Yesterday at the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, many projects were presented in the 13th Cambridge African Film Festival to launch the Empowered Voices Year of the Humanitarian Centre, in collaboration with the French Society of Trinity College. The session included a series of presentations and short film screenings and a panel discussion.
Audiences at Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Cambridge, during the Short Films & Panel Discussion ‘Visions To Be Heard: Empowering Young Africans Through Film’. Photographer: Shameela Beeloo.
Panelists and local partners, from left to right: Matthew Procter (President of the French Society, Trinity College), Joshua MacNamara (SOAS, University of London), Dr Tatiana Thieme (Dept. Geography, University of Cambridge), Emily Brocklebank (Humanitarian Centre), Estrella Sendra (CAFF Director), Hugh James (Accountability Film School), Laurinda Luffman (Our Africa, SOS UK Children). Photographer: Shameela Beeloo.
FESTIVAL CONTINUES TODAY AT THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE WITH THE SCREENING OF SOUTH AFRICAN FICTION FILM FOUR CORNERS + Q&A WITH FILM DIRECTOR IAN GABRIEL, AT 6 PM
We are excited to be screening this fast-paced drama - South Africa’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Mainly in Afrikaans, the film is also heralded as the first feature in which some of the characters speak Sabela - the language of the Number prison gangs. The film weaves together several plot threads of people incarcerated the country’s infamous Pollsmoor prison, and living in the Cape Flats community of Manenburg. Featuring remarkable performances from non-actors and stunning cinematography, this highlight of the ‘South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour’ at CAFF is not to be missed.
Tickets can be bought online here.
Cambridge African Film Festival, in collaboration with the four other African film festivals in the UK - Film Africa in London, Afrika Eye in Bristol, Watch-Africa in Wales, and Africa in Motion in Scotland - are organising a UK-wide tour to take the best of South African cinema to locations across the UK from Oct 2014 to Feb 2015, in celebration of 20 years of democracy and freedom. The tour is supported by the British Film Institute’s Programming Development Fund, awarding funds from The National Lottery. The tour is organised as part of the South African Season in the United Kingdom 2014 & 2015. The SA-UK Seasons is a partnership between the Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa, and the British Council.
