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6th Dubai International Film Festival - DIFF 2009

Genre : Festival | Dubai

From wednesday 09 to wednesday 16 december 2009

Times : 00:00
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
United Arab Emirates
http://www.dubaifilmfest.com

African films selected in the Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards :

Long features category :
- L'Absence, by Mama Keita

Long features competition :
- Ramata (Léandre André Baker)
- Shirley Adams (Oliver Hermanus)

Documentaries :
- Sacred Places (Jean-Marie Teno)
- Mère-Bi (William Mbaye)

Arab Documentaries :
- Mother Unknown (Taghreed Elsanhouri, Sudan)
- Garbage Dreams (Mai Iskander, Egypt)
- In Pieces (Hakim Belabbes, Maroco)
- The Blast of Shame (Djamel Ouhab, Algeria)

Shorts category :

- Waramutseho from Cameroon, directed by Kouemo Yanghu Auguste Bernard, in which two friends discover a bloody secret lies between their two families.
- Saint Louis Blues, by Dyana Gaye, is a cheerful musical set in a taxi as it passes through the heart of Senegal;
- and We Too Walked On The Moon from Congo and directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, depicts a teacher, doctor and artist experiencing news of the moon landing differently.



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