Khartoum 11-18-2022 (SUNA) – The African Cinema Days demonstration will conclude its activities today at the Omdurman Cultural Center. The closing ceremony will witness a screening of the Sudanese film (Talking About Trees) directed by Suhaib Gasm Al-Bari, who won the Grand Prize for the Long Documentary Film and the Audience Award at the 69th session of the Berlin Festival. And many regional and international awards.
The film is considered one of the films classified among the twenty best films of 2019, and the events included a number of discussions and seminars on Wednesday, the sixteenth of November, the last seminars of the African Cinema Days demonstration, where Professor and director Ibrahim Shaddad presented a paper entitled (Comparative notes between East and West cinema). Africa) in which he deals with the historical phenomena that contributed to the development of cinema in West African countries such as Senegal and Nigeria, and compares it with cinema in Ethiopia, Somalia and other East African countries, explaining the impact of colonial cultural policies on cinematic production.
The dialogue was moderated by Mr. Ibrahim Khaled, and the paper was discussed by Mr. Suleiman Ibrahim, commenting on some technical comparisons between directors and cinematic works in East and West Africa. Within the Neighbors Cinema seminars, Ms. Nada Hafeez presented, on Monday, the fourteenth of November, a paper entitled (A Look at Women and Cinema in East Africa) and indicated that women and cinema are rarely discussed, with the exception of some countries such as Kenya, which receive more spotlight. Female filmmakers have made great strides towards fame, and mentioned that financial support in Africa is the first problem facing female and male filmmakers, in addition to the historical male dominance in the field of cinema. With today’s presentation, this year’s activities have concluded after a week full of cinematic performances and seminars that were distributed in the three cities of the capital.
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