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PRESS KIT INDEX . - Introduction …………………………………………………………………… 3 - General information …………………………………………………….. 5 - FCAT 2015 Programming ……………………………………………….. 7 - o Projections ……………………………………………………. 8 o Parallel activities ….…………………………………………. 17 FCAT Organization …………………………………………………………. 22 o Al Tarab ……………………………………………………………. 22 o African cinema documentation and dissemination Lab ……………………………………………. 23 o Nomad Cinema ……………………………………………….. 23 o FCAT 2015 Staff 24 o Contact ………………………………………………………….. o Sponsors ………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………. 2 INTRODUCTION st th From the 21 to the 28 of March the African Film Festival of Córdoba – FCAT will celebrate its twelfth edition, which is the fourth one being held in the Cordovan capital after it was moved from Tarifa. After a non-competitive edition, the FCAT- Córdoba has decided to move the festival to the spring in order to better adjust to the Cordovan cultural agenda, while remaining faithful to its principles: to offer the European film professionals and, mostly, the audience, a direct and exceptional access to African cinema. and the “African village”, activities through which the FCAT expects to reach a larger sector of the population. The FCAT Córdoba further supports the African cinematography, not only by projecting the films, selected through strict quality criteria, but also by offering a contextualization and review that shall help the Spanish audience to better understand them. The programme will be distributed in seven sections, two into competition and five out of competition: COMPETITIVE SECTIONS One more year, the audience appears as one of the most important components of the FCAT Córdoba. A self-made audience, more critical and committed to culture and others in this era of economic and ethics crisis, that demands and deserves quality cultural activities throughout the whole year. Thus, the festival, set up by the non-profit organization Al Tarab, will present 60 films to which will be added the third edition of the training forum about “Africa’s Cinemas and cinematographic journalism for dialogue”, exhibitions, educational meetings and programmes, the Learning Space -“Long-sightedness”: 16 fictional films and documentaries. -“Shortly”: 11 short films, fictional and documentaries. PARALLEL SECTIONS -“Afroscope”: 12 films to form an in-depth analysis on contemporary Africa through internal and external looks. -“Tales from the Past: South Africa and Angola”: 7 films reviewing South African history and society, as well as 3 th Angola’s history on the 40 anniversary of the country’s independence. -“Tribute to Emil Abossolo-Mbo”: a review of the six best works of this great Cameroonian actor. -“African Diaspora”: 4 Latin American films on the Afro descendent topic. -Opening projection: Adiós Carmen, by Mohamed Amin Benamraoui -Special sessions: Congo, un médecin pour sauver les femmes, by Angèle Diabang. - Exhibition: “These are my rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the eyes of 30 photographers” in collaboration with Amnesty International. PARALLEL ACTIVITIES This series seek to revisit the particular style of the Malian photographer, characterized by the contrast between fabrics and patterns, leading to overloaded images in which the human face is in the spotlight. - Cinema appetizers. - III ACERCA Training Forum: “The tree of words” - Learning Space. - African Village. - Contemporary African dance workshop by Aïda Colmenero. - Meeting on Literature and Immigration. THE FCAT 2015 POSTER th The poster for the 12 edition of the African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT is based on the work of the photographer Manolo Yllera that belongs to a tribute series to the Malian photographer Seydou Keïta (1921-2001) taken for AD magazine, in which Yllera is the head photographer. Yllera was interested in the emotional dimension of Keïta’s portraits: in all of his images the characters are dignified, important and attractive. The success of this series led to Manolo Yllera’s participation in a French-produced documentary about Seydou Keïta. 4 st th Dates: From the 21 to the 28 of March 2015. GENERAL INFORMATION VENUES OF THE FCAT CORDOBA GÓNGORA THEATRE. Calle de Jesús y María, 10 Opening and closing (Main Venue). Release of the competitive sections films (Polifemo Hall). III ACERCA Training Forum: “The tree of words” Cinema appetizers Reception of guests Information point for the audience CASA ÁRABE. Calle de Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 Screenings for the press under request. Reruns. LA CASA AZUL. Calle Muñoz Capilla, 15 Contemporary African dance workshops for kids and adults by Aïda Colmenero. SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND ARTS. Plaza del Cardenal Salazar, 3 Meeting on Literature and Immigration. Exhibition: “These are my rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the eyes of 30 photographers” in collaboration with Amnesty International. FILM LIBRARY OF ANDALUSIA. Calle Medina y Corella, 5. - Val del Omar Hall: reruns and non-competitive sections - Josefina Molina Hall: reruns and non-competitive sections - 3 Space Hall: Original version with English subtitles projections. The African Village VIMCORSA HALL. Calle Ángel de Saavedra, 9. Reruns and non-competitive sections 5 THE ROOTS OF CORDOBA- FCAT The image of Africa portrayed to the Western world is often biased and manipulated. It highlights misery and hides the continent’s positive things, without taking into account the responsibilities or those responsible. Cinema appears as en efficient tool to change this reductionist vision. However, cinema in Africa faces many challenges such as, for example, a significant decrease in the film production, the increasing difficulty of audiovisual works circulation, the absence of African cinema in the screens worldwide, the dramatic reduction of cinemas in the continent, the lack of a national or regional market for African productions, the lack of local policies to support the sector and the financial external dependence (90%) of the production. Against this backdrop, the first three years Al Tarab focused its activities around the Tarifa African Cinema Showcase (MCAT) reaching the Spanish and Moroccan shores of the Strait of Gibraltar. In 2005, the showcase offered a select programme of African cinema and hosted the nucleus of what would later become the Coproduction Forum África Produce, which sought to offer a space for meeting and reflection to African and Spanish audiovisual professionals and was unfortunately cancelled in 2014 due to budgetary shortages. In 2006, with the implementation of the Africa Plan, Al Tarab’s commitment found its political reference framework. In 2007, the Tarifa African Cinema Showcase became a Festival with competitive sections and awards. In 2012 the Festival moved to Cordoba, becoming the African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT, and turning into one of the most consolidated cultural events of the Cordovan agenda. Al Tarab expands its scope while its experience increases. It is no longer a question of disseminating African cinema through the festival, but also of contributing to the continent’s cinema industry, fragile but not weak, absent but not nonexistent. 6 PROGRAMME FCAT 2015 PROGRAMME OPENING PROJECTION st Total of films that will be projected: 59 Total of represented countries: 30 African countries represented (23): Angola, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ruanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda. Other countries represented (7): Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, France and Portugal. The Festival will open on the 21 of March with the projection of Adiós Carmen by Mohamed Amin Benamraoui (Morocco, 2013, 104’), the first film shot in Riff (a Berber dialect) with the participation of Spanish actors. Synopsis: 1975, North of Morocco. Amar, a ten year-old boy, lives with a very violent uncle while he waits for the unlikely return of his mother, who left to Belgium. He becomes friends with Carmen, a Spanish exiled woman who works at the local cinema. Carmen discovers him an unknown world, but upon Franco’s death, she must return to Spain. . 7 COMPETITIVE SECTIONS Long-sightedness Shortly 8 LONG-SIGHTEDNESS In this edition, 16 fiction and documentary films will compete in “Long-sightedness”, according with the current tendency of the cinema, where the boundaries between these two genres are blurring (a very clear example of this tendency is Le Challat de Tunis). On one hand, the leitmotif of this section is the present time (with an exhibition of films produced between 2013 and 2015), and on the other, the geographic diversity of these productions, in order to represent the heterogeneity of African films. Beyond the topics, the feature films of this section are notable for their intention of search, reflexion and innovation in the cinema language. However, there are some topics that stand out, like homosexuality whose persecution in many African countries represents an issue that concerns a great number of filmmakers as Abdellah Taïa (L’Armée du salut) or Jim Chuchu (Stories of our lives). The section includes a secret screening, with a fake title “Revolution: a replay” about which we cannot give any further information for the moment. TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Abaabi ba Boda Boda Yes! That’s Us Uganda 2015 85’ Ady Gasy Nantenaina Lova Madagascar 2014 84’ Al bahr min ouaraikoum Hicham Lasri Morocco 2014 86’ Beats of the Antonov Hajooj Kuka South Sudan 2014 65’ Chantier A Lucie Dèche, Tarek Sami Algeria 2013 104’ Decor Ahmad Abdalla Egypt 2014 119’ Des murs et des hommes Dalila Ennadre Morocco 2014 83’ Examen d’État Dieudo Hamadi D.R. Congo 2014 90’ L’Armée du salut Abdellah Taïa Morocco 2013 81’ La sirène du Faso Fani Michel Zongo Burkina Faso 2014 90’ Love the one you love Jenna Bass South Africa 2014 105’ Revolution : a replay? Jeanne Juster France 2015 97’ Stories of our lives Jim Chuchu Kenya 2014 60’ The Challat de Tunis Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia 2014 89’ Things of the Aimless Wanderer Kivu Ruhorahoza Ruanda 2014 88’ Une simple parole Mariama y Khady Sylla Senegal 2014 63’ 9 SHORTLY Selection of 11 fiction and documentary African short films that stand out for their reflection about the cinema language; on this occasion with more condensed stories, as imposed by the format. It is a good example of the ability of emergent African filmmakers. Among others, this section will host the screening of Au commencement, the winning short film of the REK short films competition organized by Dakar Culture (the prize consisted of the director’s presence and participation at the 12FCAT – Cordoba) and Solo una vez winner of the 2014 CEIBA Award for best film at the South to South Travelling Film Festival of Equatorial Guinea. TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Au commencement Lamine Dieme Senegal 2014 7’ Mageragere, city dropout Philibert Aimé Mbabazi Ruanda 2014 29’ Moul Lkelb Kamal Lazraq Morocco 2014 27’ Passage à niveau Anis Djaad Algeria 2014 23’ Peau de Colle Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia 2013 23’ Precipice Nadia Touijer Tunisia 2013 13’ Security Mark Middlewick South Africa 2013 14’ Sólo una vez Kevin Ninkeu Equatorial Guinea 2013 16' To repel ghosts Philippe Lacôte Ivory Coast 2013 20’ The dream of a scene Yasser Shafiey Egypt 2014 23’ Twaaga Cédric Ido Burkina Faso 2013 30’ 10 NON-COMPETITIVE SECTIONS Afroscope Tales from the Past: South Africa and Angola Tribute to Emil Abossolo Mbo African Diaspora Special Sessions 11 AFROSCOPE Across 12 titles, “Afroscope” is presented as in-depth analysis of contemporary Africa through internal and external looks. Thus, apart from African filmmakers, renowned European directors such as Aki Kaürismaki or Pedro Costa show their interest for African realities in Afroscope. This section collects a little tribute to Khady Sylla, the recently deceased Senegalese director, and René Vautier, known as the “most censored filmmaker of France”, who died last January. In honour of Vautier Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès and Afrique 50, considered the first anticolonialist film, will be screened. TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Afrique 50 René Vautier France 1950 17’ Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès René Vautier Algeria 1972 97’ Cavalo dinheiro Pedro Costa Portugal 2014 104’ Difret Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Ethiopia 2014 99’ Hecho en casa Belhassen Hadous Tunisia 2014 78’ L’opéra du bout du monde Cesar & Marie Clémence Paes Madagascar 2012 96’ La mort de la gazelle Jérémie Reichenbach France 2009 45’ Le havre Aki Kaürismaki France/Finland 2011 93' Les Eclats Sylvain George France 2011 84’ Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako Mauritania 2014 100' Une fenêtre ouverte Khady Sylla Senegal 2005 52’ White shadow Noaz Deshe Tanzania 2013 117’ 12 TALES FROM THE PAST: SOUTH AFRICA AND ANGOLA This section presents a film journey through the story of these two countries, with an special tribute to Angola, that celebrates 40 years from its independence. TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Angola, saudades de quem te ama Richard Pakleppa South Africa/Namibia 2006 65’ Behind the rainbow Jihan El Tahri South Africa 2008 138’ Classified people Yolande Zauberman South Africa 1988 55’ Cuba une odyssée africaine Jihan El Tahri France 2007 118’ Nelson Mandela, the Myth & me Khalo Matabane South Africa 2014 88’ Por aquí tudo bem Pocas Pascoal Angola 2012 94’ Sambizanga Sarah Maldoror Angola 1973 102’ Thus, the following will be screened: Sambizanga, a documentary that tells the arrest of Domingos Xavier, a revolutionary leader, as well as Por aquí tudo bem and Angola, saudades de quem te ama, both centered on the consequences of the Angolan Civil War. 13 TRIBUTE TO EMIL ABOSSOLO MBO This section collects 7 films featured by Cameroonian actor Abossolo Mbo that means one of the few tributes to an African actor. Emil Abossolo Mbo (Cameroon, 1958), is an actor, writer and theatre and actors’ director. Passionate about theatre and cinema from his childhood, in his teens he had already created a theatre group and participated in cinema, in Greystoke by Hugh Hudson. TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Ezra Newton Aduaka Nigeria/France 2007 102’ Juju factory Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda D.R. Congo 2007 97’ Les saignantes Jean-Pierre Bekolo Cameroon 2005 93’ One man’s show Newton Aduaka Nigeria/France 2012 80’ Qui sème le vent Fred Garson France 2011 80' Si le vent soulève les sables Marion Hänsel Belgium 2006 90’ In 1984, already in France, he attended the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris. Since then he has worked with important theatre directors such as Daniel Mesguish or Peter Brook. At the same time, he continued working for cinema, with both African directors, as the Nigerians Newton Aduaka or Mahamet Saleh Haroun, and westerners directors: Jim Jarmush, Marion Hänsel or Jean-Claude Brisseau, among others. 14 AFRICAN DIASPORA TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Tango negro Dom Pedro Angola / Argentina 2013 93’ El vuelco del cangrejo Oscar Ruiz Navia Colombia 2009 95’ La última cena Tomas G. Alea Cuba 1976 120’ Orfeu negro Marcel Camus France / Brazil 1959 103’ This traditional section of the Festival collects a sample of Latin American cinema on the subject of African descents. FCAT Cordoba is the only Festival of African cinema in Spanish language. For this reason, one more time, it wants to act as a link between the African world and Latin America. Apart from more recent titles, in this occasion, the already classic film Orfeu negro, Palm d’Or winner in Cannes in 1959, will be screened. SPECIAL SESSIONS TÍTULO DIRECTOR PAÍS AÑO DURACIÓN Congo, un médecin pour sauver les femmes Angèle Diabang Senegal 2014 70’ The 12º FCAT Cordoba schedules the screening of the documentary Congo, un médecin pour sauver les femmes, which examines the work of the gynaecologist and surgeon Denis Mukwege who specialises in the treatment of women who were victims of sexual abuse in Congo. Mukwege, winner of Sakharov Award in 2014, becomes an activist and warns incessantly the international community, that does not seem to react despite the millions spent in the peace-building process in Congo. 15 Angèle Diabang, director of the documentary, will attend this session. AWARDS The films projected in the sections “Long-sightedness” and “Shortly” will compete for the following awards: - Best Fiction Film: 4.000 €. - Best Documentary: 2.000 €. - Best Short Film: 1.500 € by El Corte Inglés. - Best Actress: 2.000 € by Fundación Mujeres por África (Women for Africa Foundation). - Audience Award: Honorary award voted by the audience. 16 PARALLEL ACTIVITIES Cinema Apetizers III ACERCA Training Forum: The Tree of Words Learning Space African Village Contemporary African Dance Workshop Meeting on Literature and Immigration Photographic exhibition “These are my rights” 17 PARALLEL ACTIVITIES CINEMA APETIZERS Góngora Theatre (Ambigú of the Polifemo Hall). From the nd th 22 to the 27 of March. 13:00 h. The Cinema Appetizers, one of the Festival’s most charismatic activities, come back one more year having as a venue in this edition the Góngora Theatre. In this occasion, these informal meetings between filmmakers, film buffs and journalists will have Javier H. Estrada as their moderator, thanks to the collaboration between the FCAT and the film magazine Caimán (www.caimanediciones.es). III ACERCA TRAINING FORUM “THE TREE OF WORDS” th th Góngora Theatre, Polifemo Hall. From the 24 to the 27 of March. 09:45 - 14:00/ 17:00 - 21:00. Following the path set by the African Cinema Classroom in th 2010, the 12 edition of the FCAT Cordoba devotes a space to training and deepening in the field of African cinema in Spanish. Thus, through the III ACERCA Training Forum – “The tree of words: Africa’s Cinemas and cinematographic journalism for dialogue”, the FCAT seeks to facilitate a unique reflection space for experts, journalists, critics, researchers and filmmakers to share knowledge and delve, closely and with direct testimonies, into the experience of analyzing and disseminating the cinema of the neighbor continent in Spanish. The forum will be also attended by a maximum of 20 students and young communication professionals, previously registered. The III ACERCA Training Forum – “The tree of words” will have a service of simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, French and English, in order to facilitate communication and a true exchange of experiences. Also, “The tree of words” will reach all the listeners of Radio Nacional de España (National Radio of Spain) and Radio Exterior de España (External Radio of Spain), through the collaboration of Radio 3 which will broadcast the programme “The tree of words” during the meetings (the proposal is coordinated by Javier Tolentino, director of the programme “El Séptimo Vicio” at Radio3). The FCAT training forum“ The tree of words”, is a proposal promoted by Al-Tarab and co-organized by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, through 18 the ACERCA Training Programme for development in the Cultural Sector, with the collaboration of FIAPP. rd th LEARNING SPACE rd th From the 23 to the 27 of March. Film Library of Andalusia. From the 23 to the 27 of March, 20 morning sessions will be held (consisting of one projection and an educational activity related to the film) at the Film Library of Andalusia, that will be attended by school pupils and students between the ages of 8 and 18. The Learning Space is Al Tarab’s teaching branch. It works with local schools to bring African cinema – and thus, African reality- closer to Andalucian students. Being a border region and a land historically related to the African continent, Andalusia experiences many migrations and mixes of populations and cultures. It is critical for young Andalucian to know other realities about Africa disassociated from stereotypes, and to know the varied cultural wealth of the neighbour continent. A good knowledge and understanding of the “other” are basic in each individual’s training. The following films will be projected this year: Deweneti nd (Dyana Gaye) and Lezare (Zelalem Woldemariam), for 2 nd grade students; Le ballon d’or (Cheik Doukouré) for 2 grade students; The Wooden Camera (Ntshavheni Wa Luruli) and Na cidade vazia (Maria Joao Ganga) for middle school students; and Making of (Nouri Bouzi), for high school and training programs students. The Learning Space will offer to about 3000 students a different look towards Africa and Africans, facilitating the access to this kind of cinema and why not, awakening future film buffs. The FCAT Cordoba is also supported by the Education and Cooperation municipal services in the implementation of the Programme which aims to use cinema as a tool for values education and personal and communal development. In this educational space, Natalia Andujar’s collaboration will be critical, as she is a teacher, writer and speaker with a strong sphere of influence in Islam and women, through the support that, since 2013, the Halal Institute gives to the FCAT. AFRICAN VILLAGE th Film Library of Andalusia. 3 Space Hall. From the 24 to the th 27 of March. 16:00 - 19:00h. A space devoted to families that comes back to the African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT after 3 years of absence. The 3 Space Hall of the Film Library of Andalusia opens its doors to all the parents and children of Cordoba wishing to participate at the recreational and educational activities of this new space at the FCAT Córdoba. The “African village” will transform the 3 Space Hall where the traditional cinema seats will be replaced by cosy cushions and African rugs. Visitors will be able to enjoy a programme of African cinema especially addressed to children, a workshop to learn African lullabies in wolof language (“Lullabies of the Baobab”) animated by the Senegalese cultural agent Keybis Danso, as well as other recreational and educational activities CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOP 19 st th La Casa Azul. From the 21 to the 27 of March. Dancer and choreographer Aïda Colmenero, the only Spanish artist certified in the Acogny technique, will teach the contemporary African dance workshop addressed to children as well as adults. The children’s workshop will be held at La Casa Azul on the st nd rd 21 and 22 of March from 11:00 to 12:30 and from the 23 th to the 27 from 17:30 to 18:30. On the other hand, the adults’ workshop will take place at the same venue and dates, st nd the 21 and 22 of March from 12:30 to 14:00; and from the rd th 23 to the 27 of March from 19:00 to 20:30. The technique Germaine Acogny is the only codified and recognized contemporary dance technique created in Africa. It is based on the traditional African dance (in particular from Senegal and Benin) and on contemporary western techniques such as the technique Graham. Aïda Colmenero Díaz is one of the 17 people who obtained the diploma in this technique, after a three-year training programme with Germaine Acogny at the École des Sables in Senegal. Aïda designed the Lanla Acogny Dance Technique project in order to spread this technique to the international level. For further information on Aïda Colmenero’s career please refer to her website: www.aidacolmenerodiaz.com. All the information about the workshop can be found at: www.fcat.es EXHIBITION. “These are my rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the eyes of 30 photographers” th th School of Philosophy and Arts. From the 24 to the 28 of March. st th From the 21 to the 30 of March, the School of Philosophy and Arts (University of Cordoba) will host this exhibition in which, 30 European photographers illustrate through their lens the 30 articles contained at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved in 1948 by the United Nations. Authors: Xulio Villarino, Laila Pozzo, Fernando Manso, ADOLF, Rafael Navarro, Fran Herbello, Gonzalo Puertas, Daniel Blaufuks, Xabier Mendiola, Angel A. Martinez, Sara Janini, Enrique Meneses, Valeria Brandano, Isabella Balena, Giorgio Palmera, Remedios Diaz, Massimo Di Nonno, Carlo Cattadori, Tomi Osuna, Kathryn Cook, Ivo Saglietti, Marco Costa, Quino Castro, José Frisuelos, Javier Arcenillas, Alicia Conde, Nacho Guadaño, Tino Soriano, Carlos Salvador and Stefano Snaidero. MEETING IN LITERATURE AND IMMIGRATION th Conference Hall. 24 of March, 9:30. In the framework of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination, the African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT and Amnesty International organize a number of conferences on Immigration and Human Rights. The meeting will be also attended by journalist Donato Ndongo (Equatorial Guinea, 1950), the best known writer of African literature in Spanish language, as well as one of the most outstanding voices against Teodoro Obiang’s dictatorship, who from 1979 encourages thousands of Equatoguineans to live in the exile waiting for a change that will allow them to return. He will be accompanied by Mahmoud Traoré from Senegal, on whom is based the book Partir para contar: Un clandestino africano rumbo a Europa, where Bruno Le Dantec tells the 20 story of this young man who took three years to get to Ceuta from Senegal. Together they will reflect on the underlying reasons that urge thousands of Africans to immigrate to Europe in extremely difficult conditions. Amnesty International will participate by providing information on the current situation when small boats keep leaving towards Europe despite the financial crisis. 21 FCAT 2015 ORGANIZATION AL TARAB. Organizing body. The Center for cultural dissemination of the Strait of Gibraltar Al Tarab was created in 2004 at the city of Tarifa, in Spain, as a non-profit organization. Al Tarab promotes and disseminates African culture in Spain and Latin America as well as in the African continent through cultural cooperation activities, using manly cinema. Al Tarab’s objective is to raise awareness about the myriad realities of Africa and the Arab world, trying to break the stereotypes that impoverish them by focusing only in wars, diseases and misery. Its two main activities are THE AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL OF CORDOBA-FCAT and the film dissemination program CINENÓMADA (NOMAD CINEMA). Thus, Al Tarab works around two main objectives: 1. To facilitate the development of cultural industries from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab world as a tool to encourage their economic and human development. 2. To facilitate people’s access to the cinema from SubSaharan Africa and the Arab world as a tool for awareness raising. Since 2008 Al Tarab is a non-governmental organization for development (NGDO) and is well-established as an innovating tool for cooperation in the audiovisual field between Europe, Latin America and the Arab countries. Also in 2008, Al Tarab starts out in the field of cultural cooperation with several projects in Africa and Latin America. With the aim of contributing to the African cinema dissemination worldwide, Al Tarab collaborates with African, European and Latin American festivals while developing a communication plan with this new international presence. In its need of finding sustainable formulas, since 2010 Al Tarab focuses on networking. Thus, it becomes an active partner at international projects such as Africafilms.tv, Babylon, Mokolo o WikiÁfrica. Finally, through the new network project One World Film Forum (OWFF), Al Tarab supports professionals from the African and European audiovisual industry in finding common spaces for meeting and exchange. Through this initiative, Al Tarab seeks to promote a greater knowledge among the international market in the fields of scriptwriting, project 22 development, economic management or the use of new technology. From 2012, Al Tarab starts a new phase by opening its scope to the Arab world. The ten Arab countries of the African continent are now joined by Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Oman, Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Iraq African cinema documentation and dissemination Lab In December 2014, Al Tarab and the University of Seville signed a collaboration agreement to create an African cinema documentation and dissemination Lab at the CICUS (US Centre for Cultural Initiatives). This agreement marks the beginning of a joint project seeking to make African cinema visible and to open new ways of research about the African continent through its audiovisual production. Thus, Al Tarab’s film collection (formed by 800 films with Spanish subtitles and around 5000 in their original version) is moved to the CICUS headquarters. Thanks to this initiative, this unique collection of African cinema will finally be available to the members of the academic community and the public at large. The agreement also establishes the basis for the development of scientific activities such as research projects, training courses, conferences, seminars, workshops, film cycles and other training activities, projects and collaborative scientific activities, among others. Nomad Cinema It is a programme promoting African cinema dissemination through shows, cycles and projections in collaboration with organizations and bodies upon request. Besides disseminating African cinema throughout the Spanish speaking world, it brings an annual revenue flow for filmmakers and offers different points of view on the continent’s societies. This programme allows the Festival to continue throughout the whole year, thus helping the films to have a greater distribution channel beyond the Festival of Cordoba. Through the Nomad Cinema Programme, African cinema dissemination becomes a tangible and accessible reality for the Spanish speaking spectator. The last few years Nomad Cinema has become a reference project, introduced in international forums as an example of dissemination tool in the absence of a real network for commercial distribution. Thus, since 2006 Nomad Cinema disseminates the cinema of the neighbor continent through 250 cycles in 50 different cities. Nomad Cinema has a collection of more than 750 films in original version with Spanish subtitles (OVSS) on DVD and/ or Betacam, the biggest multimedia library of the Spanish speaking world in the field of African cinema, available, upon request, to organizations willing to plan film cycles. 23 FCAT 2015 STAFF EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Mane Cisneros PROGRAMMING Marion Berger MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT Marga Avendaño PRODUCERS Tamara Avidad Beatriz Hoyos Carlos Domínguez III ACERCA TRAINING FORUM: “THE TREE OF WORDS” Federico Olivieri Carlos Domínguez LEARNING SPACE David Luna AFRICAN VILLAGE María Orellana Keba Danso Manolo Ruiz POSTER IMAGE Manolo Yllera GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEBSITE & LAYOUT Estudio Julieta & Grekoff COMMUNICATION OFFICE Carmen Soriano (Chief) Vanessa Anaya (International Media) Alma Toranzo (International Media) Teresa Montesinos Irene Contreras DIGITALISATION AND COPIES Toño Martínez MARKETING Alejandro de los Santos Alfonso Torrenteras Lole Morales PHOTOGRAPHER Luis Rivera PROTOCOL Othman Saadi TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION Mathilde Grange Oussama Bel Aïba LOGISTICS AND GUESTS Marga Avendaño Nanou Loum Marian Mantecón CATALOGUE AND BROCHURE Marion Berger PROJECTIONS Ángel Campos Miguel Ángel Sánchez VOLUNTEERING Ángel Ortiz ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Pierangelo Vallaperta PROJECTION AND VENUES EQUIPMENT Chaplin Audiovisuales TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS As well as the above-mentioned professionals, the FCAT Cordoba is made possible through the volunteer involvement of dozens of citizens who have proved their commitment to this event year after year. TRANSLATION AND SUBTITLING Mathilde Grange Sisco Bonet 24 SPONSORS 25
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