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Hlumela Matika
/ South Africa / 2019
/ 13mins
Khanya and Sandiswa’s father leaves them in his car outside the local horse racing tracks under strict instructions to stay put. Khanya gets her period and decides to enter the arena. When she is confronted by her father, the true confines of their delicate relationship come to light.
Amleset Muchie
/ Ethiopia / 2019
/ 84mins
Selam is determined to change her family’s fate through her passion for running. An international race offers her a chance to achieve her dream.
Suzannah Mirghani
/ Sudan and Qatar / 2020
/ 20mins
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad.