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AfroBerlin Puts Africa In The Spotlight At Berlin, Discusses Role Of Festivals, Streamers & Industry In Supporting Filmmakers From The Continent

AfroBerlin took over the conference center next to the European Film Market with standing room only for some sessions at the event, which was organized by Prudence Kolong’s consultancy biz Yanibes and the EFM. African films including Abderrahmane Sissako’s Black Tea, Mati Diop’s Dahomey, and Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Aria’s Pepe are in competition, and Mamadou Dia’s Demba is in the Encounters strand. Streamers can bring projects to global attention, but whether producers in Africa can bank on them to do so was up for debate, notably in light of Amazon’s plans to scale back origination in the region, as first revealed by Deadline.

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