Cinema of Equatorial Guinea

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Cinema of Equatorial Guinea is influenced by the official language and culture,Which includes;Equatoguinean films,Equatoguinean short animated films.

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The objective of the film department is to effectively project Equatorial Guinean films both nationally and internationally. [1]

History

In Equatorial Guinea (a Spanish colony until 1968), continuously subjected to dictatorial regimes, cinema has not yet made its appearance. The brutality of successive governments and a very repressive censorship have in fact also prevented the emergence of an audiovisual production.The two small islands of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese colonies until 1975), located in the Gulf of Guinea, are sparsely inhabited and in strong economic difficulties, and only a few amateur products have been made there. [2] .The seminars are taught by film critic and programmer Javier H. Estrada, who has entitled this year's course Breaking the chains. [3] the Learning Space seeks to promote a fairer and more realistic understanding of African societies, using the most universal language of all: art. [4] The main bet lies in bringing the cinema closer to the population. [5]

Equatoguinean films

"FEGUIBOX - Documentary by Rubén Monsuy and Gabriel Amdur

Salvador is a rising star in the national boxing team of Equatorial Guinea. He embodies the chance for the African team to finally take part in the Olympics but has to struggle with a life of poverty with his girlfriend Luna and his own lack of discipline. [6]

Memoria negra

The voice-over of an anonymous Guinean exile who inherited a river when his father passed away, and who recalls, from the distant desert, childhood episodes, popular legends and old African beliefs, leading us into the turbulent past of Equatorial Guinea.

The film deals with an unfamiliar subject: the Spanish colonization of this African country and the political, religious and cultural legacy that emerges after the declaration of independence on October 12, 1968, from the blood-spattered times of Francisco Macías' dictatorship to the current regime of his nephew, Teodoro Obiang. [7]

palm trees in the snow

The film 'Palmeras en la Nieve, starring Mario Casas and Adriana Ugarte, was filmed' [8] Clarence (Adriana Ugarte) accidentally discovers a letter forgotten for years that pushes her to travel from the quiet life in the mountains of Huesca to Bioko. Her goal de ella is to visit the land where her father de ella Jacobo (Alain Hernández) and her de ella uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, and thus try to solve family riddles and reveal the secrets of what happened. In the bowels of a territory as exuberant and seductive as it is dangerous, Clarence unearths the secret of an impossible love story set in turbulent historical circumstances whose consequences will reach the present. [9] [10]

Teresa (2010 film)

Teresa, Rocío and Yolanda are three teenage students with totally different lives, but with a friendship that unites them. Teresa is a young woman who is enthusiastic about street life, ... her best friend is Rocío, a good girl who is less interested in studies because she has everything. And finally, Yolanda is a young woman from a very humble family with sick parents, who takes the fact of studying very seriously to move forward with her future, and who advises her companions to take the right path. [11] [12] [13]

White Mission

Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons. [14]

The writer is from a country without bookstores

Equatorial Guinea became independent from Spain 50 years ago and is now one of the most isolated countries in Africa. We entered it accompanied by the most translated writer in the country, Juan Tomás Ávila Laure. [15] [16] [17] [18]

The Dogs of War (film)

The Dogs of War (novel)

Equatoguinean short animated films

Anomalías eléctricas (2010)

The main character is studying in his house in Malabo when, suddenly, the power is cut. He tries to look for a candle, but he falls down because of the darkness. The light comes back and he can start to study again, but this does not last long. The power goes off again, the character tries to fix it, but he has an electric accident. When the light comes back on, he appears with "Rasta" hair and, a few seconds later, the power is cut for the third time. [19] [20] It's Equatoguinean short animated comedy.

La cita

A young man wakes up one morning and receives a call from his girlfriend. They decide to meet in a bar. He goes there and starts to wait. He tries to reach her but she is off the network. He continues to call her but he cannot reach her. Time passes, he gets older and ends up dying. Twenty years pass, the network is restored and, from the cemetery, we hear the young girl on the phone looking for her boyfriend.

Marfil

The first filmmaker arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 1904. The last movie theatre closed in Malabo in the 1990s. In 2011, during the II African Film Festival of Equatorial Guinea, the Marfil Movie Theatre reopened its doors. Florencio, Ángel and Estrada tells us how cinema has been, and is still, present in their lives. [21] [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "AFRICA in "Enciclopedia del Cinema"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  3. ↑ "AFRICAN CINEMA SEMINARS". FCAT 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. ↑ "LEARNING SPACE". FCAT 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Página Oficial del Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial". www.guineaecuatorialpress.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. ↑ FEGUIBOX - Documentary by Rubén Monsuy and Gabriel Amdur , retrieved 2021-10-08
  7. ↑ MEDIA. "Memoria negra". MFDB - MEDIA Films Database. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  8. ↑ Arencibia, Luis Roca (2016-02-08). "Aquí se rodó 'Palmeras en la nieve'". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  9. ↑ SensaCine, Palmeras en la nieve (in Spanish), retrieved 2021-10-08
  10. ↑ Palmeras en la nieve (2015) (in Spanish), retrieved 2021-10-08
  11. ↑ Teresa (2010) (in Spanish), retrieved 2021-10-09
  12. ↑ Teresa , retrieved 2021-10-09
  13. ↑ Esono, Juan Pablo Ebang, Teresa (Short, Drama), retrieved 2021-10-09
  14. ↑ Orduña, Juan de (1946-10-16), Misión blanca (Drama), Colonial AJE, retrieved 2021-10-09
  15. ↑ "El escritor de un país sin librerías". Rizoma (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  16. ↑ "Paralelas - El escritor de un país sin librerías'". Festival l\'ALternativa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  17. ↑ "El sisè Festival Gollut de Ribes premia un documental sobre la colonització espanyola a Guinea". el9nou.cat. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  18. ↑ "The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores". elescritordeunpais.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  19. ↑ Anomalías eléctricas (2010) - IMDb , retrieved 2021-10-09
  20. ↑ Anomalias Electricas. Taller de Animación I Festival de Cine Africano de Guinea Ecuatorial 2010 , retrieved 2021-10-09
  21. ↑ Marfil (2011) - IMDb , retrieved 2021-10-09
  22. ↑ MARFIL , retrieved 2021-10-09
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