1. SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE Dir. Alex Kamau Kenya 12 min
A short film about how courtship and/or relationships have been evolved by the use of SMSES.
2. GEMSLAVES;TANZANITE'S CHILD LABOUR Dir. Rand Pearson Tanzania 1hr
The film takes us to Mererani in Northern Tanzania, the only place on earth where the precious stone tanzanite is mined. Through the eys of 12year-old Wilson Peter, we see the awful reality of this place. Although the Tanzanite industry is worth $300 million a year, the town's residents live in desperate poverty, with children bearing the heaviest load.
3. DAWA YA DENI Dir. Stanley Mburu Kenya 45 min
Kuando is a petty con-man who likes to take people for rides, sheer wits being his most lethal weapon. Things however become nasty when he bites more than he can chew, with two of his creditors in pursuit.
4. ON THE ROAD TO BAGAN Dir. Francesco Uboldi Italy 30 min
What lies beneath a smile on the road to Bagan.
5. ‘THE BOSS’ Dir. Charles Mwangi Kenya 24min
Constable Musau joins the police force and is posted to a police station just outside the city. He soon discovers that the force is rotten.
6. PEACE ON THE AIR Dir. Andrew Gosling Kenya/UK
A documentary about the life of an FM radio station as it reaches out to over 1 million people made homeless and living in fear for their lives in Northern Uganda. It shows how well researched news and entertaining approach to broadcast provide the audience with hope, education and development information and how it sets free over 2 000 children.
7. EMANCIPATION Dir. Mary Migue Kenya 10 min
John is troubled by his childhood experiences His father was a chain smoker and used it to abuse him. Now John has to confront his worst fears and deal with it.
