Carthage Talks in competition - Carthage Film Festival 2017

5th of November 2017 from 10am to 12pm at Africa Hotel – Movie Theater

African and Arab film selection in international festivals

Introduction :

This panel is trying to create a bridge between filmmakers and festival programmers. It will ll focus on the editorial lines of festivals, the selection criteria, to the presence of Arab and African cinemas as well as the different opportunities offered.

Tarek Ben Chaabane : Moderator
Universitaire et critique

Panelistes

André Ceuterick
Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons (Belgique)

Kiva Reardon
Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)

Peter Van Hoof
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Gjermund Granlund
Arab Film Days (Norway)

6th of November 2017 from 10am to 12pm at Africa Hotel – Movie Theater

Reality and perspectives of African and Arab film distribution

Introduction :

Distribution is the central problem of Arab and African cinema. Many elements are presented to explain this situation: non conformity of these cinemas with genres and themes sought by distributors, cultural barriers, etc. What are the existing and future solutions for this cinema to find (back) its audiences? This discussion panel will try to answer this question and many others...