your story you are trying always to understand this new culture. are not the visitor not the guests you want to become citizens. margaret it's your platform for reliable information. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes africa's most populous nation goes to the polls candidates have been making their final pitches it's now up to nigeria's eighty four million registered voters to choose the next president we have an exclusive with one of the men vying for the top job. and the story of a young girl whose dream up becoming a superhero is threatened by terminal illness one of the screenwriter the award winning film supermoto.

and christine when the welcome to news africa it's good to have you with us the campaigning has ended and the candidates have said all they can say it's now time for voters to choose between continuity and reform in nigeria's presidential voters since the end of military rule twenty years ago it's a country's first presidential election to include a generation of bushes who have only known democracy flourish has this explainer on africa's biggest even action iraq has made concord current president mohamed worried for good rubina progress. on his turns out the former vice president. khan from the people's democratic party president karzai came into office in twenty three with concrete promises to glide by corrupt son and crossing the extremist group of former. four years later president harding by his car has received

and praised the wall except its hole where many remain. every sense. that wall street. and i were almost. to sound good soon was so was if we could put up for the. most what has changed anything that. consignors was right why restrung. is promising economic prosperity the chinese nigeria and. thirty nine president unemployment. be a thing of the fox. i used to carry some sort of wood simply because of the mc for

misuse of. those things that's. going to be doing me what are you talking about. let. me say that we do something about what's out there don't want to know is used. to finish the race when i do ask job to be yes it's in the. x. box. strong crime national as well as endorsement so called. seems to be the man who was president in the country. oh father don't usually run for office they say oh well many believe the ones who decide the election are was that their posts postponed so. well use money as in

females so when so the fed kind of the goods got so instances in each i'm not always selected for their political act to choose but rather on the absolute see to repeat and reach their goals far far. a little smoother than one person. to do with you would make money to. do to still be young men who not believe it would seem so please. do support. seems like this is a business. and will be. used by all of the. drop. zone. to meet the seventy one of the most probably men's imo this hopefully at characterized by the when the mists of time lame stage are asked to party establishment and by that age and social media campaigns are run

even makes way to sixty eight under the hash tag not too young to run such see that in lowering the required age of the president. secret thirty five while the two main candidates. who are out want all that and that when. you wear a mob mentality the president of the population is less than twenty five years old . also be pushing for people to get involved in this election by signing up to vote as every call somebody and call them what we really on here or that i read he's not working for me as i'm sure many out there will be spending time book now. at equal a told our adrian krishna is confident of victory against one. so what makes you optimistic that this time around you will get the majority of nigerians voting for you i was able to secure the ticket of the party in

a very very convincing manner. and then after that you know this is our laws state this was an election having companies concern. we have been able to us as the house of the ability of the party and also the country due to the budget so that makes one really hopeful there's been many corruption allegations against you but you were never convicted by any cause yet when you talk to ordinary nigerians is it here or in lagos many would say even your supporters they don't fully believe you that you were never in any form and offer to question why they think this conception of things give me the opportunity then before the gun. you know they will have every reason to believe in me but why do you think this conception of still their position is there because my opponents are always latch on to that so i mean any accusation that gives them to be done all the time when the time has gone you know to deceive the additional people he said he would consider granting

amnesty to looters if they return stolen state funds do you think that is a right thing to do many people would think that would be a sign of impunity for the future not necessarily but whatever or the. news to you again would be based on the rule of the country you know in order to go help provision for that you know a lot of. it is that something you definitely going to do or something you are just considering something we could consider. differently i'm going to do but it's something we were considered the security situation has been deteriorating and parts of the country also here in the northeast and recent weeks what is the assessment of the leadership of the security forces especially the military leadership have they been doing a good job was that something you will look into once you if you if you will be elected as a present. and. our number one additions are gas dimitri our caller. and . his local train and i will look over the military.

necessary working conditions you know for them to survive for as you know their lives to protect the people of this country so you have the who grabs all these issues in a holistic manner and. all right here in berlin we're at the business end of the city's annual international film festival the billion dollar the eleven day showcase brings together the stalls of international film and up and coming talent from around the world life kenyan screenwriter been teco who this week picked up yet another award for this film. the film tells the story of a terminally ill nine year old who's wishes of becoming a superhero of the filled with the help of the family and villages. to make a genius sat down with gumby tea got to talk about all things african film but first it's take a peek at the film that's making waves troll you see in coffee the u.k. because i am disappointed that he wasn't in the chapter on the left of the kids

i was in the two hundred women in the congo wanted to go dutch there was a lot. to do from. here. we've just down. oh.

oh. we did not expect. that supermodel was going to take on the life that he did on the festival circuit. i didn't even expect when i was sitting in the room during the premiere it was going to carry that we did in an audience in once in a mall and it's received so much applause and you see ovations and their flaws just went on and on for about five minutes straight and it was only interrupted by the fact that this little scene after the credits that it plays and i mean it was just spectacular i think the thing that carries about it is that it's such a high performing film about triumph over adversity the power of community and the productiveness of this film being

a little go who succeeds against all odds to show everyone that it's possible to follow your dreams and be who you want to be against all these enormous audience. a lot of people. just reminded again about what the power of cinema is there's a school of thought that for african movie to be world class you sort of have to copy western style that to be able to reach the international market or international audience. how true or not is totally untrue what is a superhero film this is a kid's film but it's also a very can in film because he's a film that you could see it was safe you could see had some horror elements in it but it's a drama about the afterlife but that still has a very can and twist to it you can take any of these conventions that exist around the world and add an african convention to it that makes it really authentically

norco but still very translatable to the whole world my question generally what really should we be proud of very good question. the kings of cinema have existed on this side of the world right and they have established what cinema ought to nor like and sound like and feel like and what kind of stories can be told on the big screen and. african filmmakers for a long time have been on the side to watching but now here and there enough with the best of them telling our stories with very authentic. and i think that's what we ought to be most proud of that we're standing on and that we thought was owned and managed and run by people from other parts of the world but we have as might say in what gets to be seen thanks very much thank you very much fun thank you and that is it for news africa for now you can catch all

our stories on our face to face book and website that's the news i'm christine window ignited ginia will be with you next week if i. can take a closer look at modern culture from german. culture. extravagant . to. really know their stuff.

with the building and the finished. her tea and share with you from around the world. groups every week t w. o m welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and it's the burnet international film festival all the way today as it's coming to a close we'll talk to a film expert about movies in the stars and about the future of the festival. first of all the let's celebrate the great actress charlotte rampling who was almost on thursday evening with a special gold baffling lifetime achievement. she became

a star back in the one nine hundred sixty s. with films like the dad and is known for her cool on screen presence she's worked with actors and directors from around the world performing in english french and italian now a golden bad life so. i'm an older woman and when you win you've actually lived to live quite a long life is great i actually have that lifetime celebrated my job goes beyond age it is beyond any kind of functional thing it's about telling stories we tell stories to die. and joining me now from the heart of the festival down in part some of. its cyclopedia a film if i may say so mr scott writes for a man who i know has a soft spot for shallow playing. yeah i was had the great pleasure privilege a few years back of being able to interview this rambling here.