The need for an independent net of distribution and for an alternative funding, key aspects of the first Fcat Espacio Profesional Fcat Espacio Profesional, a spaced conceived for the critical debate on African cinemas, has started today at the African Film Festival of Cordoba. The activity has consisted of a twofold panel – on the one hand, the presentation of the book Les cinémas d'Afrique dans les années 2000 by the expert on African Film Criticism, Olivier Barlet; and a round table with African filmmakers and Barlet himself revolving around the present of African cinemas. Olivier Barlet, has been accompanied by Carlos Domínguez, director of Fcat Espacio Profesional, eager to prompt...
- 10/16/2013
- by FCAT Còrdoba
- ShadowAndAct
News on the march... courtesy of the Black Film Center/Archive… definitely something I’ll be keeping an eye on from here on, and reporting as things develop; coincidentally, at the conference I was a panelist on last weekend, one of my cohorts alerted us to the fact that Al-Jazeera is actively seeking films that highlight under-represented communities all over the world – especially documentaries. So, don’t limit your search for production funds and distribution to conventional models.
Co-productions between African filmmakers and European production houses/financiers certainly aren’t new. A film I’ve talked about a lot on this site, Viva Riva!, was a Congolese, French, Belgian and South African co-production, funded by Canal Plus and Belgium’s film fund.
So, these are all films that we probably will be talking about in coming years.
Tarifa: Ten African film directors will be pitching their new film projects at...
Co-productions between African filmmakers and European production houses/financiers certainly aren’t new. A film I’ve talked about a lot on this site, Viva Riva!, was a Congolese, French, Belgian and South African co-production, funded by Canal Plus and Belgium’s film fund.
So, these are all films that we probably will be talking about in coming years.
Tarifa: Ten African film directors will be pitching their new film projects at...
- 4/15/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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