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FESPACO 2023
FESPACO 2023 is the 28th edition of the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. It took place from 25 February to 4 March 2023 in Ouagadougou. The theme of the edition was “African Cinema and Culture of Peace". It was initially announced that the guest country of honour was Togo, but during the installation ceremony of the members of the National Organizing Committee, Fidèle Tamini, the secretary general of the Ministry of Culture, announced that “in view of challenges of the moment, there is no better partner than Mali to be the guest country of honour." A total of 170 films were selected from about 1200 submissions to compete in 11 categories. Progress Preparation The general delegate Alex Moussa Sawadogo, unveiled the official selection during a press conference in Ouagadougou on 13 January 2023. He announced that the estimated budget for the 2023 edition was approximately 2 billion CFA fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to ''Ouaga''. The inhabitants are called ''ouagalais''. The spelling of the name ''Ouagadougou'' is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies. Ouagadougou's primary industries are food processing and Textile industry, textiles. It is served by Thomas Sankara International Airport Ouagadougou, an international airport and is linked by rail to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and, for freight only, to Kaya, Burkina Faso, Kaya. There are several highways linking the city to Niamey, Niger, south to Ghana, and southwest to Ivory Coast. Ouagadougou has one of West Africa's largest markets, which burned down in 2003 and has since reopened with be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian film director and politician. Biography As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales. He then continued his studies in cinema at the Ecole nationale Louis Lumière. On his return to Mali, he took up directing at the ''Centre National de la Production C inématographique (CNPC)'', where he directed ''Sécheresse et Exode rural'' ("Drought and Rural Exodus"). In 1995, he directed ''Guimba'' (The Tyrant), which won special jury prizes at the International Film Festival of Locarno, and ''l'Etalon de Yennenga'' (Stallion of Yennenga) at FESPACO (the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou). In 1999, '' La Genèse'' (Genesis) was released, which won Sissoko another ''Etalon de Yennenga'' at FESPACO. In 2000, he directed ''Battù'', based on a novel by Aminata Sow Fall which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Markovitz
Steven Markovitz (born in 1965) is a South African film and television producer. He has produced, co-produced and executive-produced features, documentaries and short films. He is a member of AMPAS, co-founder of Electric South & Encounters Documentary Festival and the founder of the African Screen Network. Markovitz's productions include ''aKasha'' by Hajooj Kuka (Venice Critics’ Week, TIFF, 2018), ''Rafiki'' by Wanuri Kahiu (Cannes – Un Certain Regard, 2018), the documentary ''Silas'' by Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman (TIFF, IDFA 2017), '' Beats of the Antonov'' by hajooj kuka (TIFF Documentary Audience Award, 2014), ''High Fantasy'' by Jenna Bass (TIFF, Berlinale 2018), '' Viva Riva!'' By Djo Munga (TIFF 2010, Berlinale 2011) and '' Behind the Rainbow''. Career Markovitz began his career in 1992 and co-founded the production company Big World Cinema in Cape Town in 1994. In 1999, he produced the short film ''Husk'', which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (born 17 Jan 1980) is a Mosotho screenwriter, film director and visual artist. He lives in Berlin.Director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese: Africa Is ‘In the Process of Becoming’ ''Variety'', 23 July 2019. Early Life Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese was born and grew up in . As a child, Mosese watched 16mm B grade movies in a small abandoned community hall in his home town Hlotse. Before making films he started writing poetry.Career He and a friend founded a production company, Vision 12, but struggled to make it financially viab ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Sankara
Odile Sankara is a Burkinabé artist, actress, playwright and director. She is the President of the Récréâtrales and a younger sister to the late revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Career Sankara was featured in Iara Lee's 2018 film, '' Burkinabè Rising: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso''. Filmography References External links Odile Sankaraon IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... Odile Sankara, sister of the illustrious African leaderon Congopage Odile Sankaraon Jeune Afrique Burkinabe film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Burkinabe art Burkinabe artists 21st-century Burkinabe actors {{BurkinaFaso-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed (born 10 January 1981), is a Finnish-Somali director and writer. He is best known for directing the feature film ''The Gravedigger's Wife''. Personal life Ahmed was born on 10 January 1981 in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the age of 16, he moved to Finland as a refugee with his family. Career In 2008, he wrote the script of the short film ''Citizens'' where he also worked as the second assistant director. Then in 2014, he directed the first short ''Me ei vietetä joulua'' which received critics acclaim. He later directed two more short films ''Yövaras'' (2017) and ''The Killing of Cahceravga'' (2018). In 2021, Ahmed directed his maiden film ''Guled & Nasra'', which is internationally known as ''The Gravedigger's Wife''. The film premiered in July 2021 in the Critics' Week section at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Critics' Week Grand Prize and Caméra d'Or. The film received critics acclaim and screened in many film festivals. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licínio Azevedo
Licínio Silveira Azevedo (Licínio de Azevedo, Licínio Azevedo, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1951) is a Brazilian–Mozambican journalist, film producer, screenwriter, and film director of award-winning documentaries and feature films. Biography Born in Porto Alegre in 1951, journalist Azevedo left Brazil during the military dictatorship there for post-revolutionary Portugal in 1976, continuing to Guinea-Bissau where he trained journalists. He interviewed members of the liberation movement African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, PAIGC on their struggle against Portugal and published the results with Da Paz Rodrigues in their book ''Diário da libertação : a Guiné-Bissau da nova África'' (Liberation diary: the Guinea-Bissau of the new Africa, 1977). Living in Mozambique since the 1970s, he reported on Frelimo's struggle in ''Relatos do povo armado'' (Stories from the armed people, 1983). At the Maputo Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Rakotoson
Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948) is a writer, journalist, and Film Maker from Madagascar. Her novels include ''Dadabé''. Since 1983, she has lived mainly in France. Career Michèle Rakotoson began her career in Madagascar as a literature teacher and a director. She moved to France in 1983 and earned a DEA in sociology. In Paris, she worked as a journalist for Radio France Internationale (RFI), France Culture, and La Première (French TV network). She coordinated literary events and promoted African voices in French media. In 2010 she reterned to Madagascar, and co-created the Projet Slam Jazz. She co-founded the Bokiko initiative to support young Malagasy writers. Rakotoson has been active in cultural and political advocacy both in Madagascar and France. Her work explores themes like colonization, memory, identity, and environmental justice. Works *''Dadabe: et autres nouvelles'' (1984) *''Le bain des reliques: roman malgache'' (1988) *''La Maison morte'' (''The Dead House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdoulaye Konaté
Abdoulaye Konaté (1 February 1953) is a Malian artist. He was born in Diré and lives and works in Bamako. Konaté studied painting at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako and then at the Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba. Early life Konaté was born February 1st, 1953 in the northern town of Diré in Mali. He studied and graduated at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako between the times of 1972 to 1976 with a degree in painting. He then moved to Havana, Cuba from 1978 - 1985 to further his art education at the Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba (Higher Institute of Plastic Arts). During his time in Cuba he discovered multidisciplinary art. This left a long impression on him. Konaté used acrylic to paint a multitude of work. in the 1990's Konaté switched from traditional painting to tapestry. His tapestries are shown in galleries all over the world today. Career Konaté worked as a graphic designer at the Musee National in Bamako. In 1998, he was appointed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Bouchoucha
Dora Bouchoucha (; born 11 October 1957) is a Tunisian film producer and one of the nine members of the Individual Freedoms and Equality Committee. Biography Dora Bouchoucha graduated in 1987 from the Sorbonne University with a degree in English literature. In 1995, along with Ibrahim Letaïef, she co-founded her private production company called Nomadis Images. She also went on to found an association called ''Sud Écriture'' which provides training for African and Arab authors. Moreover, Bouchoucha led Carthage Film Festival 3 times: 2008, 2010 and 2014. Dora Bouchoucha has been present in several international film festivals as a judge, for example at the Berlinale in 2017, and as part of debates and round tables. In the same year, she was chosen as a permanent member of the CineMart committee within the Rotterdam International Film Festival. In 2018, she became part of the Individual Freedoms and Equality Committee whose mission was to work on a reform project that alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso ( , ) is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo- Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking population (related to the Mande) refers to the city simply as ''Sia''. There are two distinct dialects of Jula spoken, based on the origins of different groups of speakers. The city is situated in the southwest of the country, in the Houet Province, some 350 km (220 mi) from Ouagadougou. Bobo-Dioulasso is significant both economically (agricultural trade, textile industry) and culturally, as it is a major center of culture and music. History Early History According to local tradition, Bobo-Dioulasso was founded as Sia in the 15th century. Populated by the Oule and Dioula subgroups of the Bobo people, it became an important market center, particularly in the export of horses southwards. Sia was therefore an important link i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaya, Burkina Faso
Kaya is the fifth largest city in Burkina Faso, lying northeast of Ouagadougou, to which it is connected by railway. It is a centre for weaving and tanning. Kaya is the capital of Sanmatenga Province. It is located from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Demographics Kaya has a population of 121,970 (2019 census). Population growth: Infrastructure Kaya Airport is a public airport in Kaya. As of 2014 it did not have any scheduled commercial flights. In 1988 Kaya was connected by railway to OuagadougouHistorical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima Diamitani, 2013, third edition, Scarecrow Press, Inc. but, as of 2014, there were no passenger services available. Kaya is a road junction for the N3 and N15 national highways that link the city with Dori, Ouagadougou and Pouytenga, Boulsa, Kongoussi and Ouahigouya, respectively. Education *technical college for girls *secondary school Climate Köppen-Geiger climate class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
