Africa's largest film festival kicks off in Burkina Faso amid both the Covid-19 pandemic and a growing conflict in the West African nation
Around 282 film have been selected to compete, some of which have already been shown at places like Cannes and the Toronto Film Festival.
Alex Moussa Sawadogo, head of the Pan-African Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou said organisers wanted to go ahead with the event known by its French acronym, FESPACO in spite of the challenges to show Burkina Faso can still “inspire imagination through cinema.” Out of nearly 1,200 films submitted, 282 have been selected to compete, some of which have already been shown at places like Cannes and the Toronto Film Festival.Boubakar Diallo, a film director and two-time FESPACO winner, will debut his comedy, “The 3 Lascars”, about three friends going on a trip with their mistresses.
“Culture builds the ground for development. It is crucial for living together in peace,” said Alexander Widmer, head of governance at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Burkina Faso, which co-funds the film festival.
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