CinemaAfrica 2025/26: A Conversation with ... Kofi Owusu-Afriyie
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- In this conversation, Adebanjo Baderin sits down with Ghanaian producer Kofi Owusu-Afriyie to talk about his work and his participation in the Cinema Africa Bayreuth Film Festival. They discuss Owusu-Afriyie’s journey in film, including his role in bringing contemporary African stories to international audiences, and his experience presenting The Fisherman at the 17th edition of Cinema Africa. The festival, held at Cineplex Bayreuth from January 25–28, showcases diverse African cinema and fosters cultural exchange through screenings and filmmaker discussions.
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- CinemaAfrica 2025/26: A Conversation with ... Kofi Owusu-Afriyie
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- English
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- Cinema Africa 2025/26
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- February 25, 2026
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- Hello, good morning. Thank you for joining us today. I welcome you to the University of Bir on behalf of the African Multiple Cluster of Excellence. It's a pleasure to have you here. Uh my name is Bad Adanjo and today we are talking about the film The Fish The Fisherman. uh the story behind it, the creative journey among amongst other things. >> Uh before we begin, could you please uh introduce yourself and tell us the role you played in the film >> The Fish Fisherman >> Dankon and Guten Morgan. Good morning to your audience as well. Um my name is Kufi Orier and I'm one of the producers of the fisherman film. Thank you very much and it's nice to meet you Kofi. >> Likewise. >> Um as the producer or one of the producers of the fisherman that means you played a very key role in shaping both the creative and the production side of the film and we will be excited to hear more from you. Um to start off uh we would like to know what was the inspiration behind the film and why you felt compelled to tell the story. >> That's a good question and um this is this is an idea that came from the director Zoe Martinson and this idea stemmed from a conversation that we had over the phone and her time staying in Kater. So she as a as as a younger person she um she stayed in Kater um for a period of time I think over a year and in that time she used to help the fisherman bring in the nets at the end of the day and she always wondered what could come out from the sea when they pulled in the nets. So in conversation um one on one of the occasions that we kept in touch I said oh I'd just gone past um Jamestown which is the old part of Ara the the very old part of Ara back in the colonial days and there's this fishing area that the government has given to the Chinese to set up a fishing hubble and this a this is a fishing area we all like to go and you know sometimes visit it and so she I told her this is what was happening now and she was like oh and I said it would be good to document… Read the full text about 5,886 words
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