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Zinder (film)
''Zinder'' is a 2021 Nigerien documentary film directed by Aicha Macky. The film lends its title to the filmmaker's hometown Zinder. It won the best documentary award in Reykjavík International Film Festival and was nominated to the tanit d'or in Carthage Film Festival, among other nominations. Synopsis In Kara-Kara, a marginalized district of Zinder in Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ..., historically the district of lepers, a violent gang culture reigns. Some young people are trying to escape it, attempting to offer themselves a future other than one behind bars. Director Aicha Macky chronicles their daily lives. References External links * Official website 2021 documentary films Nigerien documentary films {{2020s-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger
Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east, Nigeria to the Niger–Nigeria border, south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the Benin-Niger border, south-west, Mali to the Mali–Niger border, west, and Algeria to the Algeria–Niger border, north-west. It covers a land area of almost , making it the largest landlocked country in West Africa and the second-largest landlocked nation in Africa behind Chad. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara. Its Islam in Niger, predominantly Muslim population of about million lives mostly in clusters in the south and west of the country. The capital Niamey is located in Niger's south-west corner along the namesake Niger River. Following the spread of Islam to the region, Niger was on the fringes of some states, including the Kanem–Bornu Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hausa Language
Hausa (; / ; Hausa Ajami, Ajami: ) is a Chadic language spoken primarily by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast. A small number of speakers also exist in Sudan. Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Despite originating from a non-tonal language family, Hausa utilizes differences in pitch to distinguish words and grammar. ''Ethnologue'' estimated that it was spoken as a first language by some 58 million people and as a second language by another 36 million, bringing the total number of Hausa speakers to an estimated 94 million. In Nigeria, the Hausa film industry is known as Kannywood. Classification Hausa belongs to the West Chadic languages subgroup of the Chadic languages group, which in turn is part of the Afroasiatic languages, Afro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aïcha Macky
Aïcha Macky (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerien filmmaker as well as a sociologist. She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed documentary '' The Fruitless Tree''. Personal life She was born on 8 January 1982. When she was five years old, her mother died after childbirth. She obtained a Master I grade degree in Audiovisual and Creative Documentary at Institut de Formation aux Techniques de l'Information et de la Communication (Training Institute for Information and Communication Technologies: IFTIC) in Niger and later completed Master II grade degree in Sociology and in Documentary Filmmaking at Gaston Berger University in Sénégal in 2013. Career In 2011, Macky made her debut short ''Moi et ma maigreur'' which was about the thin body perception of the Nigerien inhabitants. With the success of debut short, she made the second short ''Savoir faire le lit'', which poses questions about conflict between mothers and daughters in Niger regarding sexual education. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinder
Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 235,605 as by the 2012 census. It is situated east of the capital Niamey and north of the Nigerian city of Kano. History Early history Zinder was originally the site of the small Hausa village of Zengou.Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. 213-26 The town grew dramatically in importance following the arrival of Kanuri aristocrats in 1736, who built a new fortified quarter called Birni to the south and declared the town of Zinder as the capital of the Sultanate of Damagaram in 1736. Thereafter Zinder became an important centre of the Trans-Saharan trade and a major hub for trade south through Kano and east to Bornu." The sultanate remained nominally subject to the Borno Empire until the reign of Sultan Tanimoune Dan Souleymane in the mid-to-late 19th century, who declared independence and initiated a phase of vigorous expansion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavík International Film Festival
Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF; ) is an international film festival held annually in Reykjavík, Iceland. The festival lasts 11 days each year and emphasizes young talents. One way of doing so is having a competitive category (named ''New Visions'') exclusively limited to a director's first or second feature-length film. At each festival, a number of awards are given out. The main award is the ''Discovery of the Year'' award, also called Golden Puffin, given by an international jury. The international federation of film critics FIPRESCI send a jury to RIFF from 2006. Also, the audience can vote for their favorite film from the whole programme. Lifetime achievement awards and creative excellence awards are given to well-known film directors who have achieved excellence in their work. History 2004–2009 Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) was founded in 2004 by a group of film enthusiasts and professionals with the goal of creating an annual international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanit D'or
The Tanit d'or is the grand prize of the Carthage Film Festival, hosted annually in Tunisia. The award is named after Tanit, the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage and takes the shape of her symbol, a triangle surmounted by a horizontal line and a circle. Winners Previous winners of the Tanit d'or include: *1976: '' Les Ambassadeurs'' by Naceur Ktari *1988: ''Wedding in Galilee'', by Michel Khleifi, Palestine *1992: '' The Night'' (Arabic: الليل) (Mohamed Malas, Syria) *1994: ''Les silences du palais'' (Arabic: صمت القصور) (Moufida Tlatli, Tunisia) *1996: ''Salut cousin'' ( Merzak Allouache, Algeria) *1998: ''Vivre au paradis'' ( Bourlem Guerdjou, Algeria) *2000: ''Dolé'' ( Imunga Ivanga, Gabon) *2002: ''Le prix du pardon'' (Mansour Sora Wade, Senegal) *2004: ''A Casablanca, les anges ne volent pas'' ( Mohamed Asli, Morocco) *2006: ''Making-Off ''(Arabic: آخر فيلم) ( Nouri Bouzid, Tunisia) *2010: ''Microphone''(Arabic:ميكروفون) ( Ahmad Abda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carthage Film Festival
Carthage Film Festival (Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, or JCC) is an annual film festival that takes place in Tunis, founded in 1966. It is also known by its Arabic title, ("Cinema Days of Carthage"). Initially biennial alternating with the Carthage Theatre Festival, the festival became an annual event in 2014. A directing committee chaired by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture, joined with professionals of the cinema industry, is in charge of the organization. The Carthage Film Festival has been designed as a film festival engaged in the cause of African and Arab countries and enhancing Global South cinema in general. The main prize awarded is the Tanit d'or ("Golden Tanit) named after the Carthaginian goddess Tanit. Opening and closing ceremonies are held in the Théâtre municipal de Tunis (Municipal Theater of Tunis). The festival's 33rd edition took place from 29 October through 5 November 2022. Its current executive director is Sonia Chamkhi. History Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Documentary Films
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