{"id":2749,"date":"2022-02-21T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2022-02-21T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:56:08","slug":"news-le-cinema-de-jean-marie-teno-a-lhonneur-a-linstitut-francais-de-yaounde-et-douala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/en\/news\/news-le-cinema-de-jean-marie-teno-a-lhonneur-a-linstitut-francais-de-yaounde-et-douala\/","title":{"rendered":"News : The cinema of Jean Marie Teno in the spotlight at the French Institute of Yaound\u00e9 and Douala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em><strong>Several works of t Cameroonian filmmaker Jean Marie Teno will be screened from February 22 to March 2, 2022 at the French Institute in Yaound\u00e9 and Douala. A small retrospective on the immense work of this committed filmmaker.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2754 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4-750x938.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"0\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeanMarieTeno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jean Marie Teno<\/em>&#8216;s cinema<\/a> could stand alone as a genre in Cameroonian cinema.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"1\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\">An eclectic, political, committed, whistleblower and enunciator cinema (according to the words of the director), which unfortunately suffers from little visibility with the Cameroonian public and even more from the young generation of local film lovers and filmmakers.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"2\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\">Yet this cinema gleans prizes and recognition elsewhere.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"3\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\">The film cycle devoted to the Cameroonian filmmaker by the French Institute of Cameroon gives the possibility to many to discover (for the youngest) and to rediscover (for the old) some of his works which draw in the local and pan-African socio-political realities<\/span><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"4\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\">.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"5\" data-number-of-phrases=\"6\">This retrospective will go from February 23 to 26, 2022 at the French Institute of Yaound\u00e9 and from February 28 to March 02, 2022 at the French Institute of Douala.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjmteno%2Fposts%2F10160273472323413&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"876\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"0\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">Seven of the director&#8217;s films will be screened during this retrospective.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"1\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">Seven films that talk about football, politics, cultural heritage, colonization, back to basics&#8230; in short, various subjects deeply rooted in the local sociology and history.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"2\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">During the 4 days that this film cycle will last, we will find among others: <em>Mister Foot<\/em> (1992), <strong>La T\u00eate dans les Nuages<\/strong> (1994), <strong>Clando<\/strong> (1996),<strong> Chef!<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"3\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">(1999), <strong>Le Malentendu Colonial<\/strong> (2004).<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"4\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">And to mark the occasion, the director&#8217;s first work &#8211; <strong>Bikutsi Water Blues<\/strong> (1988) &#8211; and his latest work &#8211; <strong>Le Futur dans le retro<\/strong> (2018) &#8211; will be screened at the opening of this retrospective.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"5\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">When writing your magazine, we would have liked to see A Leaf in the Wind, a poignant documentary by the director, released in 2013, which tells the story of Ernestine Ouandi\u00e9, daughter of Cameroonian independence activist Ernest Ouandi\u00e9.<\/span> <span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"6\" data-number-of-phrases=\"7\">Maybe it will be another time!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2752\" src=\"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-750x531.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3-1140x806.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/le-cinema-de-Jean-Marie-Teno-a-l-honneur-l-Institut-Francais-du-Cameroun-Ayila-3.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Rostand Wandja<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several works of t Cameroonian filmmaker Jean Marie Teno will be screened from February 22 to March 2, 2022 at the French Institute in Yaound\u00e9 and Douala. A small retrospective on the immense work of this committed filmmaker. Jean Marie Teno&#8216;s cinema could stand alone as a genre in Cameroonian cinema. 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