6 African films not to miss at the LFF
This year’s festival is filled with gems from Black African filmmakers, painting a hopeful picture of the future of African cinema, says Chrystel Oloukoï.
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This year’s festival is filled with gems from Black African filmmakers, painting a hopeful picture of the future of African cinema, says Chrystel Oloukoï.
If you’re looking for something a little more experimental, you might want to catch Air Conditioner, a magical realist feature set in Angolan capital city Luanda. In a strange reality where air conditioners keep falling out of windows and killing people, apartment building security guard Montacedo is tasked with the fruitless task of getting his boss’ AC unit repaired. The film follows Montacedo for a day while he runs this errand, with diversions into a mad scientist repair man’s workshop, rousing checkers matches with friends on the sidewalk, conversations conducted via telepathy, an...