The Centre for Film Studies is bringing the fifth annual Africa in Motion: Edinburgh African Film Festival, the UK’s largest African film festival to St Andrews on 27 and 28 November 2010. This event of St Andrews African Film Festival and Interdisciplinary Workshop, sponsored by Gradskills Innovation Grant and St Andrews Shuttle, is free to everyone interested in cinema and African culture.
27 Nov 2010
3:00-4:00 Talk ‘Introduction to African Cinema’ at School III, the quad
* Dr. Lizelle Bisschoff and Stefanie Van de Peer (organisers of Africa in Motion: Edinburgh African Film Festival)
4:00-5:30 Screening of Sex, Okra and Salted Butter at School III, the quad
* (Sexe, Gombo et Beurre Salé, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France, 2008)
* a comedy of errors by the acclaimed Chadian director about the experiences of African immigrants
5:30-6:30 Screening of Waiting for Men at School III, the quad
* (En Attendant les Hommes, Katy Lena Ndiaye, Mauritania, 2007)
* a documentary about muralist paintings by the women of Mauritia
6:30-7:30 Refreshment at Boardroom, Centre for Film Studies, 99 North Street
28 Nov 2010
3:00-4:00 Workshop on the Colonial Film Project with Dr. Tom Rice at School III, the quad
4:00-5:30 screening of iMani at School III, the quad
* iMANi (Caroline Kamya, Uganda, 2010)
* a refreshing look at Uganda post Idi Amin and post LRA (Lords Resistance and Army)
5:30-6:30 Interdisciplinary roundtable and refreshment at Boardroom, Centre for Film Studies, 99 North Street
For more information, please contact the organiser Yun-hua Chen ([log in to unmask])
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