Good Start For 2023 FESPACO The 28th edition of Festival of Pan African Cinema in Ouagadougou, otherwise called FESPACO, began yesterday with the official opening ceremony and screening of Bravo Burkina, a film by Nigerian born filmmaker Wale Oyejide. The festival, which runs till March 4, will have 15 feature films take part in the…
However, a total of 170 films will compete for honours in the 11 categories of the festival, including feature film fiction, short film, documentary, TV series, school films and animated films. With Cinema of Africa and culture of peace as theme, the selected films for this edition of FESPACO according to the general delegate of the festival, Alex Moussa Sawadogo illustrate the diversity and creativity of African professionals in the 7e art.
Already before entering the hall, there had been a standing ovation lasting several minutes. “We’re very pleased to see that the cinemas are at full capacity, that audiences are once again able to experience cinema together and that the festival is once again a place for exciting experiences, inspiring encounters and vivacious exchange,” commented the festival directors Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.