Africa in Motion at the Edinburgh African Film Festival 2009
For 4 years running, Filmhouse (Edinburgh’s foremost independent cinema for the last 30 years) has been supporting Africa in Motion (AiM), an African Film festival highlighting the work of film-makers across this continent.
“In only a few years, Africa in Motion has grown into a flourishing and exhilarating festival of cultural diversity and cinematic brilliance. Providing a platform to challenge, engage with and explore issues surrounding the African continent and its films, the festival includes a range of classic and contemporary films – long, short, fiction and documentary.”
2009 is the UN’s Year of Reconciliation, and the theme runs through this festival which runs from the 22 October to 1 November 2009, highlighting some of the world’s most war-torn and trauma ravaged countries. This year 60 films from 23 countries will be screened giving African film-makers the exposure they need.
One of the most talked about films is ‘My Secret Sky’ a hard hitting story of a child soldier, see the film clip below for a taster…
Click HERE for a full list of programmes.
For more information about the organisation, please contact: info@africa-in-motion.org.uk
