FESTIVALS

FESPACO
Biannual African Film Festival, held in Burkina Faso.
February 26 - March 5, 2005

Vues d'Afrique
Annual African & Creole film festival, held in Montreal, Quebec.
April 16 - 24, 2004

New York African Film Festival
April 3 - 15 and 23 - 25, 2004

Milan Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema
March 22 - 28, 2004

Marrakech International Film Festival
October 2004

Seattle Arab & Iranian Film Festival
February 6 - 12, 2004

San Francisco International Film Festival
April 15 - 29, 2004

Brown University French Film Festival
February 26 - March 7, 2004

Ivy Film Festival (Brown)

April 8-11, 2004

Newport International Film Festival
June 8 - 13, 2004

Festival International Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier
October 22 - 31, 2004

African Diaspora Film Festival
April 1 - 4, 2004

AfroCinema, The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
AfroCinema is a film series dedicated to the multi-dimensional presentation of works by black film & video artists. Each month features a collection of films and/or videos on specific themes. 2166 NW Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; Miami, FL 33147. (305) 638-6771ph /(305) 638-6783 fax

DATABASES ON AFRICAN CINEMA


LITERATURE & CULTURE OF FRANCOPHONE AFRICA & THE DIASPORA

Brown University's bilingual site features selected Internet resources on primarily Francophone African & Diasporic cultural expression. Users can access annotated descriptions of web sites dedicated to literature, theater, music, dance, the visual arts & cinema.

AFRICAN CINEMA : A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brown University's bibliography on African Cinema was prepared by Meadow Dibble-Dieng (French Studies) with the assistance of Linda Liu (English Department) as a research guide for Philip Rosen's course on African cinema.

AFRICULTURES : FILMS
Africulture's database on African Cinema. Articles on hundreds of films.

TV5 : LES CINEMAS D'AFRIQUE
Hundreds of descriptions of African filmmakers and their films.

CONTEMPORARY AFRICA DATABASE
Contemporary Africa Database is a continuously growing, participatory online project, designed to provide easily accessible and current information concerning prominent Africans, African organisations, and dates in the African calendar.

INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE

JOURNALS ON AFRICAN CINEMA


AFRICULTURES : CINEMA

 

DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES


California Newsreel: The Library of African Cinema

Films from Africa made by Africans offer restorative images and a new film language. 71

Cine3Mondes
African films available on VHS, DVD and 35mm.

ArtMattan Productions
Distributes films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe, shown during their annual African Diaspora Film Festival in New York.


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