Africa! January 5–22, 2012

İstanbul Modern Cinema presents a selection from the African cinema that though considered a relatively newcomer with its continental history of cinema dating only half a century back, has already enriched the global art realm with unique film productions. Between January 5-22, within the programme called “Africa!”, a selection of 10 films curated by Mahir Saul, a professor who is an expert in African anthropology at the Illinois University, will be presented. This selection of masterpieces from the African cinema initiated in 1960’s, is made in order to expose African moviemaking to the audience in İstanbul. Films display the surprisingly wide range of variety of the African cinema from traditional arts to video and avant-garde. Some of these films are awarded works at Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), the most important film festival of Africa, and some are works that became world classics or are really striking by their innovative style.