UniFrance and The Walt Disney Company present the very first edition of the Afrique Junior Festival, which will take place in Abidjan and Boyo, in Côte d'Ivoire, from October 2 through 6, 2018.
An event created on the initiative of Unifrance and The Walt Disney Company France & French-Speaking Africa, in collaboration with the association Les Villages Enchantés, the Institut Français in Côte d’Ivoire, the Majestic cinema network, the ENGIE Foundation, and the Cornélius Endowment Fund, this first edition of the AFRIQUE JUNIOR FESTIVAL will take place in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire from October 2 through 6, 2018, in Abidjan at the Institut Français (in the Plateau district, near the Pyramid) and at the theaters of the Majestic cinema network, as well as outdoors in the village of Boyo, where the Cornélius Endowment Fund is currently developing humanitarian programs in the areas of health and education.
This first AFRIQUE JUNIOR FESTIVAL, a free event open to everyone that offers a rich and varied lineup, including French and American animated films and a Disneynature movie, will allow many children—and adults—to discover movies presented on a wide screen. The event will provide opportunities for people to meet and share their experiences, and perhaps even lead to the creation of careers for people living in areas where daily life is often difficult and where there is often no possibility of watching movies.
The AFRIQUE JUNIOR FESTIVAL takes its inspiration from open-air screenings of Disney films that have been held since 2007 in African villages where there is no longer any access to watching movies, an initiative that was instigated by Jean-François Camilleri (president of The Walt Disney Company France & French-Speaking Africa) and is organized by the association Les Villages Enchantés.
Festival program details
Screenings will be held in Abidjan in the theaters of the Majestic cinema network and at the Institut Français in the Côte d’Ivoire (in the Plateau district, near the Pyramid):
- October 3 to 6: screenings at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Screenings are open to all, free of charge, held in the 3 theaters of the Majestic cinema network:
The animated movies produced by Pixar Animation Studios, Ratatouille and The Incredibles 2, by Brad Bird, and the French film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir by Ken Scott
- October 3: Free screenings at the Institut Français in the Côte d’Ivoire (in the Plateau district, near the Pyramid)
2 p.m. screening: the new Disneynature movie Blue by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill
4 p.m. screening: the French animated movie Aya of Yop City by Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet
- October 4: Free screening at the Institut Français in the Côte d’Ivoire (in the Plateau district, near the Pyramid)
3 p.m. screening: The French animated movie Big Bad Fox & Other Tales by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert
In the village of Boyo
- October 2, 3, and 4 from 7:30 p.m.—Come along to watch two free open-air screenings each night:
- October 2 from 7:30 p.m.: The animated movies Big Bad Fox & Other Tales by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert, and The Incredibles 2 by Brad Bird
- October 3 from 7:30 p.m.: The Disneynature movie Blue by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill, and The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir by Ken Scott
- October 4 from 7:30 p.m.: The animated movies Aya of Yop City by Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet, and Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The press release and festival program can be downloaded below.
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