Of girls rights. And last but not least meet a studio single who wants to release a nice mozambiques capital to do our. Fast lets go to nigeria youve all had about rights movies from nigeria theyre really challenging some of the more established Film Industries well like hollywood especially when it comes to numbers each week the west african film scene with these is about 50 new movies which is in lots more than the outlets from the u. S. Now if that would talk honest about next reports about how their way there would even be more coming out of nigeria but not just your regular kind of movies. How many times i felt a little touch anything except maybe drone studios and u. S. Shot animation. Is the tale of us 3 tribes in lagos trying to lead the nigerian dream from the studio. And hes cofounder as want to create unique stories that reflect african reality. Have. Not become explore and sell to the world i think it would do thats. The next generations of the imagination of you know if it was all scientists people in the Broad Spectrum of sites its more than themselves. The short film has been screened at Film Festivals around the world the next step to turn it into a feature film but for that and his team need more i mean metres and more cash the problem is there arent many animators in nigeria and how can a Small Business like studios attract investors. I think people need a brand piers. Problems tested with the markets that markets the black. Market foods with regards without seeing the series. Or any type of production. One man that knows the nigerian feel market very well is movie director and yet his movie Reading Party 2 is the highest grossing nigerian feel of all time and he is now expanding to animation films he has a team of 10 animators working with various projects he recently released the trailer of his short animation film my leica. Water. I will no longer. Give. The film is based on the nigerian female legend queen ameena my like oh wow. Fully funded through donations on crowdfunding site kickstarter need he explains why animated films contribute to raising african narratives to the next level. And i think weve gotten to the point right away feels like youve seen it all it feels i was telling the same kind of stories and i think thats why people get excited when they saw my like because you know they had never seen anything like that before. With the right investments and top talent nigerian animations have the potential to even group you know full. Its amazing what technology can do especially in movies so these street debates is also about each year in germany the largest african Film Festival takes place in the city of cologne and our very own once you can watch our out when that meets filmmakers from all over the continent to discuss the future of the african Film Industry let me have. And action. Hello there and welcome to yet another education of the street debate but this time its going to be special because its an 18 minute discussion with key players in the Film Industry from across the continent we are the 17th edition of the africa Film Festival in germany but the 1st question ease how important these festivals and i address it to you in my book is they make it accessible otherwise they wouldnt have been accessible i mean hes like many other filmmakers who create works very like and directors but the works never get to see the light of the day be seen by ordinary people you know so im very happy that there is a festival that you can bring. The works to the people that want to come to you jackie mean you have International Experience curating festivals from the u. K. You have walked in 1000000000 also curating what are the lessons that you you think that you would draw from your experience working also in the black style Film Festival and in the International Festivals what are the lessons that youve learned. Well. Its interesting weve seen more and more films being produced on the continent and that being widely disseminated in fact various festivals around the world and i think the now we have is with through international Film Festivals that the film still ness African Films dont necessarily only have to be seen within an african Film Festival but also international Film Festivals that they can be in within the white of programming with american and european films and i think thats a huge achievement and thats where we want to get actually. Open question who benefits the most from the festivals is that the directors it the actors in the producers who wants to get a show at. All the people you mention and the audience those who wouldnt find like a niche content when its nice you know a variety of content and when box office isnt the main main what your college priority everyone and i mean when i go to festival as a norm its given. How is the experience for you know i love it when i watch films from from morning to you during the bad films i sleep so i can. What are some of the common a theater themes in the in the fields that youve watched how yes that was pretty common in the know you would films of the particular era you had family dramas remind stories our own. Somewhere else to pick narratives way they were set in rural areas or in a historical period you had a lot of jews but now i think the stories of diversifying pretty much a lot of Different Things are happening now from regular things away from love yes i would love to talk loving you travel happens but i think theyve realized the key maybe we shouldnt just make. And comedy is actually comedy so you also have these people doing stuff from the mainstream who just do skits that are put on instagram that are put on you tube which also has its own following by itself so i would say the. Platform now for people to do 2 experiments doing really alternative stuff i mean theres to the funding issue but its also a story of how much you can do with what you have where do you get the money this is the question that i want to ask i mean you took 3 weeks to produce this film that is showing here where can still make us get money 1st of all people can have can have a collective and make films and whatever they have the chip in and create films i come from that that space and also of course you have. Funds for my country dont have funds so rely on the funds from where they. Where theres a corporate actions with a population between french german or looks and bork whatever Different Countries might say. Tending to in the way because you know collaboration is your financial source i would say you know that im a journalist but im doing independent filmmaker so when i see collaboration its not only collaboration but i have to say from my. From my salary have to keep it have to cut my Different Things to produce film in a low budget do you work with what you have and i also think that and i think this is also interesting for europe because the film Funding Landscape is changing everywhere right and depending on the political dispensation of countries more your films its difficult to fund films everywhere in the world and more and more people are trusting it like informal sources and independent ways of working and that for me also makes for stories that are much much more interesting because im saying that europe has run out of stories i dont think interesting stories dont come from europe anymore when its from that established see in the in independent cinema and especially when you see like go. First 2nd and 3rd set or generations of european making films i mean that makes me super excited and then im thinking european cinema some day but but without glorifying lack of resources i think theres some Amazing Things that come up from that you have actually doesnt act in a documentary did you country beauty in this collaboration and how was what was your contribution like was it just in acting for free or actually even paying to act it was acting for free but for me i had a whole experience which for me was more and then whatever money they could pay me i had the chance to travel africa to. Get to know my roots to get to know brothers and sisters over there i think it is easier in maybe europe or america to start a firm and to look for funds while in africa that is not the case but now it platforms as you tube they can reach out they can just like let their imagination go loose and make a movie of how they think africa should be so i do think there is a future there is really a future in african foam but. We shouldnt sit down and think like ok we dont have the funds so were not going to do anything lets use what we have and put it out there we are not waiting for people to help us lets help ourselves and show them what we can do before we get helped thank you so much for your knowing. Those of and to serve in discussion this time it was a very special one because we had a very intimate discussion with stakeholders in the Film Industry from across Different Countries in africa. Maybe i should have this unique area. Or direct but i wouldnt be able to present this show to you guys so its all good thanks to ones equal in cologne for bringing us that if you want to learn more about african film check out the whole debate about you tube channel. Now african movies are booming not just in nigeria but also in uganda which has its own Film Industry that what quaaludes to do which is a daughter of its own the. Channels creativity through music many people in uganda as a role model for young people rachel ams music champions the rights of girls hello. Im rachel. Well come to. This is my home in kampala this is where i live. At tryst in new gunda im 13 but i started singing when i was. I want to use my music to put much that. We both meant im not just. When i see young girls and boys. I see dr business women on me. Think. This is africa i was just about 20 feet. Where all these people are given equal opportunities to reach their full potential. For. Some goals of the night just to go to school because their parents think that go should not be educated unlike the boys some parents are still hold up by a culture they think thats well off men will come and take the girls and thats not the case girls should be given equal chances and opportunities to be educated like the boys so thats the kind get jobs like dr oz known as engineer and if goes to the elite trust in live ones will be reduced. In terms of lawyers a gun walk as much as possible to promote the womens rights in this society if a girl is given a chance to be a doctor as much as possible to save the life of a mother and a child and that from their views then well tell you to read. 150. 00 africa will be developed when a girl is given the rights and chances like the boys. You know for us its not even the discussion shilled desk make me have the same rights and chances. Now theres one remarkable lady from kenya who is a true pioneer not only in the i. World but also when it comes to arent people with her medication to solve and crisis through technology giuliana recently received the german africa prize given by chancellor Angela Merkel social entrepreneur has worked on solutions to conflicts help Disaster Relief and most importantly Bring Technology to the people who would otherwise not be able to access it. To kana the remote region in the north of kenya is a sparsely populated landscape. Many who live here count themselves lucky if they have access to the internet and electricity the last thing you would expect here is a tech hub where you can learn to code and found your own startup. And if it wasnt for juliana rock church such might not exist the i. T. Consultant has made a term mission to support young people who would otherwise not have enough opportunities yeah. Its not only. The most remote i think its the most inspiring place that reminds you that Technology Still has the capacity to inspire to create solutions to. To create a Sustainable Living for anyone anywhere g. M. O. Supposed to help together would enjoy your lemon lions the chain young adult in program in web design and media skills aim to create a workforce of youth who can do freelance work right from where they live just because. People may be living outside of what is considered the core of either tech culture or culture in general or media or business doesnt mean that they dont have value to bring. Over how of the students into qana our women some have used their newly acquired skills to start your own businesses one of the most successful projects is up who is awadi on all and shop run by marina who. The 27 year old found is already selling her Traditional Jewelry internationally. When she comes here and she speaks and we get to listen we get to see what shes doing enough about it you know kind of the somebody like me can do within. Whats best for my community he. Only wont. Even know. When asked to describe herself giuliana is far more modest she regarded his self as somebody who helps enable change. Im part collaborator i guess problems. A bit of unearned. Push to change kenyas tech scene started years ago in kenyas capital nairobi at a time when yes opposition took to destry to protest a disputed election then tar country was in crisis together without a developer has to learn a founded the crowd sourcing platform. Which is key to a hill for testimony that allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in their areas so we wanted to create a repository where we would. Put all of this information so that there would be a record of what happened to the country today he sent a nationally recognized platform has been used to report his crimes during the us elections documented the war in syria and help Disaster Relief after the earthquake in nepal. And juliana has evolved from a young turk nerd into a global role model and advocate for freedom of information now thats what i call an inspiring woman and thats my inspirations account. Studio single it creates a collective from was the 3 friends want to bring to life that structure will tell you more about it in my city. All up for everybody we are studio think will join us forward through our i think came up with 2. Mozambiques capital has grown massively in the past decade some 3000000 inhabitants even my portal there has been an explosion of galleries be streams restaurants clubs coffee shops and street culture and new mesirow and will forward a part of the blooming creative scene as east to do you seem cool they come up with events and whole grella movie screenings in abandoned structures like this one. You. Can read the sign. To say oh yes we have a structure and we can use as a platform i can use as a. Young creatives to exploit their ideas you can feel it speaks to me because of its mix of african and portuguese influences and its nickname leakey have this city known previously as lorenzo max was the center of portuguese rule 974 the later evolutionary. Decided hed seen enough and forced the europeans to leave. Today many structures are still vivid reminders of the colonial times like this one the press are detours of bullfighting arena that has actually not seen many goals in recent times. Yet dont want me to come in read too much source voluntary i mean it is so beautiful to see how people are exercising their freedom and ive dumped in these spaces according to their needs so here for example theres no football field named by instead of being a death space we can come here and watch a football match in this space. I think this is the way these spaces should be transformed from a comes the freedoms of the operas but. Will ford and his friends have great plans for this are enough they wanted to become the stage of the fast ever maputo Film Festival a week long celebration of local and International Talent right here in the heart of the city for 4 years theyve spent all their energy and spare time to make this dream happen for them the stakes are high. And that if i enter vention here will change how evan spaces are used our chief objective is to start something new something that is a revolution he will marry for. Sound say mozambiques here oig revolution of 1974 has actually never really ended and is steaming ahead with full force meanwhile the liberated people of my future will rather enjoy a plastic ball from the ocean side are as east today all seem cool. Continue to explore new spaces full of opportunity for. Us as our culture needs to abandon space its tried to were here to try to use to instruct and somehow be able to be able to see to a city of the people by the people for the people that is easy to do seem cause buoyant vision whatever the future may bring peace to do seem to seize possibilities where others see rulings making makoto a place of great opportunity. And thats it for this week i hope you enjoyed the show because i did if you like to share stories suggestions or if it back on the show you can write us at 77 w. Dot com and next time. Looking out sweaty many young people go into that to celebrate the most important thing in the our lives but is it really worth spending so much money on the money found out in time and. Now weve got to go but we leave you with some more music from ugandan singh got rachel with 2800000 views. Is rachel ms most successful track on goodbye have a great weekend. Time tonight i think that the top. Scientists are some of the best. 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