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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111106T080000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111106T170000
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SUMMARY:AIM: Un pas en avant, les dessous de la corruption (One Step Forward: The Inside of Corruption) - UK Premiere - Closing Screening
DESCRIPTION:6 November 2011 - 8:00pm    Benin · Sylvestre Amoussou · Benin 2010 · 1h45m · 35mm · French with English Subtitles · 15 · Feature    Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 1    Watch on Ethical TV: Video 1    A small merchant disappears\, his brother\, a grocer\, goes looking for him and - what a surprise! - stumbles upon a scheme to divert Humanitarian Aid. Someone is benefiting from this\, but who? And what is a small merchant doing in the middle of all this? An investigation\, happenstance\, suspense\, pursuit and murder follow. But beneath the drama\, comedy and delightful performance of the lead actor\, the serious questions remain: why are the people with the greatest need passively willing to see an important part of the international relief aid disappear? Why does no official seriously make a stand against this state of affairs? And more generally\, why do so many Africans turn their backs on politics\, when politics are so crucial to their lives?    This entertaining but relevant film won actor-director Sylvestre Amoussou (who also directed Africa Paradis\, screened to wide acclaim at Africa in Motion 2007) an award for best actor at the 2011 FESPACO Film Festival.    The closing screening of Africa in Motion 2011 will be preceded by screenings of the winners of the AiM Short Film Competition and Audience Choice Award. Join us for a celebratory drink and some African music in the bar afterwards.
LOCATION:United Kingdom
URL:http://www.frenchedinburgh.com/event/aim-un-pas-en-avant-les-dessous-de-la-corruption-one-step-forward-the-inside-of-corruption-uk-premiere-closing-screening/
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SUMMARY:AIM: State of Mind - UK Premiere
DESCRIPTION:5 November 2011 - 6:00pm    Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djo Tunda Wa Munga · Democratic Republic of the Congo/South Africa 2010 · 52m · DV CAM · French\, Swahili and Lingala with English Subtitles · 15 · Documentary    Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 2    Screened with Where do I Stand?    From the director of acclaimed feature Viva Riva! (screened at Filmhouse earlier this year)\, this is a layered\, engrossing and intriguing look at a national collective trauma and the ambitious initiative to try and heal its wounds. In war-torn countries\, people will not be able to lead productive lives and reconstruction will fail until they have overcome their trauma. In the Democractic Republic of the Congo\, a country where over five million people have been killed in wars in recent history\, can one develop new ways to deal with this massive trauma and open doors to development? DRC filmmaker Djo Tunda Wa Munga sensitively follows an intriguing psychological experiment that might enable millions of people to overcome their trauma.
LOCATION:United Kingdom
URL:http://www.frenchedinburgh.com/event/aim-state-of-mind-uk-premiere/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111104T080000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111104T170000
DTSTAMP:20120519T125150
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SUMMARY:AIM: Le collier et la perle (The Necklace and the Bead) - UK Premiere
DESCRIPTION:4 November 2011 - 2.00pm to 5.00pm    Senegal · Mamadou Sellou Diallo · Senegal/France 2009 · 52m · French and Wolof with English subtitles · 15    Venue: Room 017\, Edinburgh College of Art\, Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh EH3 9DF    Screening as part of an afternoon of African Documentaries about Children\, with Waliden and Waited For.    The Necklace and the Bead is a beautiful letter from a father to his daughter. Both deeply poetic and realistic\, this filmed letter explores the mystery of womanhood and completely subverts the way we look at bodies - specifically women’s bodies - from the body of pain that gives life\, to the object of seduction or the ever-mutilated female African body.    The Africa in Motion documentary screenings are brought to you in collaboration with the Scottish Documentary Institute and Edinburgh College of Art.
LOCATION:United Kingdom
URL:http://www.frenchedinburgh.com/event/aim-le-collier-et-la-perle-the-necklace-and-the-bead-uk-premiere/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111104
DTSTAMP:20120519T125150
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SUMMARY:AIM: L'arbre aux esprits (Tree of Spirits)
DESCRIPTION:3 November 2011 - 10.30am -Part of the African in Motion 2011 Festival    Burkina Faso · Cilia Sawadogo ·Burkina Faso 2005 · 45m · Digibeta · French with English subtitles (subtitles will be narrated) · U · Animation    Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 1    FREE as part of National Schools Film Week\, for Secondary Schools only - To book visit www.nationalschoolsfilmweek.org    Teachers - download a pre-screening workpack to use with your class before the screening.    This wondrous story takes place between the ancient world of spirits and the modern world of environmental issues in Africa. In the savannas\, Kodou and Tano meet Ayoka\, the guardian of a beautiful ancient tree threatened by a ruthless businessman who intends to cut it down. The children know that without the magical baobab tree\, the passage to the surface is forever closed and the spirit of rain will never be able to reappear. Kodou\, guided by Ayoka\, goes on a quest to find his ancestors who will help save the tree\, while Tano stays hidden in the branches of the tree to guard it. Kodou and Akoya discover that the baobab is the passage between two worlds – the spiritual world and the world of humans. The liminal area between those two worlds is where the future of the land will be decided.    The screening will be followed by a 45-minute workshop led by AiM’s School Events Coordinator. Free teachers’ packs will be available as a follow-through for schools.    Africa in Motion Festival
LOCATION:Edinburgh, United Kingdom
URL:http://www.frenchedinburgh.com/event/aim-larbre-aux-esprits-tree-of-spirits/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111104
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SUMMARY:AIM: Notre étrangère (The Place in Between) - UK Premiere
DESCRIPTION:3 November 2011 - 8:30pm - Part of the Africa in Motion 2011 Festival    Burkina Faso · Sarah Bouyain · France/Burkina Faso 2010 · 1h22m · Digibeta · Dioula and French with English subtitles · 15 · Fiction    Venue: Filmhouse Cinema 2    Watch on Ethical TV: Video 1    After the death of her father\, Amy\, a young mixed-raced woman\, leaves Paris to go to Bobo in Burkina Faso to find her mother\, from whom she was separated at the age of eight. When Amy gets there\, she discovers only her aunt living in the compound of her childhood. Amy finds the rediscovery of one part of her identity comforting but also stifling. She encounters a city in which she no longer has a point of reference. Unbeknownst to Amy\, her mother Miriam has been living for several years as an elusive shadow at the margins of society in France. Miriam meets Ester\, the manager of a company in Paris where she is the office cleaner. Ester wants to learn Dioula\, Miriam's mother tongue\, and gradually these two lonely women learn to appreciate each other.    The Place in Between is an award-winning feature from French/Burkinabe director Sarah Bouyain\, poignantly grappling with issues such as belonging\, identity and the relationship between a mother and a daughter.    This screening is kindly sponsored by the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh.    Africa in Motion
LOCATION:Edinburgh, United Kingdom
URL:http://www.frenchedinburgh.com/event/aim-notre-etrangere-the-place-in-between-uk-premiere/
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