Africa in Motion film festival continues its aim of bringingthe best of African cinema to Scottish audiences
Africa in Motion film festival continues its aim of bringing the best of African cinema to Scottish audiences.
Africa in Motion (AiM) is an African film festival taking place from 25 October - 4 November 2007 at the Edinburgh Filmhouse cinema and other local venues. Now only in its second year, Africa in Motion is now officially the biggest African film festival in the UK and the film festival programme consists of over 30 brilliant, diverse and thought-provoking African films from all over the continent – features, documentaries and shorts - from pioneering African filmmakers to young and emerging contemporary directors.
The main focus of AiM 2007 is a tribute to the late Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, one of the most important pioneers of African cinema. The Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade will be celebrated by a number of film screenings, and AiM will also have a spotlight on Ghana to mark 50 years of independence from Britain, with the screening of Kwaw Ansah's Heritage Africa (1989). The festival programme will have another special focus - the work of female African filmmakers from across the continent.Other classic masterpieces to be screened at AiM this year include feature films by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, Malian director Souleymane Cissé, and Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambety.
AiM will also showcase the latest gems of African cinema to Scottish audiences, with screenings of contemporary feature films such as Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritania, 2006) and Africa Paradis (Sylvestre Amoussou, Benin, 2006).
The Africa in Motion team feel very honoured that eight African filmmakers from across the continent will be in attendance during the AiM festival, to host their films, meet with their audiences and encourage live debate and discussion.
"The classic films in the AiM 2007 programme are amongst the greatest works of cinema produced anywhere in the world, and landmarks in African film history”, says film critic and AiM advisor Mark Cousins. “The essential films in the African movie canon are hardly ever programmed together in this way. Africa in Motion is a brilliant overview and a rare treat."
Visit http://jeuneafrique.neolane.net/r/?id=h2af802,1996b99,19abc56 for full programme details, ticket prices, background information on the festival, press information and film stills.
For all queries, contact: info@africa-in-motion.org.uk