Welcome to the 2nd Helsinki African Film Festival Following the success of the first HAFF, we are delighted to welcome you to yet another program of entertaining and thought-provoking films from Africa! This year’s festival theme is Women’s Voices and Visions, focusing on African women as directors, producers or leading actors. The program is diverse… Read more »
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Nigeria's Nollywood eclipsing Hollywood in Africa
“As cinemas close across Africa, homegrown blockbusters are actually eclipsing Hollywood on the African market as for the first time in 13 years an African feature competes for the top award at Cannes.” The Independent (UK) 05/16/10 Click here to read the entire article
Thanks for a great symposium!
The Black Film Center/Archive would like to thank everyone who took part in our week-long symposium From the Postcolonial to the Global Postmodern? African and Caribbean Francophone Filmmakers and Scholars in Conversation. The event proved to be very engaging and thought-provoking, and we hope those who participated were able to learn something new, contribute to… Read more »