Silicon Valley African Film Festival

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The Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) is an annual film festival held in California to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. [1] Nigerian filmmaker Chike Nwoffiah founded the SVAFF in 2010 and has served as its director since. [2] According to Nwoffiah, "People’s understanding of Africa was limited to the Tarzan narratives of Africa as backward, untamed and uncivilized. Those who thought they knew better, at best, saw Africa as a 'country' with starving children and a people ravaged by disease and war." He founded the SVAFF to change that. [3]

History

YearDatesVenueNotes
2010
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2011
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2012
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2013October 11-13 Mountain View, California It featured an interactive forum titled African Women in Technology - A Future of Promise, in partnership with the African Diaspora Network and Institute of International Education. [4]
2014
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2015
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2016October 14-16 Mountain View, California Movies screened include My Mother's Story by Flora Suya and Fastest Woman in Africa - Rwanda’s First Cyclist Woman by Faustin Niyigena. [5] [6] Brazil's diaspora was given a special spotlight. [7] Danny Glover attended the festival. [8]
2017September 29-October 1Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose, California Ghanaian-Nigerian romantic comedy Potato Potahto by Shirley Frimpong-Manso premiered at the festival. [9] [10]
2018
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2019October 4-6Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose, CaliforniaFilms screened include Zimbabwean romantic comedy Cook Off, by Tomas Brickhill. [11]
2020October 9-11#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm, directed by Tim Huebschle, won the prize for the Best Narrative Feature. [12] The short film Mébét, produced and directed by Ousman Jarju, was selected by the festival. [13]
2021October 8-10HybridScreened films include L’enfant de l’autre by Cameroonian-born Patricia Kwende; [14] Two Good Hearts; and Wedding Dress. [15] [16] Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine won the Cultural Icon Award. [17]
2022October 13-16Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose, CaliforniaThe Ugandan film Your Turn was screened. [18]

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  12. ↑ Matthys, Donald (2020-10-13). "#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Team Celebrates Narrative Feature Win at Silicon Valley African Film Festival" . Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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