Joburg Film Festival Encourages All Filmmakers to Express Their Views: ‘A Space Where Politics and Artistry Meet’

Joburg Film Festival Encourages All Filmmakers to Express Their Views: ‘A Space Where Politics and Artistry Meet’

Following the brouhaha around whether art should be divorced from politics at the Berlinale, the organizers of the 8th Joburg Film Festival at Tuesday night’s opener were adamant that all voices and viewpoints are welcome, noting that African filmmaking is inherently political. Hundreds of filmmakers, TV and film executives, distributors, actors and media converged on […]

By Leo Barraclough