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40th anniversary of FESPACO
Sat 6 Dec 2008, 13:58

  Moolaade (One of Sembene's greatest films) The 40th anniversary of FESPACO, the biennial Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou, which takes place from 28 February to 7 March 2009 in Burkina Faso, is calling for entries. The official competition is exclusively reserved for African and Dias...

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Tsotsi is the end of the South African film wave?
Sat 31 May 2008, 09:49

  During 2006 South Africa won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Tsotsi . Gavin Hood’s multi-award winning drama about a township gangster has been the climax of the South African New Wave that started in 2004 and to date resulted in more than 40 international awards for local features, docum...

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Lifetime Achievement Award at Cape Winelands Film Festival for Ousmane Sembene
Sat 3 May 2008, 09:55

  The late Ousmane Sembene, one of the greatest African filmmakers, was honoured at the Cape Winelands Film Festival. The festival included a tribute to the brilliant filmmaker. M-Net's Lifetime Achievement Award was also given to Sembene. Mr A Seck, a representative from the Senegalese Filmmakers' ...

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Personal highlights at the Cape Winelands Film Festival
Sun 13 Apr 2008, 10:42

The Cape Winelands film festival starts next Friday.   Full details are available on www.films-for-africa.co.za Here are my personal highlights at the festival: 1. CRIES AND WHISPERS (Ingmar Bergman) 2. TIME TO LEAVE (Francois Ozon) 3. THE BUBBLE (Eytan Fox) 4. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman) 5...