Television Festivals - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Festpanafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo Ival de Television de Monte-Carlo (Paperback)

Chapters: Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo, Edinburgh International Television Festival, Banff World Television Festival, Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Discop, New York Television Festival, Celtic Media Festival. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinema et de la television de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The festival is the biggest regular cultural event on the African continent and it mostly focuses on the African film and African filmmakers. FESPACO starts two weeks after the last Saturday of February with the opening night in the Stade du 4-Aout, which is the national stadium. It is hugely successful. The festival is for African film industry professionals offering them the chance to establish working relationships, exchange ideas and to promote their work. FESPACO's stated aim is to "contribute to the expansion and development of African cinema as means of expression, education and awareness-raising." Since FESPACO's founding, the festival has attracted visitors from across the continent and beyond. Created in 1969, the Pan-African film and television festival of Ouagadougou has evolved into an internationally recognized and respected event in not only the African continent but in the world at large. Alimata Salambere, the cultural minister of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 1991 was one of the founders of FESPACO. At its third edition in 1972, the name of the festival became FESPACO (Festival Pan-Africain du Cinema et de la Television de Ouagadougou). FESPACO became an institution by governmental decree on...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=183066