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Alex Berger, Larry Kasanoff, Shuzo John Shiota Set to Talk at Abidjan’s SICA as It Debates African AI, Shooting in Abidjan, Building a Globalized Market
Meanwhile African decision makers looks set to talk up broader cooperation in film and TV.
Alex Berger, producer at TOP of milestone French spy thriller “The Bureau,” adapted for the U.S. in “The Agency” starring Michael Fassbender, will be sharing his experience of shooting in Abidjan a new series created with Arte. Another key session, again debating co-production and distribution, features Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, a Cannes competition contender and César Award winner for 2014’s “Timbuktu,” French producer Axel Guyot (“Les 3 Lascars”), Burkino Faso’s Dani Kouyaté and South Africa’s Dan Jawitz, whose recent productions include Netflix hit “Wild Is the Wind” and Toronto selected “The Umbrella Man.” Case studies at this year’s SICA include U.K. producer Hamid Ibrahim, a story co-writer and production designer on “Iwaju,” who will unpack the Walt Disney Animation Studios TV Afrofuturist series; director Landry Agbadou on “Gla,” Ivory Coast’s first genre film and winner of 2024’s NISA d’Or; Ivory Coast filmmaker Joël Akafou, talking about “Loin de moi la colère,” which won a best documentary Bronze Stallion at Fespaco 2025, and social media expert Haifa Daoud’s showcase of AI generated content.
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