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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
Colloquium organised by Africalia and Afrika Filmfestival with the support of the ACP Secretariat.
The AFRIKA FILMFESTIVAL receives a warm welcome at the RWANDA FILM FESTIVAL (KIGALI) from 20 -25 March 2008
Guido Convents and Guido Huysmans were invited to Kigali in order to present the new book IMAGES ET PAIX. This as part of their campaign to promote the Rwanda's films.
Guido Convents gives the book to Eric Kabera (RCC) at the festival's press conference. 
The Afrika Filmfestival was notably present in Kigali.
Guido Convents had a friendly talk with Oscar Kimanuka (Director General of Orinfor.)
IMAGES ET PAIX
IMAGES ET PAIX. Les Rwandais et les Burundais face a cinéma et à l’audiovisuel. Une histoire politici-culturelle du Ruanda-Urundi allemand et belge et des Républiques du Rwanda et du Burundi (1896 – 2008)
The Rwandans and Burundians have a fascinating filmographic and audiovisual history, in which a part of the history of Hollywood was also written. 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 a variety of regimes. Hardly strange then that the first full length “Burundian” film wasn’t made until 1992 and that it was only five years after the genocide that a Rwandan producer made a full-length film (Hundred Days). After 2003 it seemed that there was scope in Rwanda and Burundi for all kinds of initiatives, thanks to greater political and cultural freedom and the digital revolution.
Guido Convents’s book throws light on the protagonists of Rwandan and Burundian audiovisual culture, as regards the government, the public, the directors, the interpreters and distributors. He looks into the relationship between the Rwandan and Burundian populations and the images they produce, and notes that there are many causal connections. Rwandans and Burundians are very well aware of the role that audiovisual productions play in the peace process in the region.
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 608 pages, 185 photos, a 30-page bibliography, filmography, index, and extensive (500) footnotes.
Only french version.
The book can be ordered from
Africa Film Festival (vzw Film en Cultuurpromotie)
Leuvensebaan 323
3220 Holsbeek
simply transfer EUR 40 (postage included) quoting the reference ‘Images et Paix’.
account number. 001-2949740-46
BIC GEBABEBB /IBAN BE33 0012 9497 4046
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