Burkina Faso Thu 06-01-2011

Invitation: 22nd Edition of the FESPACO Film Festival Press Conference
By a Correspondent

Fespaco Film Festival Poster

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Communication of Burkina Faso

The Managing Director of FESPACO 

would kindly request your presence at the press conference of the 22th edition of FESPACO
(Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou)

Fespaco is considered as one of the biggest film events on the African continent. This biennial event brings together all the uneven years and for one week, African and not - African professionals and festival - goers from all over the world sharing one common factor: the African film and African Diaspora. During this great film manifest, various film competitions are organized and professionals of the seventh art demonstrate their expertise and excellence to put the African cinema on the international stage.

It is both a cultural event, through art and cultural expression, as a festive event with thousands of festival - goers who meet together every two years to communicate, to build relationships, to exchange expertise and to reinvent themselves.

Place and time:
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:45 am
Secretariat of the ACP Group of States
Room C
451, Georges Henri Avenue
1200 Brussels
Public Transport: Subway Merode or pre-subway Georges Henri

This press conference is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Burkina Faso, the Secretariat of the ACP group of states, Africalia, WBI (Wallonia-Brussels International), the FIFF (International Francophone Film Festival), Afrika Filmfestival, the festival Africa Taille XL and Festival International du film d'Amour de Mons

Reservation is essential

Please RSVP Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the latest:

via email: event1@africalia.be
via fax: +32 (0) 2 412 58 90

Posted By: Hirum Muigai

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