Film Africa :
African Women and Cinema, centrepiece symposium
24 October @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description:
Twende (let’s go): African Women and Cinema is the centrepiece symposium of Film Africa 2026, presented with BFI Southbank. Filmmakers, producers, curators, archivists and cultural practitioners come together for five public conversations:
-Reclaiming the History: African Women Who Shaped Cinema
-Who Owns the Story? Women, Authorship and Representation
-From Africa to the World: Funding, Festivals and Power
-The Archive Is Not Neutral: Preserving African Women's Cinema
-A New Generation: Where Does African Women's Cinema Go From Here?
Symposium
The past: Salem Mekuria, Moderator: Audrey Brown
The image: Rama Thiaw, Moderator: Desta Haile
The industry: Virginie Besson-Silla, Moderator: Abiba Coulibaly
The archive: Zineb Sedira, Anita Afonu, Moderator: Esi Eshun
The future: Olive Nwosu, Jihan K, Moderator: Nadia Denton