Beleh
2013
Cameroon
26 mins
Pidgin
Short Film Competition
| Christa Eka Ntchoumbane Assam | |
| Christa Eka Ntchoumbane Assam | |
| Anurin Nwunembom, Christa Eka Assam |
The difficulty Joffi faces in her first pregnancy is made worse by the petulant and selfish demands of her irate and uncompromising husband, Ekema. Things come to a head when Ekema wakes up one morning to a world different from the one he went to sleep in.
About the Director
Christa Eka Assam is a Cameroonian filmmaker who started her filmmaking career as an actress in 2006. After a couple of years as an actress, she made her first six-minute short film, Doormat, which got her selected into the Durban Talent Campus in 2012, an opportunity which gave her a much-needed insight to the international world if filmmaking. Beleh is her second short film.
Awards
2013 ZAFAA Awards, London – Best Short Film
2013 Africa International Film Festival, Calabar – Special Jury Mention
