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Keith Shiri is founder and director of Africa at the Pictures, the London African Film Festival and the Africa Media Centre University of Westminster, London.

Biography

Keith Shiri is an expert advisor for the EU-ACP programme, for the ACP cinema and audio-visual sectors. He is programme advisor to the London Film Festival and also served in that position for the Venice Film Festival. He was a member of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund from 2004-2007.

Shiri has served as a juror on numerous festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival, the Dubai International Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Tampere Film Festival and many others. He is currently on the advisory board of New York’s Focus Features Africa First Programme, which supports and mentors young African filmmakers, and a jury advisor for the annual Africa Movie Academy Awards.

This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial

publications

Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.