Galway African Film Festival

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Galway African Film Festival
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Location Galway, Ireland
Founded2008
Festival datelate May / early June
Language African languages, French, English

Galway African Film Festival (GAFF) was an annual African film festival which took place annually in Galway in Ireland in late May / early June. It was typically scheduled to coincide with Africa Day, and aimed to "showcase the quality and diversity [..] of African films". [1] The festival was organised by the Galway One World Centre in collaboration with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media and the Galway Film Society. Venues for screenings of films included the Town Hall Theatre, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, and Nuns Island Theatre. Previous festivals were supported by Irish Aid, Galway City Arts Office, Galway City Council and the Galway Advertiser . [2] [3] [4] There was no festival in 2020. [5]

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History

The Galway African Film Festival was established in 2008. [6]

Previous festival programmes included films from several genres of African cinema, including comedy, science fiction, horror and contemporary films. [7] Guests at the festival previously included Keith Shiri (Africa at the Pictures, London),[ citation needed ] and Tandeka Matatu (producer, Jerusalema). [8]

Films shown in 2010 included The Figurine Araromire (Nigeria), Mascarades (France/Algeria) and A Sting in a Tale (Ghana), [9] while in 2011, the festival's programme included Benda Bilili (Congo), Microphone (Egypt) and The Atlete (Ethiopia). [10] In 2012, showings included Viva Riva, an award-winning Congolese drama, two Egyptian films about the Arab Spring of 2011 and an Ethiopian / UK co-production, Town of Runners. [11]

The 11th Galway African Film festival was held over three days in June 2018. [12] The 2019 festival programme included showings of the documentaries Finding Fela and Anbessa . [13]

There was no event in 2020. [5]

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