Tunisian Murder Mystery ‘Ashkal’ Triumphs At Fespaco
Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s investigative thriller Ashkal has won the top prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco). The festival, which ran from February 25 to March 4, unfolds every two years in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou and is regarded as Africa’s equivalent of Cannes. Chebbi’s murder mystery revolves around a series of killings at a construction site on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis. The film world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and then played a raft of other festivals including Toronto and London. The Fespaco jury head, producer Dora Bouchoucha, praised the film’s pairing of a strong aesthetic with a politically tuned-in storyline. Burkinabe filmmaker Apolline Traore won the Silver Stallion for Sira, about a woman kidnapped by Jihadists, and Kenyan director Angela Wamai took home the Bronze Stallion for Shimoni,...
Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s investigative thriller Ashkal has won the top prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco). The festival, which ran from February 25 to March 4, unfolds every two years in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou and is regarded as Africa’s equivalent of Cannes. Chebbi’s murder mystery revolves around a series of killings at a construction site on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis. The film world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and then played a raft of other festivals including Toronto and London. The Fespaco jury head, producer Dora Bouchoucha, praised the film’s pairing of a strong aesthetic with a politically tuned-in storyline. Burkinabe filmmaker Apolline Traore won the Silver Stallion for Sira, about a woman kidnapped by Jihadists, and Kenyan director Angela Wamai took home the Bronze Stallion for Shimoni,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who returns to the Goethe-Institut.
Author and curator Barbara Wurm has been appointed head of the Forum, the long-running Berlinale sidebar.
Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who had been in the role for four years; Nord will return to German culture body the Goethe-Institut.
Anna Hoffman will support Wurm as section and programme manager; while Uli Ziemons and Ala Younis will continue to run the Forum Expanded section.
Founded in 1971, the Forum is independently curated and organised by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, as part of the Berlinale.
The Arsenal board, comprised of commercial...
Author and curator Barbara Wurm has been appointed head of the Forum, the long-running Berlinale sidebar.
Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who had been in the role for four years; Nord will return to German culture body the Goethe-Institut.
Anna Hoffman will support Wurm as section and programme manager; while Uli Ziemons and Ala Younis will continue to run the Forum Expanded section.
Founded in 1971, the Forum is independently curated and organised by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, as part of the Berlinale.
The Arsenal board, comprised of commercial...
- 3/7/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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