat Torner has dedicated his life to campaigning against the discrimination of his people, confronting communities who may be hiding the murderers. Harry Freeland's film reveals a story of deep-rooted superstition, suffering and incredible strength.

When fish begin to vanish, community members are quick to blame Dani, the elderly woman rumoured to be a witch. Daisy, a fisherman’s daughter, must decide whether to stand by her friend or heed the warnings of those around her.

In a secluded house in the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, ten individuals meet to share stories of suppression, violence and harassment, but also of dreams, hopes and their illegal love for one another.

Shot in Tanzania, this feature film shows four different life stories - stories of challenges, opportunities and second chances.

A successful married big city pharmacist returns to the village for her sisters wedding only to discover that her first love still pines for her with dire consequences.

MoMo is a Somali urban refugee living in Nairobi where he runs the community radio station Wazi? FM with his Kenyan friend Kevo. Their partnership began when an NGO brought them together as part of a program to have a Somali and a Kenyan work on media project promoting peace. Everything is going well at Wazi? FM until one day the team stumble upon a dark secret in their community and MoMo vanishes. Pulling together the pieces of the story an Inspector from the Kenyan Special Forces is trying to understand what really happened before MoMo's disappearance.

Five siblings are brought back under the same roof after their father's passing, with a deadly intruder roaming their halls and no way out they are forced to face the truth, the intruder, and worse, each other.

Along the Kenya-Somali border, the Kenya Special Operations Forces who are training for their next mission receive word that the Assistant County Commissioner and two others have been abducted by the Al-Shabaab militia. A daring rescue mission begins, in which the military men must show all their skills.

After apocalypse, a chief aims to seek for a cure for a virus which killed plenty of people so as to take over by capturing and use them for testing, one of the captives' daughter takes a quest to look for and rescue her father from hands of the brutal gang led by a warrior who is promised wealth and marriage with chief's niece.

The film explores the rural life and feelings of the Iteso people of Kenya. The African sense of community is experienced through their daily activities ranging from farming to storytelling. The film portrays the Iteso’s spirit of sharing and reciprocal giving, values which contribute to the unity and survival of communities in Africa. The film is narrated by members of the Iteso community.

Mozizi, a female anthropomorphic character (half Anopheles mosquito, half human) is on a quest to find a new ‘home’ after her breeding grounds have been destroyed by fumigation. She takes us through her day as she trounces through the urban scape of Dar es Salaam with a housing agent.

Mbambu is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda. She is also an actress, an aspiring mountain guide and hopes to be the first in her family to complete secondary school. These are significant ambitions for anyone; in Uganda, they are nearly unheard of for a young girl. If Mbambu becomes a guide in the Rwenzoris - an impressive accomplishment in its own right because the mountains reach to nearly 17,000 feet - she would break all sorts of cultural and societal barriers for women in West Uganda. As this film tells the story of a hopeful Bakonzo girl, it also examines a culture transitioning from harmful poaching practices into more sustainable livelihoods.