Cinema : Film Animation Festival Rounds Off

The festival of African animation films in Yaounde has come to an end. The closing ceremony of the animation film festival dubbed CANIMAF ended in Yaounde on October 19, 2019 with the projection of Denis Do’s 84min film called “Funan”, which talks of the fight and survival of Chou, a young Cambodian mother during the Red Khmère revolution, to find her four-year-old son, trapped by the regime. During the closing ceremony, there were four awards given out to the nominees for; the best African Animation Film, best Short Animation, best artistic concept and best dubbing. On top of the list was the film ‘028’ from France which won the price for the best Animation film of the year. Two ongoing projects were revealed during the ceremony. The first being Jules Kalla Eyanga’s film titled ‘Mboa Matanda’ which talks of a young guy who has the dream of being a champion by defeating the village warrior, and the second being that of Claye EDOU, titled ‘The Mystery of Waza’, where some tourist are out to find out what is peculiar about the Far North of Cameroon. This year’s festival had as target not only children, but adults as well. 
The closing of a three-day event saw the participation of professionals, amateurs, children and adults who were involved in the different activities that marked this year’s edition. The children were more involved in the workshop organized for the display of their drawings, which show-case their interest and desire to become cartoon film makers in future. The president of ‘Tous’Anime’, Jerome Soffo Simo, the organizer of CANIMAF 2019, was pleased ...