English BHMF VI Edition OSTINATO PROGRAM

LA PETITE VENDEUSE DE SOLEIL - THE LITTLE SUN SALESMAN BY
DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY, SENEGAL, 1999, 45’
Sisi, a girl with disabilities, lives on the sidewalks of Dakar begging for
alms. At the umpteenth violence suffered by the small screamers who
sell newspapers, Sisi decides to become a newspaper seller, despite the
crutches with which she is forced to walk. With the help of a friend she
achieves her goal and emancipates herself. From this moment a new life
begins for her. Awards: CUMSE Prize at the African Film Festival 2000
(Milan); Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival 2000
(USA); Jury Prize and Best Southern Actress Award at Lissa Balera at the
Namur International Festival 1999 (Belgium).
CINEMA AFROEUROPEO PER RAGAZZI
8pm Presentation of the first edition of Afro-European cinema for
young people
Speakers: Tiziana Chiappelli (Ass. Project Arcobaleno/ Project Bella
Presenza), Justin R. Thompson (BHMF), Matias Mesquita (KFFCA).
Screening of the film Yomeddine by Abu Bakr Shawky, Egypt, 2018, 97'
Beshay never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where his
family abandoned him as a child. After the disappearance of his wife,
he decides for the first time to go in search of his origins. He takes an
orphan under his protection and together they go looking for a family.
An initiatory journey, a road movie in deep Egypt, which in a light tone
speaks to us of misery, religious taboos and exclusion. Awards: Official
Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2018, Selected to represent Egypt at
the 2019 Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Language Film,
ISMU Student Lecturer Jury Award - Big Zebra at Miwy 2019, François
Chalais Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2018, Tanit d'Argento at the
Cartagine Film Days 2018, Student Jury Award at the Philadelphia Film
Festival 2018, Audience Award at the Valladolid International Film
Festival 2018.
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