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Neue Publikation: „Oral Nollywood – Trauma und Heilung“ von Nkechinyere Mbakwe

AfricAvenir präsentiert die erste umfangreiche deutschsprachige Publikation zu Nollywood. “Nollywood“ bezeichnet die mittlerweile drittgrößte Filmindustrie der Welt, nach Hollywood in den USA und Bollywood in Indien. In weniger als 20 Jahren hat sich... |+| read article

Activist advocates for regional film integration

This article by Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent was published by the Zimbabwean The Herald on Thursday, 24 November 2011 reporting on the International Images Film Festival in Zimbabwe. VISITING Namibian film practitioner and African films activist... |+| read article

Call for entries for AfryKamera 2012 in in Warsaw, Poland, 19-26 April

The VII African Film Festival AfryKamera, which takes place in Warsaw, Poland, has opened a call for entries. The event itself takes place 19-26 April in the capital's premiere art-house cinema: Kinoteka. The key motto for next year's... |+| read article

Call for Submissions: Luxor African Film Festival, First Edition February 2012 - Deadline: December 15, 2011

The political conditions experienced by Egypt during the four decades preceding the revolution of January 25 removed Egypt from its strategic African depth on all levels - cultural, economic and social for different reasons. After the revolution, the space... |+| read article

German Premiere: 'The Lion's Point of View' with Didier Awadi in attendance, 30.10.2011, 17 h

On Sunday 30 October 2011 at 17:00 AfricAvenir presents the German premiere of the documentary “The Lion's Point of View” (OmU) with director and hip hop star Didier Awadi in attendance. As with rapping, Awadi sees making films as... |+| read article

STEPS is commissioning 30 short films on: WHY POVERTY?

STEPS is commissioning 30 short films as part of its cross media project WHY POVERTY. We are looking for short film ideas of between 1 and 5 minutes long. The shorts will be used on the web and broadcast supporting our eight long films that are in... |+| read article

Umbruch und Vielfalt – Marokkanische Filmtage im Arsenal, 1.-4.9.2011

Vom 1.-4.9.2011 finden im Berliner Arsenal die marokkanischen Filmtage unter dem Titel "Umbruch und Vielfalt" statt. Eröffnet wird die Filmreihe am Do, den 1.9. um 19 Uhr mit "Al ouyoune al jaffa /Les yeux secs" (Cry No More, Narjiss... |+| read article

Impressions from the 32nd Durban International Film Festival - A Golden Opportunity to Talk Film

By Hans-Christian Mahnke. After having attended my last South African film festival, the Cape Wineland Film Festival 2011, as a judge, being assigned to watch more than forty films, the 32nd Durban International Film Festival offered me a different and much... |+| read article

Breaking Film-News: Gaston Kaboré announces shooting of sequel to Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam for 2012

Gaston Kabore, acclaimed filmmaker, former decade long director of national cinematography of Burkina Faso as well as secretary general of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) from 1985 to 1997, revealed at todays Master Class during the Talent... |+| read article

Press Release: AfricAvenir Windhoek to donate one complete Namibian Movie Collection to Honourable Joel Kaapanda, Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies

In 2009, the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Joe Vision Production, and AfricAvenir Windhoek, launched the Namibian Movie Collection, NMC, consisting initially of 24 Namibian films. The NMC is part of a wider project to promote and develop Namibian film... |+| read article

The Namibian Movie Cllection to go commercial

AfricAvenir Interview with Director Camille Mouyeke (Voyage à Ouaga), 16 May 2011, Windhoek

Director Camille Mouyeke was born 1962 in Congo. He studied Cinema at the University of Paris VIII and obtained a Masters in film school in 1993. He made many short films, like “Police Violence” (1993), “The Fire Proof” (1995), and “The Mavericks” (1998),... |+| read article

Press Release: Namibian Movie Collection now available in Berlin

In 2009, the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Joe Vision Production, and AfricAvenir Windhoek, launched the Namibian Movie Collection, NMC, consisting initially of 24 Namibian films. The NMC is part of a wider project to promote and develop Namibian... |+| read article

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