Rosine Mbakam: nouvelle présidente de la commission documentaires/séries | Incoming president of the commission of documentary/series (Fonds Image de la Francophonie)

ROSINE MBAKAM

Nouvelle présidente de la commission documentaires/série

Incoming president of the commission of documentary series

(Fonds Image de la Francophonie)

La cinéaste camerounaise succède à Rahmatou Keïta, qui avait elle-même pris le relais de Marguerite Abouet en 2019.

The Cameroonian filmmaker succeeds Rahmatou Keïta, who had taken over from Marguerite Abouet in 2019.

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Rosine Mbakam, originaire de l’Ouest du Cameroun, a suivi une première formation de réalisatrice à Yaoundé avant de rejoindre la chaîne Spectrum TV à Douala, puis d’intégrer l’INSAS, la prestigieuse école de cinéma de Bruxelles. Elle est l’auteur de plusieurs longs-métrages documentaires, dont le dernier, « Les prières de Delphine » a obtenu, cette année, le Prix des Jeunes au Festival « Cinéma du réel » de Paris. Ses trois longs-métrages documentaires sont diffusés actuellement par le MoMA (Musée d'Art Moderne de New York).

Au même moment, elle tourne, au Cameroun, le court-métrage de fiction « Pierrette », soutenu par le Fonds Image de la Francophonie.

Rosine Mbakam assurera la présidence de la commission Documentaires/séries du Fonds Image de la Francophonie jusqu’en 2023. Les autres membres actuels de la commission sont : Tella Kpomahou (Côte d’Ivoire), Emmanuel Mbédé (Cameroun), Myriam El Hajj (Liban), Delphine Manoury (France), Mamady Sidibé (Guinée) et Pierre Barrot (France, représentant l’OIF).

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Rosine Mbakam, originally from western Cameroon, trained as a director in Yaoundé before joining the Spectrum TV channel in Douala, and afterwards INSAS, the prestigious film school in Brussels. She is the author of several feature-length documentaries. The most recent, Les prières de Delphine, won the Youth Prize at the "Cinéma du Réel" Festival (2021) in Paris. Her three feature-length documentaries are currently being broadcast by MoMA (New York Museum of Modern Art).

She is presently filming the short fiction “Pierrette” in Cameroon, which is supported by the Fonds Image de la Francophonie.

Rosine Mbakam will hold the presidency of the Documentaries / Series commission of the Image Fund of La Francophonie until 2023. The other current members of the commission are: Tella Kpomahou (Côte d’Ivoire), Emmanuel Mbédé (Cameroon), Myriam El Hajj ( Lebanon), Delphine Manoury (France), Mamady Sidibé (Guinea) and Pierre Barrot (France, representing the OIF).

SOURCE:
https://www.imagesfrancophones.org/actualites/rosine-mbakam-nouvelle-presidente-de-la-commission-documentaires-series-du-fonds-image-de-la-francophonie

Zalika Souley nous a quitté | Zalika Souley has passed away (1947-2021)

Zalika Souley nous a quitté | Zalika Souley has passed away

 

La doyenne des actrices du Niger, Zalika Souley, est décédée mardi à Niamey, à l'âge de 74 ans, « des suites de maladie », a-t-on appris mercredi soir. Née en 1947 à Niamey, sur les rives du fleuve Niger, Zalika Souley a été attirée toute jeune par le cinéma, devenant la première actrice professionnelle noire du 7ème Art sur le continent africain.

 

The dean of actresses of Niger, Zalika Souley, died Tuesday in Niamey, at the age of 74, "as a result of illness", it was reported on Wednesday evening. Born in 1947 in Niamey, on the banks of the Niger River, Zalika Souley was drawn to cinema as a young girl, becoming the first professional black actress of the 7th Art on the African continent.

 

Lire aussi : Zalika Souley était la "première actrice à avoir fait carrière au Niger" par Falila Gbadamassi

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/niger/zalika-souley-etait-la-premiere-actrice-a-avoir-fait-carriere-au-niger_4721363.html

 

Image: Niger.net

Accountability Lab: YALI Women's Responsible Leadership Film Fellowship (Mali)

 

Accountability Lab: YALI Women's Responsible Leadership Film Fellowship (Mali)

 

In July 2021 the women filmmakers of Accountability Lab Mali’s YALI Women's Responsible Leadership Film Fellowship travelled across the country to discuss the feminist stories that inspired their films.
 
Zeinabou W. Mohamed Ali helmed the Yali Film School Fellowship project at the Accountability Lab Mali.

She had this to say about the project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State:

The YALI Film School Fellowship is a 100% female project which aims to train women in Mali and Niger in the techniques of producing and directing short flms with themes that reflect the realities faced by Malian communities on a daily basis.

In Mali we have 10 young women from several regions of the country who have beneted from this apprenticeship grant.

The objective of the project is that the short flms serve as advocacy and awareness tools among the population of leaders to encourage them to adopt a positive behavior change.

 

Gender Matters in the South African Film Industry 2018 (Report by the National Film and Video Foundation in Partnership with Sisters Working in Film and TV)

Gender Matters in the South African Film Industry

2018 Report

National Film and Video Foundation

in Partnership with Sisters Working in Film and TV

 

This 48-page report, published in 2018, was made possible through the collaborative effort of the South African entities, National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and Sisters Working in Film and TV (SWIFT). The NFVF, an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture overlooks the myriad aspects of the South African film and video sectors. SWIFT is a network of South African women whose focus is the empowerment and advancement of women in the visual media.

Source location: http://www.dac.gov.za/sites/default/files/NFVF%20SWIFT%20Gender%20Matters%20in%20the%20SAFI%20Report.pdf
 

The purpose and objectives of report below is reprinted from page 7
 

Purpose of this Report

This report endeavours to provide information and statistics on women participation and roles in the local film industry, along with a more nuanced set of explanations and challenges they face as practitioners. Various interventions at different levels were undertaken to address issues of women participation in the film industry. Some of those interventions included the establishment of:
 

- Sisters Working in Film and Television (Swift) – aimed at protecting and advancing the course of women in South African film and television;
 

- NFVF Female Filmmaker Slate – designed to correct the disparity between men and women in the film industry; and
 

- Women of the Sun – a South African advocacy group which committed itself to making it possible for the female filmmaker to participate. Women in Film and Television South Africa was also founded at the end of 2005 as a Section 21 organisation that concentrates on networking and skills development in its quest to boost the status of women in the industry. However, these two organisations no longer exist.

Aims and Objectives of the Study
 

The study aims to explore the role played by women in the South African film industry, and to quantify their total participation. The report further aims to uncover:
 

- Trends and insights into the status of women in the SA Film Industry;
 

- How various interventions (i.e. NFVF female filmmaker slate) have assisted in 
addressing gender parity in the industry;
 

- Challenges faced by female filmmakers;
 

- The role played by advocacy groups such as WOS, WIFTSA and SWIFT;
 

- Interventions to fast-track female filmmakers’ development; and
 

- The barriers to entry in the SAFI. 
 

Cannes 2021. Un certain regard. Hafsia Herzi: Bonne mère | Good Mother

Cannes 2021. Un certain regard.

Hafsia Herzi: Bonne mère | Good Mother
France (Tunisia)
Fiction - 96min - 2021

Source: SBS Distribution

Synopsis
Nora, a cleaning lady in her fifties, looks after her small family in a housing estate in the northern part of Marseille. She is worried about her grandson Ellyes, who has been in prison for several months for robbery and is awaiting his trial with a mixture of hope and anxiety. Nora does everything she can to make this wait as painless as possible...

Nora, la cinquantaine, femme de ménage de son état, veille sur sa petite famille dans une cité des quartiers nord de Marseille. Après une longue période de chômage, un soir de mauvaise inspiration, son fils aîné Ellyes s’est fourvoyé dans le braquage d’une station-service. Incarcéré depuis plusieurs mois, il attend son procès avec un mélange d’espoir et d’inquiétude. Nora fait tout pour lui rendre cette attente la moins insupportable possible…


Bio
Hafsia Herzi is a French-Tunisian actress, filmmaker and scriptwriter of Tunisian/Algerian descent.