Film festival in Cameroon celebrates local movies boosted by Netflix

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Cameroonian filmmakers and actors gather in the western town of Buea for a film festival that features two local productions bought by Netflix 🎬 🎥 🇨🇲

Cameroon's two western Anglophone regions have been gripped by fighting since 2017 as the rebels try to break away from the predominantly Francophone government.A fragile calm has reigned in Buea during the festival, which runs from Monday to Saturday. The 400-seat cinema where the films were screened was filled to capacity on opening night. Hardly anyone came in 2018 for fear of violence.

"We asked separatists in the bush not to disturb us. We explained to them that we are not politicians, we are filmmakers," said Billy Bob Ndive Lifongo, vice president of the festival.Most films made in Cameroon are made in the Anglophone regions, which is also known as the country's tech and start-up hub.

Some filmmakers have been jailed during the conflict because of their opinions, said cinematographer Rene Etta, who worked on Fisherman's Diary and Therapy, the other film bought by Netflix."We can now comfortably tell our children, 'If you like cinematography, you want to make films, go ahead and do it,' because there is a future. There is a possibility you can make a living out of it.

 

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