Africa's largest film festival, Fespaco, celebrates its 50th birthday on Saturday as the biennial event kicks off with an opening ceremony at Ouagadougou's municipal stadium. Some 160 films from across the continent are set to be screened over the next week with 20 movies competing for the prestigious l'Étalon d'or de Yennenga prize.
"For this 50th edition, we've invited all of the filmmaking professionals from the African continent and their partners, to reflect together on the collective memory and future of pan-African cinema," Ardiouma Soma, executive officer of Fespaco, told RFI in an interview.
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