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Year of Production 2023

After the Long Rains

English title: After the Long Rains
Original title: Baada ya Masika
German title: After the Long Rains *
Switzerland, Kenya, 2023

Director: Hauser, Damien
Production company: Hauserfilm GmbH
Age recommendation: 9 years and up
Length: 91 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Eleven-year-old Aisha is given a school assignment to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is taking over their parents' businesses and professions, but she has bigger dreams. She wants to go to Europe and become an actress. Her plan is to become a fisher so that she can sail to Europe, but her mother thinks that fishing should be left to men. Despite all this, she meets a fisherman and alcoholic named Hassan, who promises to teach her how to fish.

Festivals:
Rotterdam IFF 2024, Durban IFF 2024, BFI LOndon IFF 2024, Ale Kino! CFF Poznan 2024

World sales address/es:
Rushlake (DE)