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Africa: Tunisian Thriller 'Ashkal' Snags Top Gong At Fespaco Film Fest
RFI, 6 March 2023
Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi won the coveted Stallion of Yennenga award at the biennial pan-African Fespaco film festival in Ouagadougou for his murder mystery oeuvre "Ashkal". Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Film Festival Fosters Hope in Violence-Torn Burkina Faso
DW, 2 March 2023
As conflict and violence spread across the Sahel, Africa's biggest film festival, hosted in Burkina Faso, promotes fellowship in times of crisis. Read more »
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Uganda: Lights, Camera, Action - Idris Elba Boost to Swahili Film Industry
Independent (Kampala), 5 February 2023
British actor Idris Elba plans to open a major film studio in Tanzania after holding initial talks with President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Top Cinema Event Announces Strong Lineup for Competition
RFI, 13 January 2023
From Angola to Senegal, no fewer than 15 feature-length movies have been nominated for the top prize in next month's Fespaco pan-African film and television festival, held in… Read more »
Film Festival Fosters Hope in Violence-Torn Burkina Faso
As conflict and violence spread across the Sahel, Africa's biggest film festival, hosted in Burkina Faso, promotes fellowship in times of crisis, writes Richard Tiene for Deutsche Welle.
The West African nation is hosting the 28th edition of the Ouagadougou Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) - Africa's biggest film festival - which takes place every two years, honouring and promoting African filmmakers, and showcasing hundreds of African films in various categories.
RFI reports that Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi won the coveted Stallion of Yennenga award at the festival for his murder mystery Ashkal.
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Somali filmmaker Khadar Ahmed has won the top prize at the FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso for The Gravedigger's Wife, which he wrote and directed. The film is also ... Read more »
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Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the ... Read more »
FESPACO HQ in Ouagadougou shows the commitment to pan-African cinema.. and the people who do the filming!
