An Ode to a Time I Loved Bread
Neema Ngelime | 2021
Belgium, Hungary, Portugal... | 11 min | 12+ years | English, Swahili with English subtitles | Closed Captions

A memory capsule of the filmmaker Neema’s time spent at a colonial legacy boarding school, and how it shaped her relationship to food, body, and identity.

La Llorona
Jayro Bustamante | 2019
Guatemala | 97 min | 15+ years | Mayan-Ixil, Mayan-Kaqchikel, Spanish with English subtitles | Subtitles

A stunning piece of political horror and magical realism, La Llorona reimagines the weeping woman as an avenger for the crimes committed against Indigenous peoples in Guatemala.

Motherland
Ellen Evans | 2019
Jamaica, United Kingdom | 22 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles | Closed Captions

Screened as part of TOAFF21

A poignant account of two young men forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, alongside the story of a Windrush-generation man denied re-entry to the UK.