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How do you gain independence? How do you balance sisterhood and ambition? What is the male gaze today? How do you find your own identity? And how do you deal with your power when you have it all? Four stories follow strong female characters emancipating themselves from patriarchy in Nigeria’s fast-moving society. Through different visual and narrative approaches, these four films take us beyond tales of emancipation on a ride exploring friendship, womanhood, and sisterhood.
In a small tribal village, certain men are on the lookout to drive young girls to the big city. Besida’s older brother steps in to make sure that it doesn’t happen to her.
Chuma Eze is an opinionated feminist journalist in the running for a prestigious women’s award. When her boss asks her to interview Iziegbe “Izi”, who is a contender for the same award, Chuma reluctantly takes on the job. She soon discovers that there is more to Izi than meets the eye.
This short film is based on «Hello, Moto», a short story by award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. It is about three scientist witches, who through a combination of juju and technology create magical wigs that grant them untold supernatural powers. As always, power corrupts, and leader Rain finds herself in a confrontation with her friends, where she must stop them before they destroy the entire nation.
Four stories follow strong female characters emancipating themselves from patriarchy in Nigeria’s fast-moving society.
«Besida» – which is both the title and the name of the female protagonist in the first film – means «however fate chooses». The story is set in a tiny village in the middle of the forest in southern Nigeria, where destiny seems already written for the young people of the Itsekiri tribe. But Besida wants something else. Influenced by ethnographic film and film noir, the short film also plays with Nollywood’s classical drama codes to tell the story of a family in crisis and how crime can be a way out of poverty.
Set in Lagos, «Ixora» explores body shaming and the male gaze from two different points of view. Through their discussion, Chuma Eze and Iziegbe «Izi», the two lead female characters, challenge clichés about women’s bodies, redefine what it is to be a woman in Nigeria today, and reconsider identities in a subtle way.
Torn between her two identities, Salewa in «Egúngún» lives in London and returns to her home country Nigeria after her mother’s death. There, she finds her childhood friend, who is now married to a man. Salewa, too, is married – to a woman, in the United Kingdom. Their reunion invites us to imagine the gap between the destiny of two women who chose very different lives.
In the science fiction film «Hello, Rain», the three heroines all have supernatural powers. They rule the world, but «instead of giving, we took», says Rain. Their initial plan to change Nigeria for the better was corrupted by technology and greed. How do you deal with your power when you have it all? The open ending allows viewers to decide their own future and destiny.
Through different visual and narrative approaches, the four films take us beyond tales of emancipation on a ride exploring friendship, womanhood, and sisterhood.
Les Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur représentent le plus important festival de courts métrages en Suisse. Chaque mois de novembre, Winterthour se transforme en métropole du court métrage pendant six jours.
Tout le monde trouve son compte dans les programmes soigneusement concoctés par nos curatrices et curateurs sur des thématiques ou des événements actuels et brûlants. Les blocs des compétitions donnent une bonne vue d’ensemble du paysage cinématographique actuel, alors que les installations, performances et autres événements spéciaux montrent au public la diversité des formes audiovisuelles. Le programme d’événements allie concerts, lectures et bien plus encore, complétant ainsi l’expérience du festival.
Le court métrage n’est pas juste un film «court». C’est une forme d’art à part entière à laquelle nous consacrons chaque année un festival.
Il existe des courts métrages de tous genres et de toutes longueurs. Grâce à des voies de production facilitées, il permet de capter rapidement une époque et de l’illustrer. Il divertit, surprend, analyse lasociété, exprime une opinion politique ou donne un aperçu de mondes étrangers.
Nous rassemblons nos courts métrages pour créer des programmes thématiques ou des sections – comme nos compétitions – et nous les projetons dans un ordre bien précis. Pour apprécier le court métrage, il suffit d’être curieux, d’avoir envie de faire des découvertes et de se laisser surprendre.