FESPACO 1997

Festival Panafricain Du Cinema
Et De La Television De Ouagadougou

CAMP filmed the following small collection of materials concerning the 1997 FESPACO film festival held in Burkina Faso. The materials are grouped in five categories:

• A. FESPACO - Information about festival
• B. Information on specific films
• C. Information on other festivals
• D. Information on other organizations
• E. Information from other publications

A. FESPACO - Information about the festival:

• A.1. 15e FESPACO (22 Fevrier-01 Mars 1997). Catalogue Officiel '97. Includes details of organization and judging of the festival, as well as descriptions of the films under each category.
• A.2. FESPACO Newsletter, No. 00 (Feb. 18, 1997)-No. 09 (Mar. 2, 1997). (Title changes to FESPACO News on Feb. 25.) Daily newsletter for the festival covering events and programs.
• A.3. Prix Cooperation francaise pour la production audiovisuelle: FESPACO 1997. Brochure describing the award for French-speaking directors from Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean for creating artistic works which contribute to a cultural identity.
• A.4. Communique - Announcement of the winner of the Prix Cooperation francaise pour la production audiovisuelle for 1997.
• A.5. Le Cooperation francaise pour le cinema. Brochure describing further the support of African cinema by the Ministere de la Cooperation, France.
• A.6. FESPACO 97 : XVeme edition. Programme officiel = official program. Brochure for attendees containing conference location, schedules, etc.
• A.7. Bienvenue au FESPACO '97 : programme des navettes. Description and schedule for shuttle service during festival.
• A.8. FESPACO '97. Small booklet distributed to attendees, with conference information and calendar for recording one's own schedule.
• A.9. Hopes on the horizon : Multimedia Africa Project. Another calendar for festival attendees put out by two organizations, Espoirs a l'horizon and Projet Multimedia Afrique.
• A.10. FESPACO '97 : Plan de Ouagadougou centre-ville. Brochure for attendees containing map of central city.
• A.11. MICA : 8e Marche International de la TV et du Cinema Africains. MICA is a marketplace where many of the films and television programs can be viewed. This packet of individual sheets contains information about MICA, lists of films and programs arranged by country and information sheets on individual films and programs.

B. Information on specific films:

• B.1. Bala! Handout on film by Taale Laafi Rosellini.
• B.2. A Bamako, les femmes sont belles ... Handout for film by Christiane Succab Goldman.
• B.3. Le damier. Postcard advertising film by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda.
• B.4. The decolonized eye : six films from Africa and the Caribbean. Pamphlet describing: Guimba the tyrant (dir: Cheick Oumar Sissoko); Frantz Fanon : black skin, white mask (dir: Isaac Julien); Rouch in reverse (dir: Manthia Diawara); Le grand blanc (dir: Bassek ba Kobhio); Aime Cesaire: une voix pour l'histoire (dir: Euzhan Palcy); Le bouillon d'Awara (dir: Cesar Paes)
• B.5. Donka : radioscopie d'un hopital Africain. Brochure describing documentary by Thierry Michel.
• B.6. Embalmer News release on film by Howard University professor, S. Torriano Berry.
• B.7. A son of Africa. BBC press release on film issued as part of a series, Hidden Empire.
• B.8. The keeper. Postcard advertising film by African American director, Joe Brewster.
• B.9. The road taken. Handout describing documentary on Blacks serving as porters on Canadian railways.
• B.10. Tumult. Handout describing film by Yemane I. Demissie.
• B.11. Village square: the wedding. Handout advertising film by Cecil Moller.

C. Information on other festivals:

• C.1. The Contemporary African Diaspora Film Festival. Handout describing the New York festival and its sponsoring agency, ArtMattan Productions.
• C.2. Festival International du Court Metrage d'Abidjan = Abidjan International Short Subject Video and Film Festival. Brochure describing festival scheduled for Dec. 9-12, 1998.
• C.3. Lucas 97 : Internationales Kinder- und Jugendfilmfestival. Brochure advertising festival held Sept. 23-28, 1997 in Frankfort.
• C.4. New York African Film Festival Inc. Handout describing the New York festival scheduled for April/May 1998.
• C.5. Southern African International Film & Television Market. Handout advertising the next festival, held Nov. 4-7, 1997.

D. Information on other organizations:

• D.1. Africa Journal (Reuters Television) Pamphlet describing first pan-African news and current affairs program.
• D.2. Afro-Vision : the daily exchange of news items among the National Television Stations of Africa. (Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa - U.R.T.N.A.) Pamphlet describing Afro-Vision network.
• D.3. Alwan Communications Limited. List of productions / films from Africa by ... List of films available from Kenyan company.
• D.4. amvideos - postcard giving email address, mail address, phone and fax nos. for African American video catalog.
• D.5. CESPA (Centre du Services de Production Audiovisuelle) Pamphlet describing CESPA, a branch of Ministere de Culture et de la Communication, Republique de Mali.
• D.6. InterCom Afrique Television. Pamphlet describing ICA-TV, a network service available to African broadcasters.
• D.7. Kenya National Film and Television Association. Pamphlet describing KNFTA. Includes list of members.
• D.8. MostraRio : Imagens Africanas. Brochure describing films from Brazil.
• D.9. Sambaza Productions : African Media Concepts. Catalog from Kenyan video production company.
• D.10. SONACIB (Societe Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution Cinematographiques du Burkina) Pamphlet describing the Societe.
• D.11. SONACIB Small poster advertising SONACIB and Consortium Cinematographie Ivoirien de Films.
• D.12. Universal Media Exchange. Call to Producers. Single sheet advertising UME's distribution services.
• D.13. Universal Media Exchange. Brochure describing distribution company.
• D.14. URTNA-PEC : at MICA/FESPACO '97 = CEP-URTNA : au MICA-FESPACO '97. Catalog of television programs distributed by URTNA-PEC, a Kenyan organization. The catalog is arranged by the country of production.

E. Information from other publications:

• E.1. Ethiopian Herald. July 28, 1995. Photocopy of article on director Solomon Bekele Weya.
• E.2. Sound and vision are performing wonders in Namibia. Pamphlet issued by NBC concerning their coverage of the Namibian marketplace and their value to advertisers.
• E.3. Zimbabwe film bulletin. Nov./Dec. 1996. Photocopy of special edition issue concerning the South African International Film and TV Market.

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