Ecrans Noirs Festival

Ecrans Noirs Festival is a film festival in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It has been characterized as "Central Africa's largest cinema event".[1]

The Ecrans Noirs Festival, run by an organization of the same name, was established in 1997 by the filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio.[2] The 23rd Ecrans Noirs Festival took place in July 2019.[3] Its theme was 'Women in African cinema'.[4]

Winners of the Ecran d'Or
Year Winning Film Country
2016 Tears of Satan by Hicham El Jebbari.[5] Morocco
2017 Children of the mountain by Priscilla Anany.[6] Ghana
2018 Maki'la by Machérie Ekwa Bahango.[7] Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019 The Mercy of the Jungle by Joël Karekezi.[3] Rwanda
2020 Heart of Africa by Tshoper Kabambi Kashala.[8] Democratic Republic of the Congo
2021 Annato by Fatima Boukdady.[9] Morocco
2022 The Planter's Plantation by Eystein Young.[10] Cameroon

References
  1. Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
  2. Christian Eboulé, Au Cameroun, lever de rideau du festival de cinéma "Ecrans Noirs", TV5Monde, 16 July 2019.
  3. Ecrans noirs: la 23e edition sur les rails, Cameroon Tribune, 15 July 2019.
  4. Festival Ecrans Noirs 2019 : le Congo parmi les sélectionnés, Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale, 11 July 2019.
  5. Ecrans Noirs 2016 : voici le palmarès, Le Bled Parle, 24 July 2016.
  6. Clap de fin pour la 21ème édition d'Écrans Noirs, TV5Monde, 24 July 2017.
  7. The Ecrans Noirs Film Festival 2018, africanews.en, 30 July 2018.
  8. "Ecrans Noirs 2020". Ecrans Noirs: le festival du cinéma africain (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. "Ecrans Noirs : un film marocain en or". Cameroon Tribune (in French). 29 November 2021.
  10. Oyero, Ezekiel (2022-10-25). "Oscars: Cameroon's 'The Planter's Plantation' starring Nkem Owoh selected for Academy Awards". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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