Important Dates

Cinema Africa - a collaboration between Cineplex Bayreuth and the Cluster of Excellence -  is back with presentations in November and December and a number of films in January. For the 17th time Cinema Africa is organised and curated by the Chair of Romance & Comparative Literature, Prof. Ute Fendler.

The first installation of Cinema Africa 2025/26 is a double feature with subsequent discussion with filmmaker Ery Claver. It will take place on 10 November 2025: 

6 pm - Fradique: Ar condicionado (Air conditioner, fiction, 72min, Angola, 2020), Portuguese, English Subtitles

The air conditioners of the city of Luanda are affected by a strange phenomenon, they suddenly break away from their moorings and drop from the walls. Watchman Matacedo is instructed by his boss to have his broken air conditioner fixed by the end of the day. This is the starting point for a weird odyssey through the city, at a rhythm that seems owing to the temperature. Finally, Matacedo ends up in the electric workshop of Kota Mino whose aim is to build a memory machine. The film comes with a jazzy soundtrack by Aline Frazão.

8 pm - Ery Claver: Our Lady of the Chinese Shop (NOSSA SENHORA DA LOJA DO CHINÊS, 2022) (fiction, 98min, Angola) Portuguese, Mandarin, English subtitles

When a Chinese merchant brings a unique sacred plastic image of Our Lady to a neighborhood in Luanda, a grieving mother seeks peace, an attentive barber starts a new cult, and a disoriented young man seeks revenge for his lost friend. This bizarre urban tale will reveal a family and a city facade full of resentment, greed, and tragedy.

• The filmmaker Erivaldo (Ery) Claver will be present as discusant

• Tickets are availabe at Cineplex Bayreuth