UPDATED (24/2):

Shooting Freetown will be screened at the very first African Film Festival Australia, which will tour the country during 2012.

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Sydney and Melbourne are where the festival will begin in April and Shooting Freetown is one of only 9 films selected for these screenings!

The film will be screened in cities across Australia as part of the African Shorts programme.

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Africa Shorts at African Film Festival Australia

Saturday the 7th April, 4.20pm

Dendy Circular Quay

Sydney

 

Saturday the 14th April, 12pm

Red Bennies

Melbourne


I noticed that Shooting Freetown is in good company on the Africa Shorts selection: of the five films being screened, four have connections to Sierra Leone.

There's the animation Money Tree by Hawanatu Bangura plus two films by Sierra Leonean-American film-maker Nikyatu Jusu including Black Swan Theory.

See Nikyatu's Vimeo to watch Say Grace Before Drowning and see more of her work.

Call back to this blog post which I will update when more information becomes available about the other screenings.

It's really exciting to be part of this new festival, I hope it's a great success!