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After a sold out London premiere of over 600 seats in 2 screens at the Greenwich Odeon in October. We are pleased to announce an additional screenings of this compelling drama as part of the London African Film Festival in association with Golden Effects and DJMedia Entertainment.

DATE: SATURDAY 5 December 2009 at 10pm
DATE: SUNDAY 6 December 2009 at 8pm

VENUE: The Rich Mix Cinema
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA

Tickets: £10

Online Booking: www.richmix.org.uk
Ticket Hotline/Info: 020 76 13 74 98

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SYNOPSIS
The Figurine (Araromire) is a multi-cultural and contemporary feature highlighting essence and efficacy of tradition, friendship, betrayal and love.

It transcends both the ancient and the modern day.
Two buddies and a girl…all down on their luck have their lives changed after one of them discovers “ARAROMIRE”, a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which according to ancient legend bestows seven years of good luck.
But, no one told them about the next seven years…

Thursday  3 December 6.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

Winner of the best documentary at the African Movie Academy Awards 2009, the documentary is about the the Galmi purple, the onion from Niger that pervades West African markets with 400,000 tons a year. In Galmi, Salamatou’s been waiting for her wedding for 2 years. Her father Yaro, urged both by her future in-laws and the village gossip makes a decision : «The wedding will take place at the harvest !» Yaro is aware that to be up to his commitment this time, he has to produce more and sell at a higher price …

Director: Sani Elhadj Magori
Writer: Sani Elhadj Magori
Cast:
Country: France-Niger
Year: 2008
Runtime: 52 min

Wednesday 2 December 6.30pm at Rich Mix – Book Now!

Winner of the best film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2008, Run Baby Run is a fast-paced and frequently humorous thriller set between London and Accra. Struggling to get by in London, Junior gets a welcome surprise when his pesky little sister visits from Accra. The surprise is that her suitcase has mistakenly been exchanged, and the new suitcase contains a vast amount of cocaine. Junior wastes no time in selling the drugs, and little more in spending a lot of the cash. But when the owners start tracking him down he must flee to Ghana, with his sister and English girlfriend in tow.

Director: Emmanuel Apea
Writer: Emmanuel Apea
Cast:
Country: Ghana
Year: 2008
Runtime: 110 min

Tuesday 1st December 8.30pm at Rich Mix – Book Now!

A young 19 year old rural girl, named Zimbabwe by her patriotic father, is orphaned. Starving and with few choices, she leaves her village in search of a distant aunt. In the remote border town of Beit bridge, she is smuggled across the border into South Africa, in search of any life at all. Illegally in South Africa, Zimbabwe finds work as a domestic worker but is repeatedly abused by her employer. She must commit a violent act to protect herself, and escapes by handing herself over to the authorities. She is repatriated back to Zimbabwe, only to find that her brother has jumped the border to go in search of her.

Director: Darrel Roodt
Writer: Darrel Roodt
Cast: Kudzai Chimbaira, Farai Veremu
Country: Zimbawe-South Africa
Year: 2007
Runtime: 90 min

Monday 30 November 8.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

Adera is a heart wrenching story about a young woman Marlan who is an Ethiopian immigrant in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. She quickly discovers that Johannesburg is not the promised city of gold and struggles to provide for her children back home in Ethiopia. Through a series of twisted circumstances, she ends up as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Ethiopian couple, Tiru and Fre.Their fate is tied up with that of Biru a shady middleman who is central to story’s dramatic turns of love, deception and the human spirit to survive.

Director: Nega Tariku
Writers: Alemayehu Kifle
Cast: Alemayehu Kifle,Rahel Ashenafu
Country: Ethiopia-South Africa
Year: 2008
Runtime: 107 min

Sunday 29 November 6.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

This simple and very likeable debut feature is set in central African country of Chad. Majid as a captain of a local club who dreams of dreams of one day of playing in the Nu Camp, home of Barcelona Football Club. The young captain is only a few days away from the town’s championship game when Faiza, the team president’s daughter, catches his eye and that of the coach too. In the wake of his glory on the pitch and his wish to take Faiza’ hand in marriage, Majid makes a decision of grave impact.

Director: Abakar Chene Massa
Writer: Abakar Chene Massa
Cast: Abkar Chene Massar, Naadech Ngaryo,Ousman Adoum
Country: Chad-Canada
Year: 2009
Runtime: 96 min

Sat 28 November 6.15pm at Rich Mix – Book Now!

Winner of the best film at the African Movie Academy Awards 2009, the film is based on the 1998 bombing of U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. Tamani has devoted much of his life to looking for her mother, who disappeared on that day ten years ago. From a Whisper is a powerful and emotional tale of yearning and grief to accept, forgive and understand.

Director: Wanui Kahiu
Writers: Wanui Kahiu
Cast: Ken Ambani,Abubakar Mwenda,Corrine Anyango
Country: Kenya
Year: 2008
Runtime: 110 min

Due to unforseen events, this film has been replaced by MAKING OF   Read more…

Thu 26 Nov 6.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première

Living almost as a recluse Malek a topographer accepts a job where he works secluded in the region of western Algeria. At the base camp, he discovers a young Chadian woman hiding on her way to Europe. She is exhausted and in constant fear and now wants to return home. Malek shields her from the immigration police after her. He abandons his post and they both take a journey towards a point where they make a decision to go their separate worlds.

Director: Tarik Teguia
Writers: Tarik and Yacine Teguia
Cast: Abdelkadar Affak,
Ines Rose Djakou
Country:Algeria
Year: 2008
Runtime: 140 mins