We are excited to launch the second edition of CINÉMA AFRICAIN! 2025 with a compelling selection of African cinema. The opening night will feature the multi-award-winning film HANAMI by director Denise Fernandes, winner of the Best Emerging Director Award and a Special Mention at Locarno Film Festival 2024, as well as the Ingmar Bergman Prize at Göteborg Film Festival 2025.

WEDNESDAY 05. NOVEMBER 2025 | 18H30

MOVIE 1 | MOVIEMENTO

The opening will take place with free admission, entry with cinema ticket only! A contingent of free remaining tickets will be available for reservation at Moviemento Kino, starting October 22th.

HANAMI

Denise Fernandes
2024, Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde, 96min, color
Feature  film

Capeverdian Creole, English, Japanese, French with English subtitles

On a remote volcanic island – a place everyone wants to leave – Nana has learned to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left soon after her birth. When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There, she encounters a world suspended between dreams and reality. Years later, when Nana is a teenager, Nia returns.

Denise Fernandes (1990) was born in Lisbon to Cape Verdean parents and grew up in Switzerland. Her latest short film, «Nha Mila» (2020), premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, in the Pardi di Domani section. Nha Mila was a European Film Awards candidate and has been screened at over 40 international film festivals. It was nominated as Best National Short Film at the Sophia Awards 2021 and invited by MoMa and Lincoln Center in New York for the New Directors/New Film Festival. Hanami, filmed in Cape Verde, is her feature directorial debut.​

Filmstill ©  Hanami