Galway African Film Festival
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Galway African Film Festival (GAFF) is an annual African film festival taking place in Galway on the westcoast of Ireland in late May / early June to coincide with Africa Day, an annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). It aims to showcase the wealth and diversity of African film that would otherwise be inaccessible to Galway audiences.
Secondly, the Festival aims to reflect and celebrate the culturally diverse profile of Galway society, the city with the highest percentage (2.8%) of people from African Counties Irish CSO 2006.
The Festival is organised by the Galway One World Centre in collaboration with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media and the Galway Film Society. Venues for screenings of films have included the Town Hall Theatre, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, and Nuns Island Theatre.
The Festival is supported by Irish Aid, Galway City Arts Office and the Galway Advertiser.
In 2008, the following films were shown:
In 2009, the film festival featured
2010:
2011:
Secondly, the Festival aims to reflect and celebrate the culturally diverse profile of Galway society, the city with the highest percentage (2.8%) of people from African Counties Irish CSO 2006.
The Festival is organised by the Galway One World Centre in collaboration with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media and the Galway Film Society. Venues for screenings of films have included the Town Hall Theatre, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, and Nuns Island Theatre.
The Festival is supported by Irish Aid, Galway City Arts Office and the Galway Advertiser.
Programme
The Festival includes all genres of African Cinema, including documentaries, children's films, shorts, classic and contemporaries. The films are normally not on general release within the Republic, thereby providing people in Ireland an opportunity to see the continent of Africa through a perspective that is different to Hollywood. Guests to the Festival have included Keith Shiri (Africa at the Pictures, London), Alex Ogou (Lead Actor, Clouds over Conakry), Tendeka Matatu (Producer, Jerusalema) and Andrew Webber (Editor, Mirror Boy). Films in 2010 included The Figurine Araromire (Nigeria), Mascarades (France/Algeria) and A Sting in a Tale (Ghana)., while in 2011, the festival included acclaimed movies Benda Bilili (Congo), Microphone (Egypt) and The Atlete (Ethiopia).History
The Galway African Film Festival was established in 2008 with funding from Irish Aid.In 2008, the following films were shown:
- Kirikou and the SorceressKirikou and the SorceressKirikou and the Sorceress is a 1998 Franco-Belgian animated film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn directly from West African folk tales, it tells of how a newborn boy saves his village by ridding them of the evil witch Karaba...
- Niger - Magic & Ecstasy in the Sahel
- Musical Brotherhoods from the trans-saharan highway
- BamakoBamakoBamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...
- Clouds over Conakry
- Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
- Waiting for HappinessWaiting for HappinessWaiting for Happiness is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. It premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.-Cast:*Khatra Ould Abder Kader as Khatra...
- Bunny ChowBunny chowBunny chow, often referred to as a Bunny is a South African fast food dish consisting of a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry, that originated in the Durban Indian community. Bunny chow is also called a kota in many parts of South Africa.-History:The bunny chow was created in Durban,...
- Africa Unite
In 2009, the film festival featured
- Kirikou and the Wild BeastsKirikou et les bêtes sauvagesis a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all English-speaking territories...
- Zanzibar Soccer Queens
- Return to Goree
- From a WhisperFrom a WhisperFrom a Whisper is a Kenyan drama film written and directed by African Movie Academy Award winner Wanuri Kahiu. The film received 12 nominations and won 5 awards at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009, including Best Picture, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and...
- JerusalemaJerusalemaGangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, originally titled Jerusalema, is a 2008 South African crime film written and directed by Ralph Ziman. The film was submitted to the Academy Awards to qualify as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not selected.-Production:Gangster's Paradise:...
2010:
- Bhovas & Sam
- The Legend of the Sky KingdomThe Legend of the Sky KingdomThe Legend of the Sky Kingdom is a 2003 animated feature film from Zimbabwe - the country's and Africa's first. It was based on a children's book of the same name by Phil Cunningham, who was also the film's producer. It premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in October 2003...
- Le Pèlerin de Camp NouLe Pèlerin de Camp Nou (film)Le Pèlerin de Camp Nou is a 2009 feature film produced in the north-central African country of Chad. A work of "no-budget" digital African cinema, it experienced international release at the Festival du Film PanAfricain in Cannes, France, in April 2009, and was featured at festivals in Montreal,...
(Captain Majid) - Mascarades
- The FigurineThe FigurineThe Figurine is a 2009 Nigerian thriller film written by Kemi Adesoye and produced & directed by Kunle Afolayan who also stars in the film as one of the main protagonists...
- For the Best and for the Onion
- Arugba
- A Sting in a Tale
2011:
- PumziPumzi-External links:* at Pumzithefilm.com* at SCI-CULTURA...
- Staff Benda Bilili!
- Satin Rouge
- Welcome Nelson
- Voices from Robben Island
- MicrophoneMicrophone (film)Microphone is a 2010 Egyptian independent film by Ahmad Abdalla about the underground art scene of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The film received Best Arabic-language film Award from Cairo International Film Festival and Tanit d'Or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage...
- WWW What a Wonderful World
- MirrorBoy
- Manuscripts of Timbuktu
- The Athlete / Atletu
- White WeddingWhite Wedding (film)White Wedding is a South African romantic comedy. It tells the story of a road trip adventure embarked by a groom and his best friend as they race across South Africa to attend a wedding....