Interview with Mo Harawe on The Village next to Paradise
Presented in the « Un certain regard » section of the Cannes 2024 festival, the beautiful The Village next to Paradise is set in Somalia. It was interesting to meet its director, Mo Harawe, to gain a better understanding of the film’s strengths. Hicham Rami mixed a few passages from the interview with extracts from the film : see on Instagram. The interview is published in french on the Africultures website. Your way of bringing...
Fespaco 2023 – Stéphanie Tum, Irene Nangi and Eystein Dingha Young speak of « The Planter’s Plantation »
The Cameroonian filmmaker was presenting his film The Planter’s Plantation in the official competition at the Fespaco 2023. He was invited, with his actresses, to speak in English about his film for the press and the professionals the next day during a Q&A. Light summary (Translation into French to read here). Annick Kandolo: The Planter’s Plantation is a fiction film in competition directed by Eystein Dingha Young, a...
Fespaco 2023: Ery Claver about « Our Lady of the Chinese Shop »
The angolan filmmaker was presenting his film Our Lady of th Chinese Shop in the official competition at the Fespaco 2023. He was invited to speak in english about his film for the press and the professionals the next day during a Q&A. Light summary. Annick Kandolo We have the pleasure to welcome Ery Claver from Angola. Ery Claver was a camera man who started on TV productions and documentaries. Since 2013, he is part of the...
Interview with Jessica Beshir on Faya Dayi
Olivier Barlet : Faya Dayi is a very labyrinthical film, a kind of mosaic, a kaleidoscope. How did you construct such a film? Jessica Beshir : Everything was a process. It took about 10 years for me to finish this film, from the inception of it. I grew up in Harar but returning after a long time required me to learn about the place again. I interviewed so many people. I interviewed scholars from Haramaya University which is the...
Cabascabo, the film that lastingly established FESPACO
Interview with Alimata Salambéré , president of the first edition (1969), by Olivier Barlet Much is read about the birth of FESPACO. It was therefore necessary to return to its source, to its first president. It was an opportunity to discover the essential role played by the opening film. In 1969, Alimata Salambéré, head of programs at the national television, was 27 years old. Nevertheless, she was chosen to be the president of the...
The masterclass of Malek Bensmail in Apt
15 Nov. 2018 : Malek Bensmail was a guest at the festival des cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’Apt where he participated in a masterclass, moderated by Olivier Barlet, during which he discussed his work as a documentary maker.(texte en français ici) Why choose to make documentaries ? Actually, like every young algerian filmmaker, I wanted to do fiction. But after a short training in Paris, that was quite theoretical, I had the opportunity...
Music in film aesthetics : a round table in Lausanne
Invited by the 14th International Film Festival Cinémas d’Afrique in Lausanne (2019, Switzerland) to discuss the impact and importance of music in film aesthetics, singer-songwriter Wasis Diop, and directors Joël Karekezi (The Mercy of the Jungle) and Peter Sedufia (Keteke) explored this rarely discussed theme using excerpts from their films, accompanied by producer Pedro Pimenta and director Michel K. Zongo. The round table was...
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...
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...
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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