The Festival Program

Opening Night Film – The Fisherman (Ghana, 2024) – A retired coastal fisherman finds an unlikely companion in a talking fish. A crowd favourite at recent festivals, The Fisherman is a celebration of intergenerational wisdom, absurdity and Ghana’s rich storytelling tradition.
Fri, 27 March, 6:50 pm | 1h 46m / in English / Melbourne Premiere | Get Tickets

Nawi: Dear Future Me (Kenya, 2024): Winner of best International feature and best performance at Reindance Film Festival, which tackles child marriage and the fight for education in rural Turkana.
Sat, 28 March, 2 pm | 1h 43m / in Swahili and English (English subtitles) / Melbourne Premiere | Get Tickets

Nteregu (Guinea-Bissau, 2024): A lyrical documentary that traces Guinea-Bissau’s rich musical lineage, from ancestral drum traditions to diaspora soundscapes, with women firmly at its centre.
Sat, 28 March, 4:30 pm | 1h 23m / in Portuguese (English subtitles) / Melbourne Premiere | Get Tickets

Fanon (France/Algeria, 2024): Directed by Jean-Claude Barny, which explores the radical political awakening of renowned post-colonial Martinican-born philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon in 1950s Algeria.
Sat, 28 March, 6:30 pm | 2h 12m / in French and Arabic (English subtitles) / Melbourne Premiere | Get Tickets

My Father’s Shadow (Nigeria, 2025)
Set over a single day in Lagos, a father takes his two sons across the city during a period of political unrest, revealing the quiet tensions, tenderness and responsibilities of parenthood.
Sun, 29 March, 6:30 pm | 1h 56m / (English subtitles) | Get Tickets

This Jungo Life (Sudan, 2024)
An unflinching portrait of young Sudanese men living on the margins, capturing daily survival, friendship and resilience amid displacement, poverty and ongoing conflict.
Sun, 29 March, 2 pm | 1h 30m / (English subtitles) / Melbourne Premiere | Get Tickets