ZIFF and Arterial Network, supported by the British Council, will launch the Festival Forum Conference tomorrow for the first time at ZIFF.
The Festival Forum is a 2 day long conference with over 40 festival directors attending. The conference will consist of presentations and panels from key speakers such as David Slocum, Faculty Director of the EMBA programme at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Teresa Hall from the British Council and Mulenga Kapwepwe from Arterial Network.
The topic this year is the place of African festivals within the development of African cinema and an exploration of how festivals can have areach further with development, promotion and distribution
For more information about Arterial Network http://www.arterialnetwork.org/
For more information about the British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/
For more information about Cinetoile http://www.cinetoile.ch/
Films tomorrow
SOUL BOY - 16th July House of Wonders – 9am
SOUL BOY is set in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera is a chaotic slum-city built out of temporary housing and is infamous for its high level of squalor. Children have to grow up quickly here as they learn to fend for themselves. Suspicion and fear still lingers as the Luo and Kikuyu communities recover from the 2007/2008 post election violence which saw neighbour turn on neighbour. Despite all of this the cohesion and the dignity of the people who live here is remarkable. Alongside the day to day tension, the social environment is dominated by a universal solidarity and common desire to maintain a working community.
Other films to watch out for....
Pumzi - 17:20-17:45, 16th July, Africa House and 19:15-19:50 in the Old Fort
8 Women - 13:30-13:340, 16th July, House of Wonders
From Selma to Soweto - 12:35-14:10, 16th July, Africa House
Music
Body, Mind and Soul
16th July, Mambo Club, 17:30
Body, Mind & Soul is a seven piece band from Northern Malawi which started in 2005 as souls of the Ghetto playing Reggae music only. They have since created their own style of music called Voodjazz, which is a mixture of jazz, reggae and African elements.
Winners of the musiccrossroads Interregional fest, they now play all over Africa and are an international sensation, having toured several countries including Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Croatia, Holland, Austria, German and U.K.
Dully Sykes
16th July, Mambo Club, 22:00
Also known as Mr Misifa or Mr Chicks, Dully Sykes is widely acclaimed as a pioneering Swahili dancehall artist. Known for tracks such as ‘Julieta’,
‘Salome’, ‘Historia ya Kweli’ and ‘Leah’, his fame grew as he wrote about his real life experiences. With the song ‘Handsome’ and an album by the same
name, he became one of the biggest names in young urban music in Tanzania. By his third album, he proved that he is not only an artist but a fullyfledged
musician by mixing different music styles showing his versatility without compromising.
The Festival Forum is a 2 day long conference with over 40 festival directors attending. The conference will consist of presentations and panels from key speakers such as David Slocum, Faculty Director of the EMBA programme at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Teresa Hall from the British Council and Mulenga Kapwepwe from Arterial Network.
The topic this year is the place of African festivals within the development of African cinema and an exploration of how festivals can have areach further with development, promotion and distribution
For more information about Arterial Network http://www.arterialnetwork.org/
For more information about the British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/
For more information about Cinetoile http://www.cinetoile.ch/
Films tomorrow
SOUL BOY - 16th July House of Wonders – 9am
SOUL BOY is set in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the African continent, in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera is a chaotic slum-city built out of temporary housing and is infamous for its high level of squalor. Children have to grow up quickly here as they learn to fend for themselves. Suspicion and fear still lingers as the Luo and Kikuyu communities recover from the 2007/2008 post election violence which saw neighbour turn on neighbour. Despite all of this the cohesion and the dignity of the people who live here is remarkable. Alongside the day to day tension, the social environment is dominated by a universal solidarity and common desire to maintain a working community.
Other films to watch out for....
Pumzi - 17:20-17:45, 16th July, Africa House and 19:15-19:50 in the Old Fort
8 Women - 13:30-13:340, 16th July, House of Wonders
From Selma to Soweto - 12:35-14:10, 16th July, Africa House
Music
Body, Mind and Soul
16th July, Mambo Club, 17:30
Body, Mind & Soul is a seven piece band from Northern Malawi which started in 2005 as souls of the Ghetto playing Reggae music only. They have since created their own style of music called Voodjazz, which is a mixture of jazz, reggae and African elements.
Winners of the musiccrossroads Interregional fest, they now play all over Africa and are an international sensation, having toured several countries including Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Croatia, Holland, Austria, German and U.K.
Dully Sykes
16th July, Mambo Club, 22:00
Also known as Mr Misifa or Mr Chicks, Dully Sykes is widely acclaimed as a pioneering Swahili dancehall artist. Known for tracks such as ‘Julieta’,
‘Salome’, ‘Historia ya Kweli’ and ‘Leah’, his fame grew as he wrote about his real life experiences. With the song ‘Handsome’ and an album by the same
name, he became one of the biggest names in young urban music in Tanzania. By his third album, he proved that he is not only an artist but a fullyfledged
musician by mixing different music styles showing his versatility without compromising.
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