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(CANAL +) – The CANAL + group renews its commitment as a sponsor of the "Ecrans Noirs" Festival for the past ten years. Dedicated to Central African cinema, this festival promotes the actors of African cinema and the Black World. It will be held this year in Cameroon from 13 to 20 July 2018.
Inaugurated this Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé, the unmissable event of the 7th art in Central Africa will be the opportunity to primer, as each year, the best audiovisual productions on the continent.
For the second consecutive year, a "Central African Film Market" will make visible and accessible to buyers, the best of the film and audiovisual production in Central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola)
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss different themes for which CANAL + will speak. The four main topics are: " Canal + and Central Africa: Assessment and Prospects " (Wednesday, July 18 at 11:00); " And if the Humor was more exploited in the cinema and audio-visual of Central Africa? " (Wednesday 18 July at 15h); " New Technologies and Piracy " (Thursday, July 19 at 11am); " The Role of Women in African Cinemas " (Thursday, July 19 at 14:30)
CANAL + will reward the winners of the competition by giving them prizes ranging from 250,000 to 1,000,000 Francs CFA for the following categories: Best Series Award (1,000,000 CFA); Screen of the Cameroonian film (500 000 CFA); Award for best Cameroonian comedian (250,000 CFA) and prize for best Cameroonian actress (250,000 CFA)
Two editions of "The Night of the African Series", highlights of the festival, will be held on Tuesday 17 July ( at the CanalOlympia of Bessengué de Douala) and Thursday, July 19 (at the CanalOlympia of Yaoundé 1), from 17h to midnight in partnership with CANAL +. The opportunity for the public to be able to watch productions such as BarberShop (with comedian Dycosh), Kongossa Telecom, Dinama Nekh or Samba
" Ecrans Noirs has become a real market place for French-speaking African cinema. The opportunity for audiovisual actors from West and Central Africa to meet and consider collaborations. Our goal is to build bridges and invest in the development and the pan-African and international influence of African productions "says David Mignot, General Manager of Canal + Afrique.
THE MEETINGS OF CANAL + DURING BLACK SCREENS
Friday, July 13 – 20h : Opening Ceremony of the Ecrans Noirs Festival – Palais des Congrès of Yaoundé
Tuesday, July 17 – 17h to midnight : Night of series – Canal Olympia Douala
Thursday, July 19 – 17h to midnight : Night series – Canal Olympia Yaounde 1
From Monday, July 16 to Thursday, July 19 : Central African Film Market: presence of a Canal + stand – Hotel La Falaise Yaoundé
Friday, July 20 – 20h: Closing Ceremony: 4 prizes will be awarded by the teams of Canal + and A + – Pa lais of the Yaoundé Congress
- Best series ( 1 000 000 CFA francs)
- Screens of the Cameroonian film (500 000 CFA Francs)
- Best actress of Central Africa (250 000 Francs CFA)
- Best Cameroonian comedian (250 000 Francs CFA)
ABOUT CANAL + IN AFRICA
CANAL + has been present on the continent for more than 20 years and covers to date more than 25 countries through 11 subsidiaries and more than 30 partners and distributors. With its BOUQUETS CANAL + offering (more than 200 channels, radios and services), the group is the leading satellite pay-TV operator in French-speaking Africa and has more than three million subscribers.
CANAL + publishes 12 premium channels for the mainland (CANAL + entertainment channels declined by region, 4 CANAL + SPORT channels, as well as cinema, series and family channels). The group also produces programs dedicated to its mainland subscribers (+ AFRICA, SUCCESS, TALENT AFRICA …) and launched A +, a 100% African channel, in 2015 and A + SPORT, the new sports channel. in Africa, in July 2017.
Through its subsidiary THEMA, CANAL + allows its subscribers to have access to NOLLYWOOD TV, NOLLYWOOD EPIC and NOVELAS TV. The TNT offer is deployed under the EASYTV brand. CANAL + is the majority shareholder of IROKO +, a SVOD service unique in French-speaking Africa
The CANAL + Group invests in African cinema and since then has been pursuing a real ACTIVE policy for the development of audiovisual production in Africa: Purchasing, Pre-Purchasing, Co-production, Distribution of new productions. CANAL + also contributes to the professionalization of African talents in different countries of French-speaking Africa
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