Banlieue Films Festival (BFF): A nova cinefilia e a produção de filmes no Senegal
Resumo
Este artigo examina pequenos festivais de cinema no contexto sociocultural do Senegal. Através do estudo de caso do Banlieue Films Festival (BFF) de Dakar, fundado em 2013 por Abdel Aziz Boye, analiso o papel crucial dos festivais no fortalecimento da indústria cinematográfica, fomentando a cinefilia e incentivando a aplicação prática das políticas culturais. Sugiro que a produção cinematográfica contemporânea, particularmente nos últimos cinco anos (2015-2020), foi significativamente moldada por iniciativas de base que acabaram se transformando em estruturas. Também exploro o papel dos “cosmopolitas enraizados”, tomando emprestado o termo de Kwame Appiah em relação à figura de Abdel Aziz Boye, que fundou o Ciné UCAD na Université Cheikh Anta Diop, em Dakar, Ciné Banlieue, e, ao retornar ao Senegal vindo da França, o BFF. Discuto as várias formas de legado de BFF, concluindo que tem sido um agente ativo na formação de uma nova cinefilia e inspirador de uma onda de jovens cineastas no Senegal.
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