UGANDAN FILM IMANI PREMIERS IN SWEDEN

Director: Caroline Kamya
Language: luganda, English subtitles
Uganda, 2010, 82 min
In one day we get to follow three young people. Olweny is only 12 years, thoughtful, still plagued with the demonic memories from his days as a child soldier.  He now plans to go back home to the village, to his family that has not seen him in four years. Will he make it? Mary is young, independent and strong. She returns to the wealthy home in Kampala where she works as a maid, after having visited her family. But her own family affairs force her to take drastic decisions. Armstrong is a hip hop guy with a turbulent past; his plans to put up a dance performance in his "hood" are frustrated when he evidently is forced to face his old skeletons in the closet.
Imani attracted attention at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and was praised for its photo, sound-track and on how the stories are cleverly interwoven into each other. It was also nominated for 4 awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria. Imani is produced by Caroline Kamya who have her own production studios and is a multiple award-winning producer for her short films and documentaries.Parts of post-production took place in Sweden.See the trailer on Imani

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Tickets: 150 SEK (including breakfast), www.biorio.se
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