Drum African Cinema http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema EssentialAfrica Drum African Cinema en 60 Burundi: Make a film in Africa this summer! http://www.burundifilmcenter.org/festival/kino.html The Burundi Film Center is looking for filmmakers to participate in the first-ever Kino Kabaret in East Africa. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#10380 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:38:29 +0200 Egypt: Arab films and directors in the Cannes Film Festival http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/41604/Arts--Culture/Film/Arab-films-and-directors-in-the-Cannes-Film-Festiv.aspx On the eve of the film industry's most important and prestigious festival, Ahram Online considers the presence of Arab films throughout the history of the festival http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#10287 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:04 +0200 South Africa wins 9 awards at at AMA Awards 2012, Lagos Nigeria http://www.mediasourceafrica.com/index.php?command=view&category=forum_message&id=222 AMAA received 328 entries from across Africa, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#9984 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:54:16 +0200 EA films to make money using Internet, DVDs http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/EA+films+to+make+money+using+Internet++DVDs+/-/434746/1305906/-/50qhnuz/-/ Film makers in the region who converged in Kampala for the 8th Annual Congress on East African Cinema... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#8617 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:41:08 +0100 Film reveals Paris crackdown of 1961 Algeria protest http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE7BF23A20111216 When Yasmina Adi got access to archives documenting the 1961 repression of Algerian protesters in Paris, she was shocked to uncover a trove of material relating to gaps in the story of one of the most contested events in recent French history. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#8146 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:50:04 +0100 Zambia: New film: "When China met Africa" What the future looks like http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/11/new-film-when-china-met-africa?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/whatthefuturelookslike “When China met Africa” follows three men in Zambia, who help to illustrate the Afro-Sino relationship... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#7517 Tue, 8 Nov 2011 14:13:16 +0100 South Africa produces more pix aimed at global auds http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041245?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews At the July Durban film festival, the mood was upbeat among the local filmmakers and biz players, who are in the midst of a production boom that's not only led to higher-quality regional pics but has also attracted bigger-budget foreign shoots. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#5486 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:40:09 +0200 Cameroonian Filmmaker Unpeels Banana Inequalities http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Cameroonian-Filmmaker-Unpeels-Banana-Inequalities-127646798.html Disputed land rights, food insecurity and pollution caused by large-scale export-based agriculture are main themes of a Cameroonian-made movie currently being shown in the United States. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#5429 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:45:56 +0200 Burundi plans TRC panel for 2012 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Burundi-plans-TRC-panel-for-2012-20110727 Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday announced that a much-delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission to probe decades of ethnic killings would be set up in early 2012. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#5055 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:43:35 +0200 South Africa: Film buzz hits Durbs http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2011/07/21/film-buzz-hits-durbs The Durban International Film Festival, the oldest and largest of its kind in Africa, has began, a far cry from its birth in 1979 by film buffs Ros and Teddy Sarkin. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4871 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:05:52 +0200 Mokolo African Online Platform for film and TV introduced http://www.screenafrica.com/page/news/industry/952405-Mokolo-African-Online-Platform-introduced Mokolo is a partnership between organisations and independent practitioners aimed at strengthening the African film and TV industries http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4789 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:58:31 +0200 Nigeria: 'In Short' Film Festival Call for Entries http://www.in-short.org/ The International Film and Broadcast Academy, in partnership with Goethe-Institut Nigeria is organizing IN-SHORT 2011, the international short film festival with a difference! It takes place from 13 – 15 October 2011 in Lagos and will be screening international short films from different genres with a strong focus on Nigerian ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4731 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:21:30 +0200 South Africa: Attracting filmmakers from Africa http://www.thenewage.co.za/23069-1010-53-Attracting_filmmakers_from_Africa The fourth Talent Campus begins next Friday at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (Diff). Nearly 50 filmmakers representing 16 African countries – Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zimbabwe – will converge on Durban to take ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4631 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:49:26 +0200 "No God" film angers Tunisian Islamists http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7650F320110706 Six months after Tunisia's uprising, religious tension is rising over the limits of freedom of expression, as Islamists challenge the dominance of liberals in what was once a citadel of Arab secularism. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4367 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:36:45 +0200 Four Film Lions for South Africa http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/111/60999.html South Africa converted four of its five shortlisted entries into Film Lions on Saturday night, 25 June 2011, at the final Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity awards ceremony for Film, Film Craft, Creative Effectiveness and Titanium and Integrated Lions. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4049 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:11:28 +0200 Zanzibar: Winners Announced at Annual ZIFF Awards Ceremony http://www.ziff.or.tz/news/winners-announced-annual-ziff-awards-ceremony The Jury of the 14th Annual Zanzibar International Film Festival have announced the winners in all competitive categories at the Annual Awards Ceremony at The Old Fort in Stonetown. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-african-cinema#4010 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:39:16 +0200