LE GRAND CALAO Zoé Cauwet • Comedy • Burkina Faso, France • 2025 • 27’ - Mooré and French with English subtitles
It's a hot day, as it often is in Ouagadougou. It's also a very special day for this group of women. A long-awaited getaway, a moment of discovery and a break from the hustle and bustle of the world and their lives.

BACK TO THE THEATER VOX Amina Awa Niang • Drama, Coming-of-age • Senegal • 2024 • 22’ - Wolof and French with English subtitles
Mamadou and Junior would have everything it takes to be the best friends in the world if only their two grandfathers, a famous photographer and a novelist who used to be good friends, got along again. But because of an unfinished film they wanted to make together, they broke off their relationship, and their two families hold a bitter grudge. But Junior has an idea: what if he and Mamadou found their film and finished it themselves…

RACHID Rachida El Garani • Comedy • Belgium, Morocco • 2023 • 18’ - French with English subtitles
Rachid, a 21-year-old keen young man of Moroccan descent, has one goal: to find a job. He confidently applies for a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant, which to him seems like a job anyone can do. But it soon turns out that it’s not as simple as he imagined.

THE PASSAGE Ntokozo Mlaba • Drama, Thriller • South Africa • 2024 • 12’ - South African Vernacular with English subtitles
Set against the backdrop of a township brimming with both potential and peril, The Passage tells the story of Bafana, a bright and ambitious 17-year-old, whose dreams of becoming a lawyer are overshadowed by his toxic loyalty to his best friend, Mrembula. When Mrembula, a street-smart manipulator with a dark agenda, rapes Bafana’s girlfriend, Dakalo, the plot takes a chilling turn. Mrembula blackmails Bafana into fabricating an alibi, forcing him to choose between his conscience and the oppressive code of brotherhood.