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  • El Festival de Cine Afro de Hamilton acogerá también al cine indígena y de la diversidad racial (BIPOC)
    Por Christine Rankin

    La primera edición del Festival de Cine Afro de Hamilton, Canadá, acogerá también al cine de realizadores y actores Indígenas y de la Diversidad Racial (BIPOC) por sus siglas en inglés. 

    El fundador del evento, el realizador Paize Usiosefe, aseguro que el lanzamiento busca echar raíces en la comunidad, y tener el apoyo de toda la sociedad. Invito también a los niños y jóvenes a participar para desarrollar las futuras generaciones de cineastas.

    El Festival, que aspira tener una frecuencia anual, se celebrará del 28 al 30 de mayo del 2021, a través de la plataforma del Westdale cinema.

    Se proyectarán obras relacionadas con las culturas y tradiciones africana, caribeña, indígena, asiáticas y del Medio Oriente, y otros filmes que promuevan la inclusión étnica.

    Se espera que los cineastas, directores, productores y escritores discutan sus filmes, como una vía para crear una comunidad a través del diálogo entre diferentes culturas. 

    Actualmente, se buscan patrocinadores para crear un estudio, destinado a organizar talleres de fotografía y guion. Entre los contribuyentes actuales está la Alcaldía de la ciudad, el Centro Francófono, la Galería Hamilton y el Centro Factory Media.


    * Resúmen elaborado y traducido por Fidel Jesús Quirós
    The Hamilton Black Film Festival will show works made by and with BIPOC cast and crew
    By Christine Rankin

    The Hamilton Black Film Festival says it will show works made by and with BIPOC cast and crew. (Shutterstock )
    It might be in its first year, but the founder of the Hamilton Black Film Festival says he's dedicated to ensuring BIPOC talent on the screen is showcased in the community for years to come.

    "This festival, we want it to stay here forever. This is for Hamilton," said festival founder and filmmaker Paize Usiosefe. "It's here to stay, as far as the society embraces it."

    Usiosefe says the organization hopes to run the new festival annually and inspire future generations of local filmmakers.

    Usiosefe was born in Nigeria, and is the producer of feature film Yakubu and TV sitcom Family and Friends, which is on Amazon Prime. He was inspired to create the festival in 2019, while acting as a Hamilton delegate at the Toronto International Film Festival. 

    The Hamilton Black Film Festival will run virtually from May 28 to May 30, 2021, through the Westdale cinema.

    The festival will screen cultural and traditional films of African/Caribbean, Indigenous, Asian, Middle Eastern filmmakers "and other films of ethnic inclusion," according to its website. 

    The festival's planning committee has been pushing itself to think outside of the box, Usiosefe said, and he's excited for the festival to become a reality.

    "We are in the right place at the right time," he said. 

    Paize Usiosefe

    Paize Usiosefe, filmmaker and founder of the Hamilton Black Film Festival, says the organization has "inclusivity" at its core. (Hamilton Black Film Festival)

    Producers of film submissions to the festival weren't required to be persons of colour, Usiosefe said, but did need to cast BIPOC artists in positive roles in their work.

    After the festival screens the film, Usiosefe said, creative people involved like the director, producer, and writers will discuss it. He said the idea is to build a community through dialogue between people from different cultures. 

    "We try to be inclusive," he said. "That's how we want to get together. So we want to create that trust."

    The festival submissions are now closed. The selected works will be officially announced around March 20, and Usiosefe said there are "great films" coming. 

    He wants the festival to help boost and empower kids to get involved in film, whether it be in front of or behind the lens. 

    "It's going to help the city. It's going to help the Black community. It's going to help everyone," he said. 

    The Hamilton Black Film Festival is a not-for-profit and currently searching for sponsors to take it to "the next level." Usiosefe said the festival wants to work toward having a studio to hold workshops on skills like camera work and script writing. 

    Among its current sponsors are the City of Hamilton mayor's office, the Westdale, Centre Francophone Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and Factory Media Centre.

    For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — checking out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here.

    (Fuente: cbcnews.com.ca)


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