Connections | BFFNO 2023 Short Film Block

Houminvi

Despite all his mother's arguments to dissuade her, Houminvi, an Abikou child, insists and decides to go to Europe to make his dream come true. She will face dark obstacles. But saved by the ocean, she will be miraculously brought back home.

Eternel Voyageur

GiGi traveled to an another reality to deliver a message for future Tomas, that present day Tomas may not be able to receive.

The Cure: The Ambiguity of Love

A story of love versus lust when two strangers cross paths at an upscale jazz club.

Gangsta Island "Top 5 Most Influential Hip Hop Albums"

"Gangsta Island" is an innovative and fully animated Podcast dedicated to throwback hip-hop of the 80s and 90s. It's usually centered around "barbershop" type debates on various subjects such as: The Greatest Of All Time, The Most Unsung Artists of the 80s/90s, etc. It aims at educating the viewers on hip-hop topics as well as making it edgy and original.

Flowers

FLOWERS is an afro-futuristic fairytale of love, following a ceremony of a mother giving away her son. Our protagonist is gifted with a heavy crown by his mother to the disappointment of his overlooked brothers. A crown of glory. A crown that comes with a mission and a price. This is a story about the deep, transformative power of love, a story about family, purpose and realising one’s destiny.

Flowers reimagines what a black fairy-tale would look and feel like, adopting references to classic Disney stories from the 1930s-50s and modernising tropes for this whimsical coming of age tale.

Faceless

Faceless is a 10-minute visual film that follows the story of identifying self, valuing community and self-realisation.

Set to jazz vocalist Gabi Motubas soul-stirring song (title of song) - the poetic short film fuses spoken word and dance to illustrate the concept of “togetherness” through the performative movement and sound of a woman in an empty room.

In My Garden

After the loss of her closest friend, Safiyah pushes through her lonely life by shutting out the world. Succumbing to the weight of her self-isolation, Safiyah is fired from her job and comforted by words from a generous stranger, who, during a fun girls' night, shows her a new meaning of "friend".

Fresk: A Game of Dominoes

A brief insight into the practice of dominoes in the Caribbean.

Assaman

A love story with the future kaleidoscopes in a cosmic twin encounter.

More than Hair

Sitting for the first time in a barbershop, a young black boy will discover for the first time the symbolic power of black hair.