Ecrans Noirs Festival is a film festival in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. It has been characterized as "

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo ...

's largest cinema event". The Ecrans Noirs Festival, run by an organization of the same name, was established in 1997 by the filmmaker

Bassek Ba Kobhio Bassek Ba Kobhio (born 1957) is a Cameroonian filmmaker, writer and founder of the Ecrans Noirs film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is also the Director of the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa (ISCAC) ...

. The 23rd Ecrans Noirs Festival took place in July 2019.Ecrans noirs: la 23e edition sur les rails
''Cameroon Tribune'', 15 July 2019. Its theme was 'Women in African cinema'.Festival Ecrans Noirs 2019 : le Congo parmi les sélectionnés
''Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale'', 11 July 2019.

Winners of the Ecran d'Or

References

{{reflist Film festivals in Africa Cinema of Cameroon Recurring events established in 1997 1997 establishments in Cameroon Festivals in Cameroon