Country:Ghana

Director:Kenny McCauley

Program:African Panorama

Summary:

Singha! is a love story of revenge and jealousy set against the backdrop of Kumasi Central Market. Spurred on by the misogyny of his peers, Kofi is determined to wreak his revenge on his adulterous wife Azuma who has been tricked by a wandering musician. The minstrel has trapped her by weaving her hair into the strings on his instrument. Kofi visits a traditional priest for advice and gets a knife from the blacksmith and sets off to find them.

Country:Ghana

Director:Alba Amoo-Gottfried

Program:African Panorama

Summary:

Hunger drives a young man to join an urban gang in Tema. When he uncovers the gangs secret he is forced to draw lots. He draws the short straw and has to provide the next meal for the gang or else face the consequences. Tema is a major industrial city in Ghana which was  took Ghana into the 21st Century. It is the destination for many young people desparate for work. Without enough to go round, gangs spring up and fighting for food and survival is not uncommon.

Country:Ghana

Director:Abiko Eghagha

Program:African Panorama

Summary:

Members Only is  sex-comedy set in a university Halls of Residence. Johnie, a charmer and ladies man, decides to go into “retirement” and ask the girl he loves to marry him — after  one last fling.  But he gets his come-uppance when he bites off more than he can chew. Meanwhile his new roommate, who he has been training to be “smooth” like him, has his own secret.

Country:Ghana

Director:George Bosompim

Program:African Panorama

Summary:

Deeds is an original thriller through the eyes of a young girl - the first of its kind from Ghana. A young girl witnesses the murder of her mother by her father’s mistress and is traumatised by what she has seen into silence. But her father and mistress know it will only be a matter of time before she remembers. A proverb in the Akan language says, "wo tu eduro bone a ebi ka wo ano." Meaning, if you use your fingers to poison somebody, your fingers finally go back to your own mouth.

Country:United States of America, United Kingdom, Ghana, Burkina Faso

Director:Halie Gerima

Summary:

Sankofa is an Akan word that means, "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today."