The new dates for this year’s Cambridge African Film Festival have just been announced: it’ll run from 8 to 29 November over four consecutive weekends. Opening the Festival on 8 November will be the UK premiere of The Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela, presented by director Thomas Allen Harris.
The closing weekend on 28 and 29 November will include a season dedicated to Algerian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Lledo, whose documentary Algeria, Unspoken Stories sparked lively debate at the 28th Cambridge Film Festival when it premiered here in September. Lledo will return to Cambridge to present the film, this time alongside his earlier work. Finally, Black Business, introduced by director Osvalde Lewat, will complete the Festival’s unique line-up of films from Africa and the diaspora.
The full Festival dates are as follows: Saturday 8, Sunday 9, Friday 14, Saturday 15, Sunday 16, Friday 21, Saturday 22, Sunday 23, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November.
To find out more, visit the Cambridge African Film Festival website or download the CAFF programme (PDF).
One of the Festival’s media partners, BBC Film Network, has just published a interview on How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, which was recorded at the Arts Picturehouse before the film’s UK premiere at the Festival on Friday 26 September.
The video interview features writer Toby Young, whose memoir the film is based on, and producer, Stephen Woolley. They discuss how the film came about, their love of New York and how to pull off slapstick comedy that appeals to audiences on both sides of the pond.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is released in UK cinemas on Friday 3 October 2008.
This year the People’s Favourite Film Award goes to the French feature, Conversations with my Gardener, directed by Jean Becker and starring Daniel Auteuil.
Following a sell-out screening on Saturday 27 September, the film again played to a full house on the closing night. It is scheduled for general release at the end of November.
The Festival’s revivals also proved popular with the BFI’s Love Letters and Live Wires programme and the classic A Matter of Life and Death featuring prominently in the 2008 Festival Top Ten. Our special screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Institute of Astronomy was also a hit with audiences, as was this year’s surprise film, the Coen brothers’ latest offering, Burn After Reading.
Reviews are now closed for the films but you can still read the many comments posted on the website until the end of the month.
Tom Catchesides, the resident Festival photographer, has had another busy year, taking over 3000 images of our guests, screenings, gala receptions and special outdoor events. You can see them all together in one place by visiting his web gallery.
The Festival may be over but there’s still time to rate and review your favourite film. Due to popular demand, we’ve decided to give you a few more days to tell us what you think. The deadline for submitting reviews and ratings is now Wednesday 1 October at midnight (GMT). Don’t miss this chance to help select this year’s People’s Favourite Film Award!
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