Eden Park, the first picture house and cinema in Cape Verde
The history of thecinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of filmmakers in the early twentieth century. The firstpicture house was established inMindelo around 1922, called Eden Park.[1][2]
The nation has two film festivals that occur annually. TheCabo Verde International Film Festival (CVIFF) was first held in 2010 and takes place on the island ofSal.[3] The DjarFogo International Film Festival (DIFF) was founded in 2019 by Cape Verdean filmmaker and media professor Guenny K. Pires.[4] It takes place on the islands ofSantiago andFogo, though it has two headquarters: one in Cape Verde, and one in the United States (Los Angeles, California).
Claire Andrade-Watkins, "Le cinéma et la culture au Cap Vert et en Guinée-Bissau",Cinémas africains, une oasis dans le désert ? (African Cinema, an Oasis by the Desert), Condé-sur-Noireau, Corlet/Télérama, 2003, p. 148-151, Collection CinémAction, no. 106ISBN2854809807
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