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Leaving Africa (16+)

Finland, Uganda, 2015, colour, 85 мин. min.
Director: Iiris Härmä
Finnish doctor Riitta has been working in Uganda for more than 25 years. Together with her Ugandan friend Catherine, she brings sex education to Ugandan villages, challenging priests, imams, women and their husbands to discussions on women's rights to their bodies, sexuality and life. In ultra-conservative Uganda, this soon leads to serious complications, jeopardizing their entire life's work. It is a film about the quest for gender equality in Africa and the world's greatest challenge - mitigating the population explosion.

AWARDS

DOCPOINT – Audience Award; DOKer – Jury’s Special Mention; Festival SiciliAmbiente, Italy 2015 (Best Documentary).

Iiris Härmä

Iiris Härmä

has been involved in the film industry since 1999 and is the other founding member of Guerilla Films Ltd. She has produced and directed several award-winning short and feature-length documentaries that have acclaimed international reputation in various film festivals around the world.

FILMOGRAPHY

You Live and Burn, 2007; Look at Me, 2011; The Child of silent Winner, 2013; Leaving Africa, 2015.
Finland, Uganda, 2015, colour, 85 мин. min.
Director: Iiris Härmä
Finnish doctor Riitta has been working in Uganda for more than 25 years. Together with her Ugandan friend Catherine, she brings sex education to Ugandan villages, challenging priests, imams, women and their husbands to discussions on women's rights to their bodies, sexuality and life. In ultra-conservative Uganda, this soon leads to serious complications, jeopardizing their entire life's work. It is a film about the quest for gender equality in Africa and the world's greatest challenge - mitigating the population explosion.

AWARDS

DOCPOINT – Audience Award; DOKer – Jury’s Special Mention; Festival SiciliAmbiente, Italy 2015 (Best Documentary).