African Session
International Competitive Section
Feature Film Section
African Animation Section(partnership with Festival Animage - PE)
Gondwana Section
Panorama of Animation in Goiás Section
Children's exhibition for public schools
Children's Section
Since 2018, ANIMAGE has presented the African Exhibition in its programming, focused exclusively on animation production from the African continent. ANIMAGE's objective in creating this exhibition, which establishes connections with African filmmakers and has become one of the most popular at the festival, is to provide the public with access to a production that is practically absent at animation festivals. A space for the appreciation and representation of African identity and cinema for the Brazilian public, with films that bring different artistic perspectives and social contexts. The African ANIMAGE Exhibition chosen to be shown now at LANTERNA MÁGICA is curated by Kalor Pacheco, animation scriptwriter and creator of the Mostra Além-Mar de Animação Negra e Indígena. “We seek to explore the challenges faced in creating animated productions, addressing issues related to capitalization, access to technologies and equipment, and the training necessary to complete projects,” shares Kalor.
Selected
Films
Kendila, de Nadia Rais (Tunísia, 2023, 12')
The Kings Team, de Harry Dixon (África do Sul, 2023, 2')
Grey Hulk, de Maram Gomaa (Egito, 2022, 1')
Ttula, de Mwesigwaa B. Enock (Uganda, 2022, 6')
All From One Cell, de Marwa Abd Elmoneim (Egito, 2023, 2')
Hisab, de Ezra Wube (Etiópia, 2011, 8')
Lightfall, de Hermann Kayode (Senegal 2014, 4')
Überbot, de Isslem Attar (Tunísia, 2023, 7')
Jabari, de Francis Y Brown (Gana, 2023, 6')
Apacha, de Fortune D. Tsete (Congo, 2022, 8')
Crazy in Quarantine, de Akram Kamya e Kizito S. Saviour (Uganda, 2021, 5')
Tomati, de Esther K. Gbadamosi (Nigéria, 2021, 4')
Flying over miles for several days, a seagull lands in a village whose name it does not know and from which emerges a musical tune. The author of this melody is AWA.
KENDILA
DIR. NADIA RAIS / 12'
Based on an Ethiopian urban folk story, following three animals common to Ethiopian cities, a goat, a donkey, and a dog on a taxi ride.
HISAB
DIR. EZRA WUBE / 8'
LightFall is an experimental, battle-centered animated video, and the stars of the humanized constellation featured in the film are the Gemini.
LIGHTFALL
DIR. HERMANN KAYODE / 4'
A tiny little blue planet lands on the Kings territory. He and his team members then play with the little planet. Then one of them kick the little blue planet back into space. The angry King shoots a huge bubble at his member.
THE KINGS TEAM
DIR. HARRY DIXON / 2'
The short film illustrates how the burning of coal in factories contributes to global warming.
GREY HULK
DIR. MARAM GOMAA / 1'
“Ttula” is a short animation film about being lost and being a victim of one’s own mind. A character descends into hopelessness. A film about being lost.
Ttula
DIR. MWESIGWAA B. ENOCK / 6'
A film that speaks primarily of the concept of life in which we live as living beings. The organisms that grow and multiply and move from one place to another and have properties and recipes of their own, and non-living organisms that do not grow and do not multiply and do not move.
ALL FROM ONE CELL
DIR. MARWA ABD ELMONEIM / 2'
Set in a post-apocalyptic earth where highly intelligent robots have taken over and died, Echo, a small scanning robot, goes about his daily routine of ensuring the safety of the environment and the preservation of art masterpieces created by both humans and robots.
Überbot
DIR. ISSLEM ATTAR / 07'
An orphan (Jabari) raised by the seer Hem-Netjer, grows to uncover the mystery behind his birth and the demise of his parents. He takes on mystical giants summoned from the dark realms of the underworld in the course of fulfilling his discovered purpose and saving the innocent people of Aksum.
JABARI
DIR. FRANCIS Y BROWN / 6'
When switching on television becomes a difficult task, APACHA remains resolute, even when things don’t go according to plan.
APACH
DIR. FORTUNE D. TSETE / 8'
A brief animation experimental short film about a character losing their mind and going crazy in quarantine after being locked down due to the Corona virus pandemic, in a dark, creepy, but fun kind of way, struggling between what’s real and what’s not as staying sane is not an option.
CRAZY IN QUARANTINE
DIR. AKRAM KAMYA & KIZITO S. SAVIOUR / 5'
Tomati highlights the quest of a well-educated, poverty stricken and frustrated young man as he attempts to overcome the effect of the economic failures in Nigeria.
JABARI
DIR. FRANCIS Y BROWN / 6'