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Program for the 2009 Film Festival is currently being completed. It will be posted in mid-summer 2008.
A tentative
date has been secured: Saturday, January 17th.
Several documentaries, a couple of films, an Art Exhibit and a concert
of Berber music will be part of the program.
A.C.A.A. , The Amazigh Cultural Association in America has pledged
to sponsor the 2009 Festival. More details on A.C.A.A. and other sponsors later.
ASSISTANTS NEEDED (2)
- VOLUNTEERS WELCOME
(Festival committee)
PLEASE CONTACT Helene Hagan at (818) 953-9245
Click on the image above to see a slide show of the 2008 Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival.
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The Amazigh Film Festival 2008 was a success, and we thank our patrons for their presence, and their conviviality...
The BGT surroundings, theatre and park provided a wonderful decor for our celebration.
The Feast prepared by Chef Adel Chagar of Chameau Restaurant was impressive and delicious, the Moroccan mint tea much
appreciated by all.
The documentaries were vigorously applauded. The music by Fella Oudane set people a-dancing, and the festive evening ended
with the screening of the legendary film, "Baya's Mountain"
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We hope the 2009 festival will please you: we are looking into a painting expo in the gallery, an afternoon of films,
and an evening concert.
The goal of the Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival is to introduce you to the Amazigh world of Berbers and Tuaregs of the
vast North African territory called "Tamazgha" which extends from the Oasis of Siwa in Egypt, through Libya, Tunisia,
Algeria, Morocco, the Canary Islands, the Sahara desert to the north of Niger and Mali, and Burkina-Faso.
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The Berber language is Tamazight in North Africa, and Tamasheq as spoken by Tuaregs in the Sahara and South of the desert.
Our ancient alphabet is called Tifinagh, and is still in use throughout Tamazgha. The symbol of our people is the Aza, or
Zed.
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Tazzla institute for Cultural Diversity and its President, Helene E. Hagan are pleased to present the Los Angeles Amazigh
Film Festival, the first of its kind in the United States.
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The Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival will open on January 12th, 2008. This date marks the Amazigh New Year or Yennayer
2958, according to the Berber Calendar which was started 950 years ago in Egypt under the reign of Shashonq I. Each year,
the celebration of Yennayer is observed by the thirty millions or so of Berbers throughout North Africa, in European cities,
Canada and the U.S.
The Festival is primarily sponsored by BMCE Bank Fondation, Morocco, with additional funding by the Hagan Law Firm
of Palo Alto and San Francisco, California, and Sand Hills Productions of New York and Santa Monica. We are grateful to our
sponsors and donors for making this Festival possible.
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To find out more information about The AMAZIGH FILM FESTIVAL, continue viewing the pages of this site. You will find information
on the event, directions to the theatre, a complete program, and how to learn more about our people, culture, music and arts
by using links to a world-wide Amazigh network (Berber and Tuareg sites and blogs) via links available on our main web site
www.tazzla.org
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Please get in touch with us to offer comments and join our mailing list - You can e-mail Helene Hagan, Director of the Los
Angeles Film Festival and President of Tazzla Institute for Cultural Diversity by clicking the link below:
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The Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival is a project of Tazzla Institute for Cultural Diversity, Burbank, Ca., web site at:
www.tazzla.org
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