The International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) has almost always selected a Diaspora project for its many yearly rounds, for as long as I've been following the initiative on this site. Most recently, last December, Donald Mugisha (Uganda) and Vincent Moloi (South Africa) were selected to receive grant money from the fund. And previously, Kenneth Gyang' (Nigeria) award-winning Confusion Na Wa, was was also an Hbf recipient, as was Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza's Jomo, and others. So I'm always anxious to see what new feature film I'll first learn about, whenever the Hbf (an initiative of the International Film Festival Rotterdam...
- 5/21/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In its 21st Edition, New York African Film Festival is a month long celebration of the continent's best of the best with staggering 40+ films slated in its lineup. They will be showing in three different cultural venues throughout the city. The festival presents a unique selection of contemporary and classic African films, running the gamut from features, shorts, and documentaries to animation and experimental films. At Film Society of Lincoln Center, in celebration of the centenary of Nigeria's independence, the series kicks off with Nollywood dark comedy Confusion Na Wa by Kenneth Gyang. Centerpiece film is the much-anticipated Half of a Yellow Sun, directed and adapted by Biyi Bandele and starring Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Anika Noni Rose. The sweeping 1986 epic Sarraounia...
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- 5/2/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (Coniff) ran this past month, from March 24-31, with 48 films from around the African continent. The festival screened several projects that S&A has covered, including Chika Anadu's B for Boy, Kenneth Gyang's Confusion Na Wa, Soussaba Cisse's Rumours of War, David Tosh Gitonga's Nairobi Half Life, and Judy Kibinge's Something Necessary. From Mali, Rumours of War (Ngunu Ngunu Kan), directed by Soussaba Cisse won the Best Feature Film Award, Best Cinematography and Original Soundtrack at the 2nd annual film festival. The jury praised Rumours for "capturing in a...
- 4/7/2014
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
The Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (Coniff) returns March 24-31 with 48 films from around the African continent. The festival will screen quite a few projects we've covered on this site, including Chika Anadu's B for Boy, Kenneth Gyang's Confusion Na Wa, Soussaba Cisse's Rumours of War, David Tosh Gitonga's Nairobi Half Life, and Judy Kibinge's Something Necessary. More from the press release below: "The festival provides an opportunity to showcase some of the latest films by African filmmakers in its competition sections and to introduce audiences also to older films that they may not have had the opportunity to see, out of competition, including...
- 3/24/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
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