International Shorts
BRONX PRINCESS
 USA / Ghana • 2008 • 30min • Dirs: Yoni Brook & Musa Suyeed
Bronx born and bred Rocky Otoo straddles two cultures and
realities. Nearly 18, and excited by the prospect of freedom from
her mother and being a princess in her royal Ghanaian father’s
house, her future is set for confrontation and some home truths.
Brook’s warm film tells of generational and personal conflicts in a
boisterous, ever-changing, often crazy immigrant community.
Courtesy of the Directors
AWARDS:
Big Sky Documentary FF 2009 - Best Short Documentary
Precedes Yandé Coudou on Wed 8 / 6.30pm • Tues 14 / 8.30pm
FREDDY ILANGA: CHE’S SWAHILI
TRANSLATOR
 Cuba / USA • 2009 • 24min • Dir: Katrin Hansing
In 1965 15 year-old Ilanga was ordered to work as Che’s Swahili
translator during a secret Congo mission to train anti-Mobutu rebels.
After 7 months by Che’s side, the Cuban authorities sent Ilanga to
Havana without explanation. Forty years passed and he lost contact
with his family and homeland. In 2003 he received an unexpected
phone call from Bukavu, his home town…
Courtesy of the Director
Hansing is a guest of the festival and will attend screenings of her film.
Precedes The Last Voyage on Mon 6 / 8.15pm • Sun 12 / 5.30pm + Q & A
SLAVES (SLAVAR)
 Sweden • 2008 • 15min • Dirs: David Aronowitsch & Hanna Heilborn
His parents killed, separated from his sister, Abuk was enslaved at the
age of 5. He and Machiek are two of 1000s of children taken by Sudan
government sponsored militia to be used as slaves. Based on a 2003
interview of liberated children this is the directors’ second immensely
powerful, animated films, with and about children in difficult situations.
Courtesy of the Directors and the Swedish Film Institute
AWARDS
IDFA 2008 - Silver Cub, Best Short Documentary
Berlinale 2009 - Special Mention, Generation 14plus
Precedes Waltz with Bashir on Sun 5 / 2.30pm + Pd • Sun 12 / 8.30pm + Pd • Tues 14 / 8.30pm • Sun 19 / 8pm |
