A Visit To Vanguard Cinema (12A*) + ScreenTalk on Archive Film from Sudan
SAFAR Film Festival
Part of two festival events showcasing Sudanese films spanning from the 1970s and 1980s to contemporary works reflecting the aftermath of the 2019 revolution.
Talal Afifi, Founder of Sudan Film Factory and Sudan Film Festival in Khartoum, presents Sudanese Cinema: Unfinished Journeys, Endless Dreams, two evenings dedicated to showcasing Sudanese films spanning from the 1970s and 1980s to contemporary works reflecting the aftermath of the 2019 revolution. The selection tries not only to explore the socio-political developments depicted in these films but also delves into the cinematic techniques, practices and visual experimentation that Sudanese filmmakers have employed over nearly four decades.
A Visit To Vanguard Cinema‘s selection focuses on archive cinema and the Sudanese Film Group, which was formed in 1989 by Ibrahim Shaddad, Altayeb Mahdi and Suleiman El Nour - filmmakers who worked in Ministry of Culture in the late 70s & early 80s. Followed by a talk with film scholar Erica Carter.
Event ends 5.05pm.
Content Warning: Please note, this programme contains partial nudity and view of a dead animal.
Guest speaker Talal Afifi, Sudanese film producer
Guest speaker for the talk: Erica Carter, Professor of German and Film at King’s College London
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Programme
Jamal (A Camel) (1981)
Ibrahim Shaddad | Short Fiction | Sudan
Al Mahatta (The Station) (1989) directed by Eltayeb Mahdi
Eltayeb Mahdi | Short Fiction | Sudan
Africa, The Jungle, Drums and Revolution, (1979)
Suliman Elnour | Short Fiction | Soviet Union
Tigers Are Better Looking, (1979)
Hussein Shariffe | Short Fiction | UK
About the curator
Talal Afifi, a Sudanese film producer and the founder of Sudan Film Factory, has been involved in the production of numerous narrative and documentary films since 2010. He has also contributed to the development of various artistic programs in partnership with international institutions, such as “Follow the Nile” with the Robert Bosch Foundation, aimed at supporting and developing film projects for young filmmakers from the Nile Basin and North Africa.
He established the Sudan Independent Film Festival in 2014 and managed it for six editions with a highly diverse team. Additionally, he has served on several international film award jury panels, including chairing the jury of the International Documentary Award in 2022.
Currently, he is actively involved in producing several documentary films in collaboration with production teams from the UK, Germany, and Egypt.
About the speaker
Erica Carter is a researcher, lecturer and curator, and Professor of German and Film in the Department of Film Studies at King’s College, London. She has published and lectured widely on film history, early cinema aesthetics, and decolonial archive practice. Her publications include the co-authored Mapping the Sensible.
Distribution, Inscription, Cinematic Thinking (2022); Béla Balázs. Early Film Theory (2010); and the BFI German Cinema Book (2nd edn. 2021). A major focus of her current research is the archive and artistic legacy of the Sudanese filmmaker, poet and fine artist Hussein Shariffe.
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Cinema 2
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