Our annual Short Film Competition returns for the fifteenth year, showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers from across the continent and the diaspora. This year's shortlist was selected from over 1,000 entries, and the finalists comprise a broad range of films, each with a unique style, narrative and voice.

Diana and her colleagues skillfully perform their cleaning duties against the backdrop of their privileged Nairobi clients’ private struggles and shenanigans. But the work is also taking a toll on Diana’s body.

Jua Kali (Hot Sun)

As the inevitable end approaches, three friends try to adapt as the world falls apart around them. Content Notes: This film contains depictions of death and suicide.

In These Trying Times

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Baba, a six-year-old boy with the unique gift of teleportation, struggles to understand people and the world around him - including his cousin Kevin, who is frequently tasked with looking after him and even shares a room with him. Buoyed by childish optimism and an extraordinary imagination, he bounces between his harsh reality and the peaceful solitude that his magical gift brings as he learns to protect childhood and innocence.

Baba

An old and wise woman sitting by the lake, reflecting on existence.

From Here to There

With the means at hand, a director does everything possible for the success of the shooting of his film. Unfortunately for him, he falls on an actress who does not facilitate his task.

The Star (La Star)

Grace, 8, hates her neighbourhood, she hates cheerleading, and today, she decided to join her father in space.

Grace

Gabriela is a young pianist who will perform at her first major recital. However, a dream about her dead mother destabilises Gabriela's mind and heart, putting her presentation at risk. From a series of strange encounters over the course of a day, Gabriela will go on a journey of reconciliation with her memories and her mother.

Sunday Morning (Manhã de domingo)

Immovable Objects explores the plight of a small family who find themselves forced out of their home at the onset of the Covid pandemic. Following the fortunes of a young mother and her children across a single day, it charts the beauty of the childhood world against the grim reality of what the day brings.

Immovable Objects

In this film set within the aftershocks of South Africa’s Apartheid, a gay farmhand writes letters to his lover.

Letters to the Man I Love

The sadness of a little child who sees his grandfather on his deathbed. Confused, he clings to an endemic legend...&nbsp; Content Notes: This film contains depictions of mortality.

Jeddi (GrandPA)

Finding by chance a precious historical stone on an archaeological site, two children decide to deliver it to the village authority. They have to face Kalidou, an old man, deeply indebted, who is meant to sell the piece to an antique dealer. A race against the clock through the forest and across the river starts between Kalidou and the two brave children.

The Precious Stone (La Pierre Précieuse)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2022 Short Film Competition

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