A Ghanaian Debut Leaves the Locarno Film Festival With Two Prizes
Amartei Armar’s first feature, shot in Ghana in Twi, Ga and Pidgin, left Locarno with two prizes — and a financing trail that runs through Paris and Jeddah. The post A Ghanaian Debut Leaves the Locarno Film Festival With Two Prizes appeared first on The Rio Times .
A Ghanaian film director, Amartei Armar, brought home two prizes at the Locarno Film Festival in early August. His debut feature, Ego Reach We All (Our Time Will Come), won the Pardo for Change and the Pardo for Best Performance for its lead actor, Idrissu Tontie Jr. The film, a co-production of Ghana, France and Saudi Arabia, tells the story of two orphans who travel across the country in search of their last surviving relative to restore their legal identities.
Shot in three languages—Twi, Ga and Pidgin—Ego Reach We All premiered on August 7th in the Filmmakers of the Present competition. Other notable achievements at the festival included Egypt's Mahmoud Assi winning the Pardino d’Argento for his short film Khufu, and Romania's Florin Şerban taking home the Pardo d’oro for You Don’t Belong Here.
The festival saw a record number of industry accreditations from nearly 100 countries, indicating a growing interest in African cinema.
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