Fespaco bounces back
Two young Burkinabe girls stand 25 February 2007 in front of a cinema theatre in Ouagadougou displaying films competing in the 2007 Fespaco. Africa's biggest film festival returns in February in the capital of Burkina Faso hoping to revive the continent's ailing cinema industry. Photo | FILE | AFRICA REVIEW |
Dated Wednesday, January 19 2011 at 14:40
This is the 22nd Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.Fespaco is considered as one of the biggest film events on the African continent. This biennial event brings together all the uneven years and for one week, African and not – African professionals and festival – goers from all over the world sharing one common factor: the African film and African Diaspora.
During this great film manifest, various film competitions are organized and professionals of the seventh art demonstrate their expertise and excellence to put the African cinema on the international stage. It is both a cultural event, through art and cultural expression, as a festive event with thousands of festival – goers who meet together every two years to communicate, to build relationships, to exchange expertise and to reinvent themselves.
Source: www.artmatters.info
Dates: February 26-March 5, 2011
Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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