Newsletter #42 Opening Ceremony Pavillon Afriques 2021 - Live from UNESCO
JULY 6, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM CEST / CAT
OPENING CEREMONY PROGRAM
10h
Procession of flags, dancers and drummers
Opening speech by Ms Karine Barclais, Founder of Pavillon Afriques
Poetry reading « The Africa I see » by Moses Akerele, filmmaker (Nigeria)
Welcome Address
Mr Firmin Edouard Matoko, Assistant Director-General of the Sector for Priority Africa and External Relations
Opening Speeches
Mr Ravi Pillay, Member of the Executive Board of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Ms Angela Martins, Head of the Culture Division, African Union
H.E. Ambassador Aochamub, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Namibia to the French Republic, Permanent Delegate, President of the Africa Group at UNESCO
H.E. Ambassador Kayode Laro, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the French Republic
Musical IntersessionLenora Zenzalai Helm
Poetry Reading
Poem by Lebohang Masango (South Africa), read by the author
Round Table
Theme Post-Covid strategies for a profitable film industry in Africa
Moderator
Lady Ngo Mang Epesse, Researcher, Journaliste, Presenter
Master of Ceremony
Maklor Babutulua, Journaliste Présentateur
Panel:
Chidia Maduekwe - Managing Director, Nigeria Film Corporation
Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo - Executive Director, Uganda Communications Commission
Tamara Mariam Dawit, Senior Producer, Strategist – Canada and Ethiopia
Jackie Motsepe, COO, KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission
Jimmy Jean-Louis, Actor, Haiti Ambassador-at-Large
Kilonzo Kiagho, Executive Secretary, Tanzania Film Board (tbc)
Modibo Souaré, Directeur Général, Centre National de Cinématographie du Mali (tbc)
Closing Ceremony
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