Spotlight Windhoek, Sinema Transtopia, Berlin 19.11.2025

As part of the anniversary programme 25 Years of Twin Cities Windhoek – Berlin, AFRIKAMERA presents a comprehensive programme at Sinema Transtopia.

Namibian director and producer Joel Haikali presents the programme WINDHOEK SHORTS (Namibia 2019–2024) with current short and medium-length films from the Namibian capital. There will also be two discursive formats that deal with the country’s colonial past and its impact on the present, as well as IMAGE RESTITUTION (Work-in-Progress (2025)) by artists Laura Horelli, Hildegard Titus & Mwalengwa Hillebrecht, which shows current reactions in Namibia to a 1975 anti-apartheid documentary, and SORRY FOR THE GENOCIDE (Work in Progress (2025)), a documentary by Wave In Motion Medienproduktion and additional partners about the journey towards reconciliation between Namibia and Germany.

Following the presentations: panel discussion and audience conversation.

In the foyer, Time Prints Film & Media presents THE SOIL OF THE NAMIB: VR (2023) and A PLACE IN THE SUN (2018), two film works by filmmaker and media artist Christian Zipfel.

Talk moderated by Mark Mushiva with the directors Laura Horelli, Hildegard Titus (IMAGE RESTITUTION) and Matteo Sant’Unione (Sorry for the Genocide). Concept and Curation: Uta Rügner, Florian Wachinger (Afrikamera) in collaboration with Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH. In the presence of Joel Haikali and participants Vitjitua Ndjiharine, Philemon Sheya Kaluwapa and Namibian artists Naomi Beukes, Tuli Mekondjo, Memory Biwa, Vipua Rukambe-Schmidt, Prince Kamaazengi Marenga. Photos: Anna Tiessen, Kulturprojekte Berlin