Spotlight Geração 80: My Semba + Festival Party (Jali Film Weekender)
<div><b>Screening as part of the </b><font color="#0000ee"><b><u><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/jali-film-weekender">Jali Film Weekender 2026</a></u></b></font><b>.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><i>UK Premiere</i></div><div><br></div><div>X, an Albino baby manages to survive his contentious birth but loses his mother in the process. He comes of age, forming a bond with his fraternal brother and sister, Léle and Maria. As the working class in an African metropolis they face below minimum wage jobs and undignified working conditions. </div><div><br></div><div>Maria holds on to her faith and family values, Lélé fights fire with fire against the injustices of the metropolis and X, the poet, tries to make sense of it all, painting the city with words. When their father figure’s life is at risk, they each have to face their deepest fears to save him. With a nothing to lose attitude, X enters poetry battles where he finds new corners of his personality, and even the possibility of love.</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>My Semba</i> film screening ticket includes access to the Festival Party. If you would like to attend only the Festival Party, tickets are available via <a href="https://festival-party-spotlight-geracao-80-jali-film-weekender.eventbrite.co.uk">Eventbrite</a>.</b></div><div><br></div><div><div>The <i>Spotlight: Geração 80</i> programme offers a rare opportunity to engage the collective’s distinctive contribution to contemporary African cinema through films that reflect their commitment to innovative storytelling, visual experimentation and authentic representations of Angolan life and culture. Look out for the additional screenings in this programme, <i><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/spotlight-gerao-80-air-conditioner-short-jali-film-weekender">Air Conditioner</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/spotlight-gerao-80-our-lady-of-the-chinese-shop-jali-film-weekender">Our Lady of the Chinese Shop</a></i>.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Join Geração 80 for a special <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-talk-spotlight-geracao-80-masterclass-tickets-2001598483947?aff=oddtdtcreator">Jali Film Weekender masterclas</a>s on Thursday 29 October. Tickets sold separately.</i></div><div><br></div><div><i>Spotlight: Geração 80</i> is made possible through the support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK Branch and their Gulbenkian Exhibitions Fund. </div></div>MusicPT1H33MN/C 182026-10-30ptEuclides Teixeira
Wili Ribeiro
Eliane Silva
Clemente Chimuco
Isis Hembe
Phedilson
Lua
Ronin
Hugo Salvaterra
Hugo Salvaterra
Jorge Cohen
Spotlight Geração 80: My Semba + Festival Party (Jali Film Weekender)"Spotlight Geração 80: My Semba + Festival Party (Jali Film Weekender)"Showtimes
October 30, 6:00 pm
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