Let’s talk about cinema! A round table talk at the 14th African Cinema Festival – Lausanne
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Let’s talk about cinema! A round table talk at the 14th African Cinema Festival – Lausanne

(translation of the article published on the Africultures website) During the 14th African Cinema Festival – Lausanne (Switzerland), filmmakers Naziha Arebi (Freedom Fields, Libya), Aché Coelo (Between Four Walls, Chad), Joël Karekezi (The Mercy of the Jungle, Rwanda), Amina Abdoulaye Mamani (In the Footsteps of Mamani Abdoulaye), Kivu Ruhorahoza (Visual Anthropology and Tourism in the Wake of a Romantic Break Up, Rwanda), Peter...

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What is it like to make a film in Ghana today?
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What is it like to make a film in Ghana today?

While the Kumawood* films remain the most common and fastest way to make films in Ghana, independent filmmakers are trying to set themselves apart from this mainstream and reach out to the international network for greater visibility. What’s is it like to make a film in Ghana today? The director of The Burial of Kojo, Blitz « The Ambassador » Bazawule, and producer, Boateng « Boat » Kwaku, try to answer the question. Kumawood is...

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