Tri Continental Film Festival focus on xenophobia

Xenophobia comes under the camera lens at this year's Tri Continental Film Festival, which will kick off 15 - 24 August 2008 at Cinema Nouveau Screened by Fish Eagle in Rosebank, before moving to Cinema Nouveau at the V&A Waterfront, 22 - 31 August. Thereafter, the film festival travels to Pretoria's Brooklyn Nouveau, 29 August - 4 September, and wraps up at Gateway Cinema Nouveau in Durban, 5 -11 September. The films are sourced from Africa, Latin American and Asia and this year, the focus is on racism, homophobia, HIV/Aids, the plight of migrants and xenophobia. Filmmakers Against Racism (FAR), a group of South Africa filmmaker-activists, has produced a series of nine short documentaries aimed at stimulating dialogue and debate, which will be screened at the festival. Go to www.3continentsfestival.co.za for the full festival lineup.