The Berlin Annual African Film & Media Festival 2013

"Africa on Screen: Through the Eyes of Africa"

(Berlin, Germany; August 22nd - 25th, 2013)
  Thursday,
August 22nd, 2013
Friday,
August 23rd, 2013
Saturday,
August 24th, 2013
Sunday,
August 25th, 2013

09:30

Registration

Location:

The ICD House of Arts & Culture (ICD House)

"Nollywood.edu: African Filmmakers and the Future of Open Education"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Shane McMillan

(Co-Founder of AllVersity)

Location:

The ICD House

 

"The Role that National Institute for Cultural Orientation In Nigeria Plays Using Cultural Diplomacy as a Means of Dialogue "

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Matthias Akaazua

(Post Graduate Student of International Business Management (MBA), Girne American University; Certificate Student, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)

Location:

The ICD House

10:00

"Introduction to Film as Cultural Diplomacy"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Kishore Chakraborty

(Director of Research - Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)

Location:

The ICD House

"Free Media and a Free and Economic Independent Film Industry Shape the View of Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Dagmar Dehmer

(Journalist, Der Tagesspiegel)

Location:

The ICD House

"Rebranding Nollywood-The 200 Million Dollar Question"

(Lecture, Film Presentation & Discussion)

Speaker:

Dayo Balogun

(Film Editor and Postproduction Consultant, H264 Media Limited)

Location:

The ICD House

"The treatment of the Theme of Female Genital Mutilation in the Film Industry"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Hadja Kaba

(Founder, Mama Afrika e.V.)

Location:

The ICD House

10:45

"The Rise of the African Film Industry: Implications & Prospects"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

H. E. Amb. Sitona Abdalla Osman

(Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan to Germany)

Location:

The ICD House

"The Impact of Mass Media in Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Marion Lieser

(Managing Director of OXFAM Germany)

Location:

The ICD House

"Funding Possibilities For African Filmmakers: The World Cinema Fund"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Isona Admetila

(Representative, World Cinema Fund)

Location:

The ICD House

"Film as a Vehicle for Cultural Diplomacy in Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi

(President of AFROKTAK TV cyberNomads)

Location:

The ICD House

11:30

(11:45) Break

Break

Break

Break

12:00

(12:15) "African Stories & Film Africa - DW Akademie's activities in Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Michael Tecklenburg,

(Head, Africa Division and Coordinator, Deutsche Welle)

Location:

The ICD House

 

"Film as an Educational Tool: A Visual Insight into Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Anna Shivute

(Commissioner, The Namibian Film Commission)

Location:

The ICD House

"The Potency of Cultural Industries in the Contemporary International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy-

The Experience of UK and Germany. Lessons for Nigeria and Growing Economies"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Paul Iorapuu

(MA Student, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)

Location:

The ICD House

"The Impact of New Communication Technologies in promoting African Development & Prosperity"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Prof. John A. Kantara

(Author, Producer, Journalist)

Location:

The ICD House

12.30

"Rising Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Leon Willems

(Director, Free Press Unlimited)

Location:

The ICD House

"Internet: the North-South Gate"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Alex Kem

(Organizer, the Kenako Festival, Afrika Medien Zentrum e.V.)

Location:

The ICD House

"Freedom Technologies - How to circumvent censorship"

(Film Screening and Discussion with the Director)

Speaker:

Prof. John A. Kantara

(Author, Producer, Journalist)

Location:

The ICD House

13:00

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

14:30

"The Potential of African Film as Cultural Diplomacy – Perspectives from Egypt"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

H.E. Amb. Dr. Mohamed Abdelhamid Ibrahim Higazy

(Ambassador of Egypt to Germany)

Location:

Embassy of Egypt

"The Moroccan Film Industry as a Vehicle for Cultural Diplomacy"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Dr. Kalakhi Mohamed

(Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Morocco to Germany)

Location:

Embassy of Morocco

"One Fine Day Films and Film as Cultural Exchange in Africa"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Sarika Lakhani

(Producer, One Fine Day Films)

Location:

The ICD House

Participants Have Visit to German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation

Location:

German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation

15.15


 

(15:30) Reception

Moroccan Film Screening

Location:

Embassy of Morocco

"Film Making and Cultural Diplomacy in Africa"

(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Speakers:

Sarika Lakhani

(Producer, One Fine Day Films)

Simon Mukali

(Director)

Roselidah Obala

(Editor)

Emo Rugene

(Actor)

Sven Taddicken

(Supervising Director)

Sebastian Bonde

(Supervising Editor)

Cornelia Hammelmann

(Project Manager, Deutsche Filmförderungsanstal)

Location:

The ICD House

16:30


 

"The Presence of the Past: Discussing Films and Negotiating Memories in South African – German Perspectives"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Dr. Ralf Hermann

(Head of Berlin Office, Stiftung Partnershaft mit Afrika e.V.)

Location:

Embassy of Egypt

17:00

 

"Film & Media as an Effective and Powerful Tool in Culture Diplomacy"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Ahmed El Mahmoudy

(Founder, ID Labs Art & Technology Solutions)

Location:

Embassy of Egypt

 

 

 

travel Time

Break

 

17:30


 

"Creative Industries: Challenge to the growth of Tanzanian Economy"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Rahma Salaum

(MA Student, Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies)

Location:

Embassy of Egypt

 

 

"Nairobi Half Life"

(Film Screening)

Moderator:

Sarika Lakhani

(Producer, One Fine Day Films)

Location:

The ICD House

Farewell

18:00

travel Time

"The Impact and Power of Documentary Film in Real Time. A case study with Ask Me I am Positive"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Teboho Edkins

(Film Director, Deutsche Film & Fernsehen Akademie Berlin - dffb)

Location:

The ICD House

Nollywood and Representation of Nigerian Culture in The Global Market: Mirror Effect or Deflection?"

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:

Dr. Asogwa Euphemia Chika

(Lecturer and Head of Department

of Mass Communication, Kogi State University, Anyigba)

(18:45) "Underneath the Layer"

(Film Screening and Discussion with the Director)

Speaker:

Andrea Gisell Kizua

(African Artist)

Location:

The ICD House

 

19:00


 

Group Dinner & Social Activity - Clärchens Ballhaus

"Ask Me I am Positive"

(Film Screening and Discussion with the Director)

Speaker:

Teboho Edkins

(Film Director, Deutsche Film & Fernsehen Akademie Berlin - dffb)

Location:

The ICD House

(19:30) Group Dinner & Social Activity - Gandhara