UWC to host the Africa World Documentary Film Festival
We heard from Mark Espin -
One of the organisers of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival. The
University of the Western Cape’s English Department will host the Cape Town leg
of the 6th International E. Desmond Lee Africa World Documentary Film
Festival from 24th July to 1st August 2013. The festival is hosted in several
cities from St. Louis (USA), Kingston (Jamaica), Yaounde (Cameroon),
Philadelphia (USA), London (UK) and Cape Town (South Africa). The film
festival is an effort to promote the knowledge, life and culture of African
people through the art of documentary filmmaking. Dubbed one of the most
prestigious film festivals in the world, the AWDFF will see the presentation of
46 films submitted by participants from all over the world. All screenings will
take place in the UWC Library Auditorium, with free entry for all registered
staff and students at Western Cape tertiary institutions. General members of the public are encouraged to
attend as well each screening will cost R20. To book your seat send an email to
awdffbooking@uwc.ac.za or
for the full UWC programme, go to www.uwc.ac.za/Events/Pages/Africa-Doc-Film-Festival
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