There are some people whose work doesn’t neatly fall into traditional film awards categories. June Givanni, for example, is a film curator, writer and…
Since its founding in 1969, the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou – popularly known as Fespaco – has built a reputation as Africa’s most important film festival. Earlier this year, a panel of key Fespaco contributors convened in London to honour the festival’s legacy. Nadia Denton, the driving force behind the ‘Beyond Nollywood’ initiative, was present to capture the highlights.
From a poster from Mogadishu film week to VHS videos of pioneering art movies, Givanni has collected the lot – and at last she has opened her legendary treasure trove to the public