Programme
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DAY 1 Monday January 26 |
ARRIVAL |
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2.00-6.00 pm |
Registration - Pit Theatre Meetings and Networking |
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6:00-9:00pm |
Film Shows – 1. Efunsetan Aniwura Writer: Akinwumi Isola 2. The Boy Kumasenu (1952) 86 minutes – Ghana Classic Director: Sean Graham. |
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DAY 2 Tuesday January 27 |
Opening Ceremony Venue: Oduduwa Hall |
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8:00 – 10:00 |
Arrival of Delegates and Registration Film Show: Slum Sweeper, Producer : Olu Holloway |
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Special Guest of Honour: Senator Bello Gada, Hon. Minister of Culture and Tourism Chair: Chief Segun Olusola mni, OFR, Founder/Patron, African Refugees Foundation, Lagos Chief Host: Prof. M. O. Faborode, Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife M.C.: Biodun Olanrewaju, P.R.O, O.A.U. Ile-Ife |
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10.00-10.15 |
Introduction of Guests |
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10.15-10.20 |
National Anthem & Obafemi Awolowo University Anthem (Department of Music) |
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10.20-10.30 |
Welcome Address: Dr. (Mrs.) Foluke Ogunleye, Convener |
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Vice Chancellor’s Opening Remarks |
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Chairman's Opening Remarks |
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Declaring the Festival Open - Senator Bello Gada, Hon. Minister of Culture and Tourism, |
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Book Presentation: Dr. Tayo Adesina, Acting Director, Foundation Degree Programme, Osun State University |
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11.00 – 11:02 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 1 |
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11.03 – 12:00 |
Keynote Address: Professor Manthia Diawara, Chair, Dept. of Africana Studies, New York University, New York, USA |
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12:01 - 12:15 |
Awovarsity Theatre Dancers |
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12:15 - 1:17 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 2 |
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1:17- 2:15 |
Keynote Address: Mr. Kwaw P. Ansah, CEO, TV Africa, Accra, Ghana |
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2:15 - 2:20 |
Chairperson's Closing Remarks/Announcements |
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2:20 - 4.00 |
Lunch Break/Registration Continues Film Show: Evangetainment, 2008, 120mins, Director: Olaitan Faranpojo |
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4.00 – 6:20 |
Film Show: 3. America Beyond the Color Line (Los Angeles: Black Hollywood) (2003) … minutes – USA Directors: Mary Crisp, Daniel Percival 4. Animation made in Ghana (2008) 45 minutes – Ghana, Presenter: Samuel Quartey |
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6:30 - 7:30 |
· Cocktail Party for Invited Guests · Film Show: Love Brewed in the African Pot (1981) 125 minutes, Director: Kwaw P. Ansah |
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8:00 – 10:00 |
Film Shows: · Isola Ogunsola (I-show Pepper) Film · Heritage . . . Africa (1989) 110 minutes, Ghana Writer/Director: Kwaw P. Ansah · Fate, (2006, 117 mins), Uganda Director: Cindy Magara |
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DAY 3 Wednesday January 28 |
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8:00 – 10:00 |
Concurrent Sessions (A, B, C & D) Workshop Session on Voice & Speech, Professor Wendy Coleman, Albany State University, Georgia, USA |
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10:00 - 11:30 |
Lead Paper: Mr. Afolabi Adesanya, Managing Director, Nigerian Film Corporation, Jos Film Shows – From the Film Corporation Archives |
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11:30 – 3:00 |
Roundtable Session: · Mr. Emeka Mba, DG, National Film and Video Censors Board · Professor Adebayo Lamikanra, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. · Professor Alade Fawole, Head, Dept. of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. · Mr. Busola Holloway, President, Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN) |
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3:00 - 4:00 |
Lunch Break Film Show: Run Baby Run (2006) 128- minutes – Director, Emmanuel Apea |
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4.00 – 7:30 |
Masterclass Session with Busola Holloway and Jetta Amata Film Show: The Eyo Festival |
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7:30 – 9: 30 |
Film Shows: Baba Sala Film Amazing Grace, Directed by Jeta Amata All our Children (2008, 41 mins) Director, Irene Kulabako, Uganda |
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DAY 4 Thursday January 29 |
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8:00 – 10:00 |
· Concurrent Sessions (E. F, G & H) · Student Filmmakers meet with Directors Film Shows: Experience, 2008 (35 mins), Director: Seun Adesina Twisted Nature, 2008 (69mins.), Director: Chiemela Ogbonna Food Abuse, 2008 (30mins), Director: Seun Adesina Shadows, 2008, (55mins) Directors: Michael Akande & Babasinmisola Fadirepo |
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Lead Paper: John R. Botha, School for Communication Studies, North-West University, South Africa Film Show: A Reasonable Man (1999), 103 min, South Africa Writer/Director: Gavin Hood Moabi Mogorosi, Botswana: Botswana Film Tapologo (2008) 88 minutes - South Africa/Spain Director: Gabriela & Sally Gutierrez |
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12:00 - 3:00 |
Film Show: Everyday Use (2003) 26 minutes – USA Writers: Bruce Schwartz & Alice Walker Lead Papers: 1. Hyginus Ekwuazi, Department of Theatre Arts, Univ. of Ibadan 2. Samba Gadjigo, Professor of French and African Studies Mount Holyoke College 3. Africanus Aveh, University of Ghana Film Shows: · Asa ati Ise ni Ile Yoruba (2008) 8 minutes – Nigeria, Director: Bukola Eluyera (subtitled in English) · After the Silence (2007, 33 mins), - Uganda, Director: Irene Kulabako |
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3:00 - 4.00 |
Dundun - Talking Drum (2007) 83minutes - Nigeria Director: Ibisankale Kayode |
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4:00 - 6.00 |
Film Shows: In their Own Voices, Director: Dr. Dominica Dipio, Volume 1 (2008) 44 minutes – Uganda End of an Empire, (1969) – Kenya Alive and Well with HIV – Positive Living (2007) 25 minutes – Nigeria, Director: Babajide Moronfolu |
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6.00 -10:00 |
Film Shows: Introduction to the American Film by Professor Wendy Coleman · Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000) – USA Directors: Daniel Anker, Barak Goodman · Ogunde Film · The Honourable (2008, 120 mins), Ashiraf Simwogerere, Uganda · Sitanda, Amstel Malta Box Office |
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DAY 5 Friday January 30 |
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Meetings and Networking PIT THEATRE Film Shows: · Down this road I walk (2007, 120 mins), Mariam Ndagire, Uganda · Murder in the City (2006, 145 mins) Ashiraf Simwogerere, Uganda |
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9:00am - 12noon |
Tour of OAU Campus & Ile-Ife City |
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12 noon |
Official Closing: Communiqué: Dr. G. R. Adeoti Closing Address: Dr. (Mrs.) Foluke Ogunleye |
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DEPARTURE |
