Cinema: African Pavilion returns to Cannes Film Festival in 2023

Africa will once again be represented at the Cannes Film Festival. This year, for the fourth time, the African Pavilion, which will be set up in the International Village from May 16 to 25, 2023 as part of the Cannes Festival 2023, will work to promote and disseminate the wealth of African cinema.  Aissatou Diallo Sagna, actress in Catherine Corsini’s La fracture, will be the patron of this edition.

By the editorial staff

The African Pavilion will pitch its tent in the International Village of the Cannes Film Festival from May 16 to 25, 2023 to promote, for the fourth year running, a program dedicated to African films, bringing together nearly fifty-six countries from five continents and more than three thousand participants. The idea is to promote the richness of African cinema, but also to connect its actors with the global film industry.

Highlights of this 4th edition: presence of director Richard LAWSON

One of the highlights of this 4th edition will be the visit of director Richard LAWSON. He will premiere his film BLACK with executive producer Tina KNOWLES-LAWSON and lead actor Tobias TRUVILLION, the rising Hollywood star. Originally written as a play in 1971, Lawson’s adaptation highlights the extreme sacrifices at the heart of the black struggle for liberation, a theme that is still relevant 50 years on.

« I want to discover films, connect and collaborate with professionals from my continent”

In addition, Aissatou Diallo Sagna, who won the César for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for her performance in Catherine Corsini’s « La fracture », will be the patron of this edition. « I was very touched and honored by Karine Barclais’ proposal to be the patron of this 4th edition of African Pavilion. I was born in France, of Guinean origin, and it is very important to me to highlight and promote our richness. I am looking forward to meeting the various actors of the African film industry and its diaspora, to discovering films, to connecting and collaborating with professionals from my continent ».

These ten days of meetings, sharing and discussion at the film market will feature round tables, meetings with directors and various screenings, screenings, masterclasses and workshops.

Find out more: https://www.pavillonafriques.com/