Five Nigerian films have been selected for screening during FESPACO 2009 – the Pan-African Film and TV Festival the festival which runs from February 28 to March 7, 2009.The films are Changing Faces by Farouk Lasaki (produced with the support of the Nigerian Film Corporation) which is also expected to debut at the festival; Trapped Dream by Ubaka Joseph Ugochwuku; Oluronbi by Buariu Adebayo Ogundimu;. Arugba and Life in Slow Motion both by Tunde Kelani.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of FESPACO in Burkina Faso.The theme for FESPACO 2009 is "African Cinema: Tourism and Cultural Heritage".The official competition is exclusively reserved for African and Diaspora Films in the genre of feature films, short films and documentaries.
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