{"id":2743,"date":"2022-02-19T00:06:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2022-02-19T00:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T00:07:24","slug":"news-retour-sur-le-palmares-de-la-2eme-edition-du-fiff-de-cotonou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/en\/news\/news-retour-sur-le-palmares-de-la-2eme-edition-du-fiff-de-cotonou\/","title":{"rendered":"News : Back to the winners of the 2nd edition of the FIFF in Cotonou"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The second edition of the Cotonou International Women’s Film Festival (FIFF) took place from February 8 to February 12, 2022. A deep moment of exchanges, reflections, discoveries, learning and rewards. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Initiated in 2019 by Ecran Benin association through its director, Cornelia Gl\u00e8l\u00e8<\/em><\/span>, the FIFF de Cotonou<\/a> is a biannual meeting whose objective is to promote, within the industry and the general public, the cinematographic creation made by<\/span> the female gender.<\/span> Scheduled for September 2021, the festival has been postponed due to health restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/span> Nevertheless, the organizing committee was able to remobilize and offer an event, which made Benin proud.<\/span> This second edition was placed under the theme “The look of African cinema on the economic power of rural women<\/em>“.<\/span> Many activities were on the program: screenings, professional speed dating, training in film criticism, a meeting between women aspiring to a career in cinema<\/em> and the special guest, Fatou Jupiter Tour\u00e9<\/em><\/span>, Senegalese actress and feminist activist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“They paved the way when no woman dared to venture into the world of cinema”<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The FIFF mobilized 13 short films from across the continent, directed by women and addressing issues around women’s rights.<\/span> These films were presented to the public present at the Artisttik Africa<\/em> Cultural Center.<\/span> The FIFF also wanted to honor the pioneering women of Beninese cinema because: “They paved the way when no woman dared to venture into the world of cinema”<\/em> says Cornelia Gl\u00e8l\u00e8<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> They are: Laure Abgo<\/em><\/span>, first Beninese woman director, Christiane Chabi Kao<\/em><\/span>, pioneer of fiction in Benin, Jemima Catraye<\/em><\/span>, journalist and director of the documentary department at ORTB;<\/span> Carole Lokossou<\/em><\/span>, Beninese storyteller and actress and Tella Kpomahou<\/em><\/span>, Beninese actress well known for her role in Le Crocodile du Bostwanga<\/strong> (2014) by Fabrice Eboue<\/em><\/span> and Lionel Steketee<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n