Helmut Groschup, for Isola Cinema

African filmmaking is too often equated with film production from Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso. It is true, of course, that these countries have produced many excellent directors, such as Djibril Diop Mambéty from Dakar, Bamako’s Souleyman Cissé and Idrissa Ouédraogo from Ouagadougou. Yet the cinema of these countries is largely influenced by the traditions of their colonial past. Besides being critical, it also reflects a conformity which is the inevitable result of economic restrictions. Being involved in filmmaking means, first and foremost, complying with the dictates of the market and with production demands.
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Stout boys and girls from the volunteering brigade and their friends from the happy dv workshop have certainly had their hands full yesterday. The festival camp - Shrimp was finally conceived! But this is not the only victory of the day for the Shrimp got company - a brand new festival Fish. To see more photos of yesterday, click here. » read more