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| Fespaco 2005 sees the largest shortlist for the grand prize. Twenty feature films are competing for the Yennenga stallion award for the best film of the festival. The films from ten countries representing all parts of the continent will be hoping to scoop the main award. |
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NORTH AFRICA |
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La Chambre NoireBased on a true story, The Black Room tells of one mans struggle when his political past catches up with him. | | La Danse du VentReality and fiction collide as an aging film maker finds himself stranded on location. | | El ManaraA brutally direct depiction of Algerian society during the rise of fundamentalist Islam. |
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Le Grande VoyageA pilgrimage to Mecca brings a father and son closer to realising how similar they really are. | | Le PrinceA hapless young man falls in love with an older woman he's only seen from afar. | | Les SuspectsA tale of an invention that raises suspicion among a local Algerian community. |
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EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA |
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Les Habits neufs du GouverneurAn African spin on the children's story, the Emperor's New Clothes. | | Le Jardin de PapaThe honeymoon from hell takes French newly weds back to Africa. | | Le Malentendu ColonialAn account of Germany’s time as a colonial master in Africa. |
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WEST AFRICA |
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Amour d'enfantA band of Senegalese school boys discover the realities and injustices of life. | | La Nuit de la VeriteCoups and conflicts dominate this tense tale set in an imaginary country in Africa. | | Ouaga SagaA lottery win turns a group of feckless children into budding entrepreneurs. |
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Sous la Clarte de la LuneAn emotional tale about a mother who is reunited with the daughter she thought had died at birth. | | Tasuma le FeuIn this humorous and touching film, Kollo Daniel tells the story of a Senegalese rifleman in search of his retirement pension. | | Valley of the InnocentA police detective in search of the truth about her past is reunited with her birth mother but it's not a happy reunion. | |
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SOUTHERN AFRICA |
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Beat the DrumA Zulu boy embarks on a journey of discovery as he confronts the realities of urban life. | | DrumA hard drinking journalist has his conscience pricked when he reports on a ruthless prison system in Johannesburg. | | O HeróiO Herói (The Hero) is the story of Angola, a nation torn apart by 40 years of war, and now trying to piece itself back together. |
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Max and MonaA quirky tale of Johannesburg township life. | | Zulu Love LetterSuffering from writer’s block, a young South African journalist embarks on repairing damaged relationships. | | |
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