Shooting stars
6 african movies under the Liberian Sky
The next French-speaking Communities festival (Francophony Day) will be the opportunity to launch a serie of 6 screenings of award winning films of Fespaco, the largest African film festival, held biannually in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Since 1969, FESPACO has been focusing on African films and filmmakers to promote continental cinema and "contribute to its expansion and development as mean of expression, education and awareness-raising".
Following this initiative, T.I.M has selected some masterpieces awarded at the Film Festival to offer to Liberian the opportunity to see movies from neighboring countries: Ivory Coast, Niger, South Africa, Cameroun, Mali, Mauritania, etc.
Each film will take us to an incredible journey through the diversity of African experience and sensibilities, offering varied perspectives, inventive story-stelling and throught-provoking debate. Each movie will show us the Africa’s face of cultural diversity. Talking about challenges faced by African society, the painful workings of history, imaginary world or love stories, etc., will we savour the contrasting of African cultures and be moved by the situations and characters portrayed. In addition, a roundtable discussion witnessed by special guest will be proposed.
This project is organized in partnership with the French Embassy. Each screening is implemented in different venues with local partners.
All movies have English Subtitles
Summary 1rst screening
Date: April 3, 2009
Venue: Monrovia City Hall
Time: 7 PM
Free entrance
More information:
thisismonrovia@hotmail.com
Cell : 06 66 93 47 (Aude Urcun-Pichet)
Cell : 06 30 57 51 (Magali Miniac)
Fespaco website: http://www.fespaco.bf/
France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/
