THE LAST SHOEMAKER
When dwindling customers and competition from cheaper, imported, and less durable shoes, threatens the survival of family-owned businesses, and the weight of inheritance rests on the shoulders of a young woman.
Festival Year BSIFF 24
BUILDING 62
A determined young woman goes on a perilous quest to uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious death.
THE LAST RANGER
Young Litha, guided by the last ranger, faces a poacher ambush in a game reserve and uncovers a chilling secret during the battle to save the rhinos.
THE LETTER
In 1945, a young Gambian woman treks across her country to translate a letter written in English, one that tells the fate of her fiancé fighting for the British thousands of miles away.
KIPKEMBOI
A teenage African math prodigy disrupts global financial markets, shaking the world to its core.
UNHEARD
In southwestern Uganda's Bakiga culture, fishing is forbidden to women. After her fisherman husband's death, Grace, a young mother, defies tradition to claim his boat, shocking her community and becoming an outcast. However, her bold move might just be the hope her village needs.
ORMOILAA OGOL (The Strong One)
Ormoilaa embarks on a perilous journey, facing predators and human threats, driven by love to secure a future for his offspring. His bravery knows no bounds in this epic adventure through the wild.
IN OUR HEARTS
IN OUR HEARTS follows a dying young woman who asks a priest if final rites will reunite her with her lost parents. The priest’s negative response highlights the clash between her hope and his beliefs.
THE FLYING KING
An illiterate farmer, leaves his village for the city and discovers his talent for draughts, eventually becoming Africa's first International Grandmaster and world champion. Inspired by a true story.
TO END ALL SPELLS
In a dying village, a fierce desert warrior fights to preserve the sacred Palve fruit, a hallucinogen that links her people to the spiritual realm. The only way to experience its effects is through the villagers' most treasured form of protection: their hair.