This Pioneering Film Festival Is Showcasing African Cinema & Straddling Two Continents
The 13th edition of the 2016 African Film Festival launches May 26 between Morocco and Spain.
African cinema is getting a lot of love these days as the 2016 African Film Festival (FCAT), now in its 13th year, kicks off May 26 at venues in Tarifa, Spain and Tangiers, Morocco.
<p>This is the first year the <strong>Festival de Cine Africano</strong> will showcase its program of 70 African flicks, subtitled in Spanish, between Europe and Africa’s borders separated by the Strait of Gibraltar—only a 30-minute ferry ride apart—according to blog <a href="http://shadowandact.com/2016/05/24/fcat-2016african-film-festival-aims-for-dialogue-between-spanish-and-moroccan-shores-of-the-strait-of-gibraltar-w-70-films-in-tarifa-and-tangiers/" target="_blank"><em>Shadow and Act</em>.</a> It's a return home for the festival as it was <a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/african-and-european-cities-to-simultaneously-host-african-film-festival-fcat-2016-20160201" target="_blank">founded</a> in Tarifa.</p><p>It will feature an array of films, including features, documentaries and shorts, primarily produced in Africa, with an emphasis “on the African continent and its many realities,” <strong>Mane Cisneros</strong>, FCAT director says, <em>Shadow and Act</em> <a href="http://shadowandact.com/2016/05/24/fcat-2016african-film-festival-aims-for-dialogue-between-spanish-and-moroccan-shores-of-the-strait-of-gibraltar-w-70-films-in-tarifa-and-tangiers/" target="_blank">reports</a>.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>The fest is designed this year to serve as a point of connection between the Strait with venues on both shores competing for awards along with a curated, non-competitive film program from Tangiers’ Cinémathèque to be screened at Morroco’s festival hub in Tarifa.</p><p>Among the festival’s five non-competitive sections are, according to <em><a href="http://shadowandact.com/2016/05/24/fcat-2016african-film-festival-aims-for-dialogue-between-spanish-and-moroccan-shores-of-the-strait-of-gibraltar-w-70-films-in-tarifa-and-tangiers/" target="_blank">Shadow and Act</a></em>:</p><p></p><blockquote>"<strong>AfroScope</strong>", an eclectic film selection about contemporary African realities; “<strong>Africa in Rhythm</strong>,” showcasing films about African dances and musics; “<strong>Tangiers, Pearl of the North</strong>,” and a special section entitled “<strong>Estrechando</strong>” (meaning tightening or “straitening,” a reference to the Strait of Gibraltar, in Spanish) will be dedicated to stories taking place on both borders of the Strait.<p>The fest has also added a new section, “<strong>Ethnographic Cinema</strong>” that will highlight collaborative work from anthropology students and faculty from the University of Seville.</p></blockquote><p>As is the African Film Festival’s tradition, its poster pays homage to African photographers—this year honoring <strong><a href="http://www.andrewesiebo.com/#new-page" target="_blank">Andrew Esiebo</a></strong> of Lagos, Nigeria.</p><p><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDk5NjgxOC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNjg4Mjg2Nn0.AEPdTR8qyeUfLkwnaYmaG16MOs3gAHQitGq7WzpAyU8/img.jpg?width=980" id="8dc0a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="34f1c4285bfac259c95e9ce01e060596" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></p><p>FCAT wraps up June 4.</p><p>For more information, click <a href="http://www.fcat.es/en/inicio-2/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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