AFRIKA FILMFESTIVAL - Opening night

Hair That Moves, 2015, Zuid-Afrika, 19 min.
Regie: Yolanda Mogatusi
Cast: Millicent Makhado Mothiba
Spoken: English. No subtitles.

A young girl enters a singing competition. But in order to even stand a chance at winning with the song of her favourite popstar, she needs one vital thing,... hair that moves!!

Une saison en France, 2017, Frankrijk, 100 min.
Regie: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cast: Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Bibi Tanga, Ibrahim Burama Darboe
Spoken: French. Subtittels: Dutch.

Abbas, a French teacher fled the civil war in the Central African Republic with his two children. They apply for assylum in France. While they wait,to be recognized as refugees, they start to build a new life: the kids go to school and Abbas works at a market in Paris. That is where he meets Carole. They fall in love and Abbas and his two children move in with her. But what if his application gets rejected?? 

Co-org. Gents Afrika Platform (GAP) Universiteit Gent (UGent