Se trailerKARIN SLATER AND STEVEN BARTLO, SOUTH AFRICA, 2008, 86 MIN, DIGIBETA
Feeling that marriage is one thing that modern society does not prepare one for a filmmaker couple set out around the world to have an honest look beyond the “happily ever after clichés” Karin, Comin... Read more
Feeling that marriage is one thing that modern society does not prepare one for a filmmaker couple set out around the world to have an honest look beyond the “happily ever after clichés” Karin, Coming from divorced parents and Steven coming from parents that have been married for 50 years and fought like crazy. These two people are starting out in a new relationship. Both sceptical of their different experiences the two embark on a journey to find out how people stay married for 50 years. Set in USA, Canada, Netherlands, India and South Africa the couple follow 4 50 year married couples for over 4 years and try to understand the tools needed to keep a marriage together. Acting as almost therapists to the younger couple the 50n year old married couples offer some real gems. With the use of archive and photographs the film portrays the couples life over the years.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#n50-years-of-love
Se trailerGREAT BRITAIN/TANZANIA, 2006, 66 MIN, BETA SP
An intimate portrait of living legend Bi Kidude, probably the oldest singer on the world stage today. Her home island of Zanzibar has long been a meeting point for black African and Arabic influence.... Read more
An intimate portrait of living legend Bi Kidude, probably the oldest singer on the world stage today. Her home island of Zanzibar has long been a meeting point for black African and Arabic influence. The island’s music is its most potent expression. Bi Kidude beguiles audiences wherever she travels but domestically she continually courts controversy, her behaviour challenging perceptions of the role of women in a Muslim society. As Old As My Tongue reveals the dramatic contrasts in the life of this iconic musician and features a classic soundtrack spanning one hundred years of Swahili music.
Also shown in the section Music Docs
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#as-old-as-my-tongue-the-myth-and-life-of-bi-kidude
Se trailerBRYAN LITTLE, SOUTH AFRICA, 2009, 108 MIN, DIGIBETA
FOKOFPOLISIEKAR is a South African documentary film about 5 young Afrikaans punk rockers that transformed a generation during a unique time in history; in one of the most reluctantly complex and evol... Read more
FOKOFPOLISIEKAR is a South African documentary film about 5 young Afrikaans punk rockers that transformed a generation during a unique time in history; in one of the most reluctantly complex and evolving societies of the 21st century. The film follows the story of the band over 4 years as they forge a place for themselves and their fans in a new South Africa; in the process challenging the stigmas and expectations placed on them by their Afrikaner heritage, the church and tradition. FOKOFPOLISIEKAR is a story of courage, passion and belief that reverberates through the minds and hearts of their fans - a story that transcends language and culture; and bravely faces a truth… that most would’ve left in darkness.
Also shown in the section Music Docs
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#fokofpolisiekar-forgive-them-for-they-know-not-what-they-do
Se trailerELHADJ MAGORI SANI, NIGERIA/FRANCE, 2008, 52 MIN, DIGIBETA
The Galmi purple, an onion from Niger, pervades West African markets with 400,000 tons a year. In Galmi, Salamatou has been waiting for her wedding for two years. Her father Yaro, on advice from both... Read more
The Galmi purple, an onion from Niger, pervades West African markets with 400,000 tons a year. In Galmi, Salamatou has been waiting for her wedding for two years. Her father Yaro, on advice from both her future in-laws and the village gossip, makes a decision: The wedding will take place during the harvest! Yaro is aware that to follow through on his commitment this time, he has to produce more and sell at a higher price…
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#for-the-best-and-for-the-onion
Se trailerVaughan Giose, producer for Ikon South Africa and David Aronowitsch, one of the project founders of Story AB, visit Tempo to discuss how, through workshops, hard work and not least through collecting... Read more
Vaughan Giose, producer for Ikon South Africa and David Aronowitsch, one of the project founders of Story AB, visit Tempo to discuss how, through workshops, hard work and not least through collecting hundreds of ideas from all over South Africa, have assisted a number of film projects to reach a large South African and international audience. Besides this official visit, the founders of Ikon Sweden and Story AB meet young black filmmakers from the townships. Friendships developed, which led to the establishment of a platform for emerging filmmakers with important stories to tell.
During Tempo a retrospective of films from Ikon South Africa will also be shown.
More information: www.rainbowcirclefilms.co.zat och www.story.se
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#ikon-south-africa
Se trailerJUAN REINA, ERIC KABERA, KENYA, 2008, 54 MIN, DVD
During April 1994, on quiet road in Kigali a group of neighbors in Rwanda were filmed. This was the opening days of the Rwandan Genocide, and even though almost one million people were slaughtered, ... Read more
During April 1994, on quiet road in Kigali a group of neighbors in Rwanda were filmed. This was the opening days of the Rwandan Genocide, and even though almost one million people were slaughtered, remarkably there is only one known segment of footage showing any actual killing. This movie is about the extraordinary journey of that evidence as the original photographer returns to Rwanda, revisiting the people and events that he by chance caught on film. As the footage returns to the community, friends and family relive the tragic events as they work with the photographer to identify the victims, and then eventually the killers.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#iseta-behind-the-road-block
Se trailerCATHERINE MEYBURGH, SOUTH AFRICA, 2009, 71 MIN, DIGIBETA
South African artists William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas discuss the conditions for artists, in an open-hearted look at similarities and differences in their oeuvres, sources of inspiration and audi... Read more
South African artists William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas discuss the conditions for artists, in an open-hearted look at similarities and differences in their oeuvres, sources of inspiration and audience reception. And the courage that is needed; how does one paint desire and sexuality without it turning into pornography? How can we relate to painful memories? Both Kentridge and Dumas comment on the times, albeit in different ways – Dumas mainly in her oil paintings, Kentridge in his exceedingly detailed animations. This documentary was filmed in the artists’ studios in South Africa and Amsterdam, where Marlene Dumas has lived since the 1970s.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#kentridge-dumas-in-conversation
Se trailerJOAN FROSCH OCH ALLA KOVGAN, USA, 2007, 65 MIN, DIGIBETA PAL
In an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation, nine African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. Stunning cho... Read more
In an astonishing exposition of choreographic fomentation, nine African choreographers tell stories of an emergent art form and their diverse and deeply contemporary expressions of self. Stunning choreography and riveting critiques challenge stale stereotypes of ”traditional Africa” to unveil soul-shaking responses to the beauty and tragedy of 21st century Africa.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#movement-r-evolution-africa-a-story-of-an-art-form-in-four-acts
Se trailerANDREW THOMPSON OCH LUCY BAILEY, GREAT BRITAIN, 2009, 94 MIN, DIGIBETA
Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent ’Land Reform’ program in 2000. Since then the country has descen... Read more
Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent ’Land Reform’ program in 2000. Since then the country has descended into chaos. In 2008 Mike took the unprecedented step of challenging President Robert Mugabe in an International Court; accusing Robert Mugabe and his government of racial discrimination and violations of basic human rights. What follows is an intimate, moving and often terrifying account of one man and his family’s extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#mugabe-and-the-white-african
Se trailerIcon South Africa is a platform for unestablished South african filmmakers with anxious stories to tell. The project began in 1999 when the founders of Icon Story AB, Sweden met young black filmmaker... Read more
Icon South Africa is a platform for unestablished South african filmmakers with anxious stories to tell. The project began in 1999 when the founders of Icon Story AB, Sweden met young black filmmakers in the townships. Friendship grew between them and the idea took shape to cooperate.
Tempo is now showing seven selected films from Icon South Africa:
BIKO’S CHILDREN by Vuyisa Yoko, 14 min
PAM & ASHRAF by Robyn Rorke, 14 min
AMINA MY DAUGHTER by Makela Pululu, 14 min
BLAKBOX SUITE by Nhlanhla Masondo, 10 min
YU CHI CHAN CLUB by Vaughan giose, 10 min
DEAFENING ECHOES by Eugene Paramoer, 18 min
BLOODROOTS by Martina Della Togna, 15 min
See also the seminar Ikon South Africa
Arranged together with Story AB and Ikon South Africa.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#retro-ikon-south-africa
Se trailerLIZA KEY, SYDAFRIKA, 2009, 48 MIN, BETA SP. , INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE! THE DIRECTOR WILL ATTEND THE SCREENING.
In 2006 South African composer, Philip Miller, created a cantata to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Using shards of recorded testimony from the TRC ... Read more
In 2006 South African composer, Philip Miller, created a cantata to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Using shards of recorded testimony from the TRC hearings Philip integrated these voices into his work as libretto and as part of the music. Voice inflections, sounds of sighs, murmers, gasps all make up the fabric of the work. ”Rewind” tells the story of the development of this music and is a bricolage of interviews with survivors and families of victims whose stories were used in the work as well as landscape, news archive and the Market Theatre performance of ”Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony”. Starring world-renowned mezzo soprano Sibongile Khumlao, “Rewind” looks at the preservation of memory in music and is a compelling expose on the struggle to forgive.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#rewind
Se trailerTHABO BRUNO MOKOENA, SYDAFRIKA, 2008, 15 MIN, DVD, SVENSK PREMIÄR!
Every weekday 1.7 million commuters board trains from Soweto to Jozi, join together for camaraderie and security, and take the opportunity to worship. And so the ‘church coaches’ each attract followe... Read more
Every weekday 1.7 million commuters board trains from Soweto to Jozi, join together for camaraderie and security, and take the opportunity to worship. And so the ‘church coaches’ each attract followers of South Africa’s many religions - from the Shembe to the Emadlozini Church, the evangelical Abalandelie Benkosi and the more conventional Baptist Church.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#soul-train
Se trailerThe Power Over the Picture Which principles are our impressions of Africa based upon, and who or what influences them? This discussion will explore what the ‘power over the picture’ involves, in re... Read more
The Power Over the Picture
Which principles are our impressions of Africa based upon, and who or what influences them? This discussion will explore what the ‘power over the picture’ involves, in relation to the festival’s main theme: Africa Update. Twenty-one documentaries from different countries in Africa have been selected, which together offer a portrayal of the complex nuances of the contemporary situation on the continent.
The seminar participants have been invited due to their extensive knowledge and direct experience with these questions. They include Victoria Kawesa, PhD researcher in gender studies at Linköping University, Stefan Jonsson, author and journalist for Dagens Nyheter, together with Mandisa Zitha, Festival Director of Encounters South African International Documentary Festival.
Presented in collaboration with the Shahrazad project, Arenagruppen and CinemAfrica.
More information: www.cinemafrica.se, www.shahrazadeu.org, www.arenagruppen.se
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#the-power-over-the-picture
Se trailerVICTIMES DE NOS RICHESSES, KAL TOURÉ, MALI/FRANKRIKE, 2007, 58 MIN, DVD
One year after the tragic events that took place near the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco in September 2005, young deported African men and women talk about their unfortunat... Read more
One year after the tragic events that took place near the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco in September 2005, young deported African men and women talk about their unfortunate attempts to cross over to Spain and give us their own versions of those events. What drives these young people to risk so much in this adventure? Different voices from middle-class society – a historian, a jurist, a writer – attempt to explain the cause of this emigration from their own perspective
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#victims-of-our-riches
Se trailerRENAUD BARRET, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO/FRANCE, 2008, 80 MIN, DIGIBETA
Summer 2006 in Kinshasa. Martini, Jeannette, Hélène and Rosette spar everyday with Coach Judex in the old stadium Tata Rafael, where in 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the most legend... Read more
Summer 2006 in Kinshasa. Martini, Jeannette, Hélène and Rosette spar everyday with Coach Judex in the old stadium Tata Rafael, where in 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the most legendary boxing match in the history of boxing. At dawn, thousands of people from the ghetto come to train here and political parties rally. In parallel to the fight for the Presidency of Congo (DRC), Judex struggles to organise a women’s boxing tournament with little money… Kinshasa sings, Kinshasa starves and Judex’s girls manage to survive, with no illusions but still hope. A film about women in a country where men have become crazy. A film overflowing with energy, life and humour in a place where death and misery roam.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#victoire-terminus
Se trailerSASKIA VREDEVELD, NEDERLÄNDERNA, 2009, 55 MIN, DIGIBETA
After South Africa abolished apartheid and formed a new government, a lot changed for the good. The black population has gotten more rights and opportunities in a more democratic society, but not eve... Read more
After South Africa abolished apartheid and formed a new government, a lot changed for the good. The black population has gotten more rights and opportunities in a more democratic society, but not everyone has profited from the new situation. White Poverty – In the New South Africa is the story of several white families who have lost their jobs and fallen into poverty as a consequence of preferential treatment for blacks. They are known as the ”poor whites,” a group that hardly gets discussed but that is rapidly increasing in size. Director Saskia Vredeveld follows an older couple that tries to help by picking up food at the supermarkets and meat auction and handing it out to the poor.
http://www.tempofestival.se/english/archive/#white-poverty-in-the-new-south-africaDesign and solution by Oktavilla