My reverie for FESPACO is twofold: the sight and sound of an African country shut down for eight days in the name of film, and the need for Nigeria to understand, get acquainted and play along the ...
Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s investigative thriller Ashkal has won the top prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). The festival, which ran from February 25 ...
“The Mercy of the Jungle”, directed by Rwandan filmmaker Joel Karekezi won the highest award at the the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) on Saturday in Burkina Faso.
Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond that to also ...
Aggrieved with the age-long politics of Pan African Film Festival otherwise called FESPACO, Nigerian filmmakers have mooted the idea of boycott, especially because of what they consider as a ...
BBC Afrique will be live in Ouagadougou everyday with Le Journal Du Fespaco, a special edition of news dedicated to Fespaco in BBC Soir, the 1800 GMT transmission. This special edition will be ...
Nollywood film lovers at Fespaco, Africa's film festival under way in Burkina Faso, have been bemoaning the absence of Nigerian films from the big screen. Ezra is the only Nigerian film being shown at ...