Ireland’s First African Film Festival
Carlow
African Film Festival provides an annual platform to celebrate the
beauty and diversity of Africa through Film, honour excellence in
African filmmaking and promote cultural interaction and integration in
Ireland.
As the Festival enters its 8th
year and continues to broaden its horizon each year, we continue to
build on the successes of previous years particularly in relation to
high quality films being presented to our audience.
In 2010, the Festival launched its first Award for Best Film. We forged
ahead in 2011 with choosing the best film for this highly coveted award.
Again, the decision was placed in the hands of our audience through a
robust rating process. The Best Film for 2011 went to "The First Grader", a film inspired by a true story from Kenya.
Last year, our audiences had the opportunity to walk the Red Carpet in grand
style with our eminent guests such as renowned South African Actor,
Vusi Kunene celebrated Ghanaian Actress Nadia Buari, and of course the
Festival Patron, Rudolph Walker OBE, EastEnders’ Patrick Trueman,
amongst others.
The Festival Party was bigger and better and helped to create a veritable avenue for interaction and integration.
We would like to thank our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and the
entire Carlow Community for supporting this initiative which endeavours
to open up a great relationship between the Irish and the new
communities in Carlow and Ireland in general.
We trust everyone was delighted with the 2011 presentations and we hope you will join us again as we record another resounding success in 2012.
Winner of Excellence in Embracing Diversity-Carlow Chamber of Commerce Awards 2008
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