Stories of the Revolution

The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer, Daniel, and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola, at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Mich...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Pauline Chan

Cast

Saskia Reeves, Robert Reynolds, Sami Frey

An African mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Bilaly is a simple peasant who is blind. He wants to “know” a woman before he dies, but try as his mother might, she cannot find someone to oblige. She finally gets an idea – an idea that completely stuns the village.

Runtime

20m

Director

Mohamed Camara

Cast

Maimouna 'Mah' Coulibaly, Awa Traoré, Gomélè Soma

Life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s is vividly highlighted in this mild drama. In the story, a young forest ranger who sees that his work holds the key to the future of his country (through reforestation) is disgusted at the short-sighted, money-grubbing ways of his superiors. He has a much better relationship with local v...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Adama Drabo

Cast

Djeneba Diawara, Mamadou Fomba, Balla Moussa Keita

At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women with a jealous husband gives him something to be jealous about when his younger brother visits from the city.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Désiré Ecaré

Cast

Sidiki Bakaba, Kouadou Brou, Albertine N'Guessan

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Mahama Traoré

Cast

Mame N'Diaye, Abou Camara, Mody Gueye

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa