RENCONTRES DE L'IMAGE DE LUBUMBASHI, PICHA
We are glad to inform you of the Image Encounters in Lubumbashi (DRC), called PICHA (means "image" in local swahili), organized by two associations (Vicanos-Club and Association Halle de l'Étoile) in June 2008.
 
This new biennal event is organized for the first time in the Katanga Province in DRC:
- 50 films in schedule from whole Africa
- 15 photo exhibitions from Africa and Europe
- one competition of 30 local films
- 20 works of video art from Africa and Europe (and a special session with Robert Cahen)
- 25 artists invited from Africa and Europe
- a workshop of photography with Marie-Françoise Plissart
- a professional encounter about film distribution in DRC
 
For more information, www.rencontrespicha.org

zaterdag 12 april - 10 - 17 u Bibliotheek Tweebronnen Leuven - Auditorium, Diestsestraat 49, 3000 Leuven   

10u
MARC - Béatrice Badibanga, 2007, fictie, 8 min LES FILS DE LA VIE ET DE LA MORT - Clarisse Muvuba, 2004, documentaire, 16 min VIEILLESSE NOTRE AVENIR - Franck Mweze, 2007, documentaire, 17 min L’ARTISTE DE LA POUBELLE - Didier Lissa, 2007, documentaire, 13 min FLEURS FLETRIES - Georges Kabongo, documentaire, 26 min LES MESSAGERS - Georges Kabongo, documentaire, 26 min
LE MARCHE DE LA MORT - Chouna Mangondo, 2006, documentaire, 13 min

12u – 13u30        pauze

ROUNDTABEL DISCUSSION

AUDIOVISUAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND EAST AFRICA

Thursday 17th of April from 9 am till 5 pm

Place: The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States - Georges Henri-laan 451- 1200 Brussels

www.acp.int 
 (Metro Merode or metro Georges Henri)

9 am- Reception of the guests

9.30 am -Introduction by Guido Huysmans (Afrika Filmfestival) and Mirko Popovitch (Africalia).

9.45 am -Distribution in the audiovisual media: an outline of the state of affairs in the Great Lakes region: Rwanda, RDCongo and Burundi. 

 Introduction by Daddy Ruhorahoza (Rwanda, filmmaker), George Kabongo (DRCongo, journalist Antenne A) and Pol Schmitz (Belgium/DRC, managing director Antenne A), Aurélien Bodinaux (Belgium, producer)  

11.30 am -Presentation of the book’ IMAGES ET PAIX. Les Rwandais et les Burundais face au cinéma et à l’audiovisuel. Une histoire politico - culturelle du Ruanda-Urundi allemand et belge et des Républiques du Rwanda et Burundi (1896-2008)’

 12u - lunch

 13u30 - Audiovisual creation and distribution: an outline of the situation in East Africa: Kenia, Uganda and Tanzania. 

 Introduciton by Ogova Ondego (Kenia, journalist and managing director of the festival Lola Kenya Screen), Ravneet Sing Chadha (Kenia, filmmaker Subira), Irène Kulabako (Uganda, member of the board of Amakula Kampala International Film Festival), Martin Mhando (Tanzania, filmmaker and CEO of the Zanzibar International Film Festival).

3pm - break

3.30 pm -Q/A : reactions from the audience

 4.30pm -Conclusions 

4.45 pm - Presentation of the ACP Programme for supporting film and other audiovisual media, by Mabiala Mbeka, head of communicaton of the cinema project.

 5pm - End of the colloquium

IMAGES ET DEMOCRATIE
Les Congolais face au cinéma et à l’audiovisuel.  Une histoire politico-culturelle du Congo des Belges jusqu’à la République Démocratique du Congo (1896-2006).

auteur: Guido Convents   

The Congolese have a fascinating filmographic and audiovisual history. Since the emergence of film they have been faced with this invention, which was both an art and means of propaganda for the earlier colonial rulers and later for president Mobutu.  This meant that there was no free access to the making of films, nor was the audience free to view them. Film and television were the tools of the regime and were used to demonstrate and support their power. After the fall of Mobutu initiatives have come thick and fast.
Guido Convents’ book throws light on the protagonists of Congolese audiovisual culture, as regards the government, the audience, the directors, the interpreters and distributors. He looks into the relationship between the Congolese people and the images they produce, and notes that there are many causal connections. The Congolese are very well aware of the relationship between their democratic development and freedom of audiovisual production.
Biography
Historian and anthropologist, Guido Convents is a renowned expert on films from the developing countries. He is a member of SIGNIS (Catholic Association for Communication and Media). He has authored several works on colonial and African films. In 1980 he began publishing regularly on topics affecting the entire great lakes region: Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Along with Guido Huysmans he is the linchpin of the Africa Film Festival, and many other initiatives designed to preserve and promote the film and audiovisual heritage of Congo.

The book counts 488 pages, 200 photos, a 20-page bibliography, filmography, index, and extensive (500) footnotes. Only french version.

The book can be ordered from

Afrika Film Festival
Leuvensebaan 323
3220 Holsbeek

simply transfer EUR 40 (postage included) quoting the reference ‘Images et democratie’.

account number. 001-2949740-46
BIC GEBABEBB /IBAN BE33 0012 9497 4046

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