A Valentine’s Story
A short animation about the beauty of Valentine's Day.
AAFFIA Presents: Best of African Animation
85 minutes
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A selection of the very best recent African animation that was showcased at AAFFIA this year.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019
Showing in this program
Big Brother Chicken
Bruce is a daredevil rooster determined to prove wrong that the stereotype that chickens can't fly by carrying himself high up beyond the clouds and diving straight back to earth without any protective gear.
Bintimaji
Bintimaji is devasted by rate of pollution by the locals. She joins her new sea friends in a quest to save the once healthy ocean.
Caged
A short animation follows the life of a depressed middle-class Kenyan who is trying to balance work with his personal life.
Creation
In the beginning there existed nothing. The dot came along and everything else was born. It is the beginning and the end of everything visual, both existent and non existent.
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Flower
A man finds a dying flower in his garden and tries to nurse it back to life. After he is successful, he will stop at nothing to keep the flower alive.
Frogeck
Frogeck is the story of a friendly green alien with a powerful gift who lands accidentally in an orphanage home in Ibadan. While trying to get home, he teams up with the kids to save their orphanage from a ruthless villain.
I’m Living in Ghana Get Me Out Of Here
From being swindled by an immigration officer to fighting with a hairdresser. I'm Living in Ghana Get Me Out of Here is a series of short stories about the filmmaker's experience migrating from London to Ghana.
In My Hood
A gangster music video from Kenya.
Lovemaker
Lovemaker, the ultimate brain implant to ensure a husband's faithfulness. Find out what happens when a young, handsome man marries for money and agrees to get an implant the prevents him to lust after other women.
Malika
Set in fifteenth-century West Africa, Malika: Warrior Queen follows the exploits of Queen and military commander, Malika, who struggles to keep the peace in her ever-expanding empire.
Meet the Igwes
MEET THE IGWES An urban fiction series, with the integral themes of family values, class struggles and the need for acceptance.
Mother
From the time She knew of my existence, she turned her life around to make me happy. She sacrificed everything for me and I love her very much. A short poem to all mothers. They’re a light in our lives.
New Africa
A music video from Cameroon.
Orange City
Orange City is a hilarious expression of the pop culture and lifestyle in Africa’s most polarising city, Lagos. It takes the story from the perspective of young Afro beat artist WAHALA (meaning trouble) and his dysfunctional crew through their journey of stardom and celebrity as they discover the meaning the African dream.
Rough Play
When the ATM machine decides to steal your money...
SCUM 2
Our favorite police officers Tamakloe and Appiah take on Dorkheads' first arch-villain, Kweku Cyborg in this super action packed episode of SCUM #ghanapolice.
Short Fuse
Short fuse is a short-tempered bomb, his fuse ignites and he eventually explodes once it burns out. In life we go through many challenges but the ideal thing is to always keep our cool and think things through instead of taking a brash decision that might backfire.
Skelebe
SKELEBE follows the story of two rats from vastly different backgrounds surviving in Lagos and discovering true friendship and family in each other.
