WATCH AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL- UPCOMING SCREENING

FILM TITLE

If Objects Could Speak

Genre: Documentary (KE/GER 2020, 30 min) / Augmented Reality Installation

Subtitles: English, French

Topics: Restitution, colonialism, museums, cultural heritage, digitalization

Synopsis

Two filmmakers from Kenya and Germany embark on a journey to find out more about a mysterious Kenyan object: The only available data is that it came to the Lindenmuseum in Stuttgart, Germany in the year 1903 ... But why don’t the museums know more about it?

Seems like this is pretty common in Europe - there are plenty of objects hidden in the dark storages of European museums without even being shown in an exhibition.

The German-Kenyan film crew wanted to find out more about this wooden object: Do people back in Kenya remember what it was once made for? And what does it mean to them today? Since it was not possible to take the physical object, a 3D installation was created, and a search through Nairobi and the suburbs began ..

Awarded

Osmane Sembène Short Film Award 2021, Los Angeles Cinematography Awards 2020,

Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Documentary 2022.

Nominated for the African Movie Academy Awards 2021

Date: 20th September 2024

Time: 6:00 pm -10:00 pm

Location: Bute Town Community Centre CF10 5JA, Cardiff

There will also be a Question and Answer session after the screening.

Host or Publisher Watch-Africa: Wales' African Film Festival