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Posted: Tuesday May 24th, 2005 17:38 |
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Last time the National Film theatre had a Idrissa Ouedraogo retrospective, I was one of the few black people sprinkled amongst a white majority audience. Nothing wrong with white people seeing these movies but I think it's important black people see these films, the more the demand the more that can be made and shown. This was the opposite at an attempted showing of Shootas at the last blackfilmakers festival. Perhaps instead of dividing Carribean and African film showings we should let them overlap, I know the links below are for Africa at the pictures why not Africa, The Carribean and the diaspora at the pictures?
If anyone is in London this summer and interested:
Coming Event:
Africa at the Pictures
June – September 2005
Africa at the Pictures exists to promote and further enhance the exhibition and distribution of African cinema in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Established in 1991 Africa at the Pictures also provides a platform for the discussion of African cinema with African filmmakers and within the framework of Africa 2005 we are proud to announce a diverse programme in partnership with the British Film Institute, the Barbican, the Peckham Multiplex, Channel 4 Television and the London Film School. These venues will host a diverse program of screenings retrospectives and workshops on current practices in African filmmaking.
Africa at the Pictures would like to thank the Ford Foundation,Channel 4 and the UK Film Council for financial support to bring all the filmmakers to London as well as the British Council for providing a grant travel to West Africa.
Africa at the Pictures:
Press Release 1
Press Release 2
Ousmane Sembene
National Film Theatre June 2005
The doyen of African cinema , the Senegalese octogenarian Ousmane Sembene will make an appearance at the UK premiere of his latest film Molaade ( winner Un Certain regard Cannes 2004)at the National Film Theatre for a season of his work a programme jointly organized with the British Film Institute. Sembene made his debut on the international scene with Borom Sarret, a story about a cart driver who loses his cart and therefore his livelihood. This film is reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves 1948 both in style and theme. A novelist who studied in Moscow Sembene’s has been hailed as one of the most prolific African writers and “the father of African film.
National Film Theatre South Bank London SE1 8XT
Box Office 020 7928 3232
Digital Africa
Channel 4 Cinema 22 – 24 June 2005
Channel 4 Cinema, 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX
Digital Drama – One day Workshop
Channel 4 Cinema 22 June 10.00am
‘Digital’ and ‘Africa’ are, for those outside the continent, a surprising pairing. This day of dynamic film-making, young talent and the most creative of television and film practitioners and commissioners celebrate the amazing energy young Africans have brought to drama by embracing digital technology and explores what young UK creatives can learn from their dynamic approach to a key TV form.
Africa at the Pictures has invited the producers and film directors of both the Bombshelter (Yizo Yizo) and Dv8 (Max and Mona, Forgiveness) to participate in this one day workshop which will include several screenings and discussions at selected venues in London.
The series Yizo Yizo, produced by the Bomb Shelter, has become a cult brand for South African Youth. Yizo Yizo has achieved record-breaking audiences and sparked intense debate nationally and in parliament. Each episode covers subjects like xenophobia, murder, unemployment, corruption, drugs, serious issues that the creators of Yizo Yizo wanted to contextualise for viewers with the power of music, laughter, friendship and glamour to match the gritty authenticity. Street language made it into the family lounge and gave generations an insight to a shared vocabulary with which to describe their reality. An opportunity for independent filmmakers and others to participate in discussions about how digital technology is providing African filmmakers the freedom to invent and allowing the space for creating and telling stories that are in synch with their realities.
Dv8 was formed out of the desire to develop, produce, market and distribute African feature films, not only throughout Africa but also throughout the world.
Dv8 is the first digital feature project of its kind in South Africa, with a an all encompassing finance, production, local and international broadcast, theatrical release and ancillary distribution and marketing model that is set to become the standard for the growth and development of the South African feature film industry.
The Dv8 model of production has a strong emphasis on script development and training. The training programme aims to strengthen the existing skills base in script development and production of feature films. It will allow key creative and technical personnel to build confidence and enhance their existing skills.
With several projects currently in development, The producers of Dv8 have delivered a number of feature films which include the award winning Max and Mona (Oumaru Ganda Prize FESPACO 2005) and Forgiveness (screened at Toronto and Locarno Film Festivals).
Channel 4 Television 124 Horseferry Road London SW1P 2TX
William Kentridge
Barbican June 2005
An animation programme by the South African artist William Kentridge. This program is a projection of 9 films with a live performance by the Sontonga Quartet with Jill Richards on piano,Adam Howard on trumpet and singing by Tumelo Moloi. William Kentridge is a South African artist whose work tracks a personal route across the fraught legacy of apartheid and colonialism through an innovative use of charcoal drawing, prints, collages, stop-animation, film and theater. Kentridge see his work as rooted in Johannesburg - the city in which he was born and continues to work today.
Barbican Cinema Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Box Office 020 7638 8891
Horace Ove
Barbican 7- 15 June 2005
A film season and photographs by Trinidad born film-maker Horace Ove will be on display in the foyer of Cinema 1 at the Barbican from 30 June – 15 July 2005 .Horace Ove is internationally known as one of the leading black independent film-makers to emerge in Britain since the post-war period. He uses his skills as a film-maker, painter and writer to construct images or key moments of the black community in Britain since the war. The Film Season will start on Thurs 30 June, with a screening of Pressure, followed by a Screen Talk in Cinema 1. A series of Horace Ove films will then be shown on Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 July 2005 in Cinema 1.
Barbican Cinema Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Box Office 020 7638 8891
Souleymane Cisse
Barbican August 2005
One of Africa’s leading directors, Cissé has crafted a body of films that combine visual elegance with Marxist ideology and allegorical storytelling. Born in 1940, Cissé began his film career as a projectionist and photographer in Mali. After studying cinema in the Soviet Union for seven years, he returned to Mali, where he cut his teeth making newsreels and documentaries. His first fiction film, Cinq Jours d’une vie (Five Days in a Life, 1972), launched his career and gained critical attention for the burgeoning African film movement. Three years later, Cissé directed the first feature film in his native language of Bambara, The Girl, only to have the film banned by authorities. His masterpiece, hailed by Film Comment as “the best African film ever made,� would come a decade and a half later with Yeelen (Brightness, 1987). Drawing on traditional indigenous lifestyles and Malian folklore, Cissé attempts to explore conflicts in Mali society, particularly the conflicts that emerge between the desire for change and the need to preserve tradition.
Barbican Cinema Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Box Office 020 7638 8891
Nollywood in London + Three films by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Peckham Multiplex 15 -17 September 2005
In the last few years there has been a measured increase in the production on Nigerian home videos which have quietly entered international markets through the African immigrant population in the West as well as through some international film festivals in Berlin, Rotterdam, New York and London. With a conservative estimate of some 600 titles released each year and with an annual revenue of around £ 40 million, the world is beginning to pay attention.
Africa at the Pictures is creating a special focus on the Nigerian Home Video industry by inviting the directors, producers and ‘marketeers’ of this most interesting development in the African audio visual industries. The workshop will look at how this industry has been developed modelled, how the local star system operates, how subjects, and stories are picked and put on the screen. The workshop will be complemented by a week long screenings of a selection of the most popular genres at the Peckham Multiplex Cinemas in London during the month of September
Panellists:
Dr Don Pedro Obaseki( Producer/Director)
Charles Nova (Producer)
Peace Anyiam-osigwe (Producer)
Jeta Amata (Actor/Director)
Fidelis Duker Abuja International Film Festival
Tunde Kelani (Director/Producer)
Three films by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Idrissa Ouedraogo studied film at the 'Institut Africaine d'Études Cinématographiques' in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. His short film Poko (1981) won the critics' award of FESPACO. After further studies in Moscow and Paris, he gained a diploma in cinematography at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1989 he won the critics' award in Cannes for Yaaba in 1990 the Golden Palm in Cannes for Tilai, and in 1993 the Silver Bear in Berlin for Samba Traore. His great popular success Kini & Adams was nominated in 1997 for the Golden Palm in Cannes. In 'Afrique, mon Afrique...' (1995) and Scenarios from the Sahel (2000) he focused on the spread of Aids in Africa.
Yam Daabo
The actors are Ouedraogo’s family, the crew and friends. Although the film was mainly improvised, the non –professional actors splendidly reflect the characters’ emotions. The sparse dialogue translates Ouedraogo’s inclination to speak a universal language in images. Yam Daabo was the discovery of Critics’ Week at Cannes in 1987.
Yaaba
A film which reminds us of Ray’s Panther Panchali; it is a take about a friendship between Bila, a 12 year old boy and Sana an outcast old woman. While the whole village considers Sana a witch and blames her for every accident and illness, Bila calls her Yaaba, grandmother in Moore language. Beautifully shot, wityh a formidable ensemble performances, the closing scene will leave you stunned.
Dir Idrissa Ouedraogo with Fatimata Sanga, Noufu Ouedraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouedraogo Burkina Faso/ 1987 Plus Poko (Pourqui) 1981 total running time 101 mins.
Tilai
Saga returns to his village after a long absence to learn that his fiancé Nogma has now become his father’s second wife. However his love cannot be superseded by the respect he owes his new mother. Nogma stills loves Saga, and together they dare to rebel against the rituals. Tilai is the law, which guarantees the stability of the village. The reconciliation between respect for tradition and the need to develop to the full in society is at the heart of this poignant drama. The sparse and sublime score is by the South African Abdullah Ibrahim.
Peckham Multiplex, 95a Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4ST
Further Information:
Keith Shiri
Director, Africa at the Pictures
27 Mansell Road London W3 7QH
F 020 8749 0154
or 020 8749 0004
M 0778 666 3091
kshiri@boltblue.com
or keithshiri@hotmail.com
Previous event:
Africa at the Pictures 2004
Interview with directors, 2004
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