CONVIDADOS 2024 - África
Samuel Tebandeke
Samuel Tebandeke is a screenwriter, producer, and director. He is the CEO and co-founder of Kiasi TV, a multiformat streaming platform for short form Afrocentric content, and writes for film and TV. His debut short Another Beautiful Daywas released in mid 2017 and was in the official selection of the 40th Durban International Film Festival 2019. His directorial debut Ten O’clock, a short film, was screened in competition at PÖFF Shorts Film Festival 2019 in Estonia. His latest short film Ziwawas in competition at FESPACO 2023 (Burkina Faso). The film won the Grand Prize at the Pan African Film Festival Khourigba, Morocco, in May 2023 and a Jury Mention at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab
The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab is a 5-day film development programme aiming to broaden participants’ professional networks and production expertise. Through hands-on workshops and one-on-one sessions with local and international industry mentors, the programme refines emerging producers’ creative instincts and communication skills. The first two editions in 2021 and 2022 were successful, hosting producers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The 2023 edition included West African producers via the DEENTAL programme. In 2024, both fiction and documentary projects from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia will be featured.