Staff Reporter
The European Film Festival is set to make its return to Lesotho from November 13 to 30, 2024, bringing a diverse line-up of films from Europe and Lesotho, European Union (EU) Lesotho announced this week.
The festival will explore significant themes such as inheritance rights, women’s rights, and the music of a generation in Lesotho.
This year marks the first-ever binational European Film Festival between Eswatini and Lesotho.
“We are excited to partner with the European Union in Eswatini, Alliance Française de MASERU and Alliance Francaise de Mbabane for the first bi-national European Film Festival Eswatini-Lesotho.
“This edition of the Lesotho European Film Festival will open in Maseru and Roma with local films produced in the last year with EU support via the Sound Connects Fund. Beyond presenting films from across Europe, the festival aims to promote local talents.”
The Sound Connects Fund was a multifaceted initiative designed to accelerate development and enhance the capacity of the cultural and creative sectors in Southern Africa.
It provided financial support through various-sized grants and comprehensive capacity-building programs to eligible creative and cultural industry organizations based in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The fund focused on sectors such as performing arts, animation, film, gaming, photography, videography, and visual arts.
The conclusion of the fund, led by the Music in Africa Foundation and the Goethe-Institut, was announced earlier this year.
The Lesotho edition of the European Fil Festival is supported by financial contributions from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Spain, and the European Union.
Movie lovers can look forward to an exciting film line-up to be announced soon.
Summary
- The European Film Festival is set to make its return to Lesotho from November 13 to 30, 2024, bringing a diverse line-up of films from Europe and Lesotho, European Union (EU) Lesotho announced this week.
- “This edition of the Lesotho European Film Festival will open in Maseru and Roma with local films produced in the last year with EU support via the Sound Connects Fund.
- The Sound Connects Fund was a multifaceted initiative designed to accelerate development and enhance the capacity of the cultural and creative sectors in Southern Africa.
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