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African international film and television market: FESPACO is a festival that promotes
African filmmakers and facilitates the screening of all African films. This unique festival in Africa enables contacts and exchange between film and audiovisual professionals of Africa and also contributes to the
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African film professionals the chance to establish working relationships, exchange ideas, and to promote their work. FESPACO's stated aim is to "contribute to the expansion and development of African cinema as means of expression, education and awareness-raising". It has also
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January 7, 1972. Its award ceremony and base of operations is Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, where the annual awards ceremony is also held.
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African films".
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Created in 1969, it was first called the Pan-African film and television festival of
Ouagadougou. It has evolved into an internationally recognized and respected event, regarded as the main event of
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of Niger. Since then, the best film award has been won by directors from Cameroon, Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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award was created in honor of Princess Yennenga, to reward the feature film most representative of African identity. The first winner of the best film award was
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