The masterclass of Amine Bouhafa in Tunis
Mar15

The masterclass of Amine Bouhafa in Tunis

During the Carthage Film Days 2018, the famous Tunisian film music composer Amine Bouhafa answered questions from the festival’s Director of Communication, Hisham Ben Khamsa. A full transcript of the interview is available below. The film excerpts are to be found on the video of the meeting (timecodes indicated), which is a summary and therefore includes only certain passages of the exchanges and films:     The film...

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The Masterclass of Ladj Ly in Dakar
Mar09

The Masterclass of Ladj Ly in Dakar

(translated by Madelyn Colvin from the article in french on Africultures) Ladj Ly et Djebril Zonga presented Les Misérables as a preview showing at the Dakar Court Film Festival on December 12th, 2019. The following day, Ladj Ly responded to questions in a fully-packed room at the French Institute of Dakar, notably those of young filmmakers taking part in the festival’s workshop “Talents 2019.” The session was preceded by the...

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The Mastersclass of Euzhan Palcy in Dakar
Fév25

The Mastersclass of Euzhan Palcy in Dakar

(Test in french on the Africultures website) Euzhan Palcy presided over the jury at Dakar Court, which was held in Dakar from the 9th to 14th of December 2019. She accepted to come back to lead a masterclass and to respond to questions posed by the young cinephiles participating in the workshop “Talents 2019” who had been keenly following the events of the festival. Olivier Barlet: Thank you, Euzhan Palcy, for taking the time to do...

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Etats des lieux de l’exploitation et de la distribution en Afrique francophone face à la crise du coronavirus
Fév22

Etats des lieux de l’exploitation et de la distribution en Afrique francophone face à la crise du coronavirus

Une table-ronde réunissait le 9 décembre 2020 lors des 4e Rencontres du cinéma francophone en Afrique (organisées par Unifrance durant le festival Dakar court 2020) exploitants et distributeurs sur la question de l’exploitation en Afrique : les multiplexes, les salles mono-écrans et celles de l’Institut français. Une telle table-ronde avait déjà eu lieu en 2019, mais en cette année si particulière, un nouvel acteur permet...

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Meet the Directors : Roundtable at the Clermont Short Film Festival 2021
Fév09

Meet the Directors : Roundtable at the Clermont Short Film Festival 2021

At the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival which took place online from 29 January to 6 February 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic, Claire Diao animated as usual an hour of debate with the filmmakers of the African Promises programme, this time only three: Karabo Lediga (South Africa), Morad Mostafa (Egypt) and Anthony Nti (Ghana). Full transcript. Translation in french on Africultures. Tim Redford: Hello, everyone....

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