Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals [Paperback]

Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups.Introduction 1. Early Curatorial Practices, European Colonialism, and the Rise of 'A-list' Film Festivals 2. Afri-Cannes? African Film and Filmmakers at the World's Most Prestigious Film Festival 3. 'Where is Africa?' at the 2010 International Film Festival of Rotterdam 4. African Film Festivals in Africa: Curating 'African Audiences' for 'African Films' 5. Moving Africa: African Film Festivals Outside of Africa 6. The Rise of 'International' Film Festivals in Africa 7. Festive Excitement and (Dis)sensus Communis In Action at Two Film Festivals in Africa Conclusion

Doveys book provides a crucial intervention by incorporating the responses of actual audiences, instead of the audiences constructed by film texts or assumed by scholars. & Essential reading for all film scholars, Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals enriches our understanding of African cinema and the event of the film festival and opens up exciting areas for future research. (Carmela Garritano, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 47 (3), 2016)

An essential read. Dovey's book offers rich insights into the circulation of African cinema while expanding our understanding of film festivals. - Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival

Artfully crafted, Lindiwe Dovey successfully combines field research, critical insight and theoretical rigour to provide a highly complex web of analysis. This book provides a further dimension to cinema studies' theoretical approachlÓ"