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| Date: | Apr 10, 2013 7:00pm |
| Organized by: | Studio Emad Eddin Foundation |
| Venue: | Goethe-Institut Cairo - Doqqi |
| Address: | 17 Hussein Wassef St., Midan El-Missaha, Doqqi, Giza 5 El-Bustan St., Downtown Cairo, Egypt |
| Admission: | free |
| Supported by: | Al-Ismaelia, British Council, The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, Institut Francais d'Egypte, Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy, Goethe Institut, Centre for Culture and Development
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| Event Language: | French and Mossi with English and Arabic subtitles. |
| Website: | http://d-caf.org/artist/hope-travels-espoir-voyage/ https://www.facebook.com/dcaf.egypt |
Screening of "Hope Travels" (Espoir Voyage), directed by Michael Zongo (Burkina Faso).
2011, 81 minutes.
This film will also be screened on April 5th as part of the D-CAF Nuit Blanche/All Night Cinema program at Radio Cinema (see Related Events).
From the program, Contemporary West African Cinema, curated by Philippe Lacôte (Ivory Coast) – A selection of films between documentary and fiction portraying West Africa today, made by young directors.
About the film
Years after his brother Joanny’s death, Burkinese filmmaker Michel Zongo sets out on a personal reconnaissance mission to the Ivory Coast, where Joanny was headed long ago never to return, travelling like so many young men to his country’s more affluent neighbour in search of work. Questions about his whereabouts plague the director: Who was Joanny anyway and how did he live and die?
About Michel Zongo
Born in 1974 in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, Michel Zongo worked as a cameraman and assistant director on a large number of films before writing and directing his first documentary, “Sibi, l’âme du violon”. He followed this with the documentary, “Ti-tiimou (Nos sols)”, and in 2010 he co-founded Diam Productions, a documentary film production company, that co-produced his first feature-length documentary film, “Espoir-Voyage”, with Cinédoc Films.
Produced by: Diam Productions and Ciné doc
Festivals
Selection Berlin film festival 2012, Festival Cinéma du Réel ( France) 2012, Hot doc Toronto 2012, Luxor documentary film festival 2012.
Meet the Curator of the Contemporary West African Cinema Programme: Philippe la Cote in Conversation –
Goethe Institute, on Wednesday April 7, 8:30 PM (see Related Events).
The screening is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival.
