FILM: TAKE ME TO FENDIKA WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY at CANNES
In August, 2025 Take Me to Fendika—a product of Continuum Culture & Arts’ Greenhouse program—won Best Documentary at the USA Africa Film Festival at Cannes!
Take Me to Fendika is the first film by director Cisco Bradley—better known as a professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, historian and author of numerous books on military history in Southeast Asia and on avant-Jazz, and presenter of the JAZZ RIGHT NOW! house concert series.
The film has also won the Best Documentary prize at the second annual African Cultural Film Festival in Houston, Texas, and Best International Documentary at the Zepstone Festival
Continuum is currently scheduling the NYC Premiere. Details will be announced soon.
Screenings so far:
October 25, 2024 - 2nd African Cultural Film Festival, Houston, TX (won best documentary) [world premiere]
October 26, 2024 - Round the Globe Film & Music Festival, online (finalist for best film inspiring hope)
January 12, 2025 - Stonykill Coffee and Records, Chatham, NY
February 1, 2025 - San Diego Black Film Festival, San Diego, CA (finalist for best short)
April 5, 2025 - Erte Ale Restaurant, St. Paul, MN
April 7, 2025 - Carleton College, Northfield, MN
May 20, 2025 - Spring Quarterfinals of the Zepstone International Film and Music Festival, Salt Lake City, UT (won best international documentary, advanced to finals in September)
May 23, 2025 - Fire Museum, Philadelphia, PA
June 19, 2025 - Virginia Black Film Festival (finalist for best trailer)
August 9, 2025 - Africa USA International Film Festival, Cinema des Arcades, Cannes, France: Winner Best Documentary
August 9, 2025 - Africa Habari Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada [Canadian premiere]
September 7-14, 2025 - 3rd Zepstone International Film & Music Festival, winner Best International Documentary
September 16, 2025 - Hyatt Regency Hotel/Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [African premiere]
October 3 -10, 2025 - Malabo International Music and Film Festival, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (finalist for best short/best documentary)
Future prospects:
Take Me to Fendika is being considered for 32 additional festivals around the world, including in the US, UK, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Georgia (the country), Turkey, Serbia, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Angola, Nepal, Ireland, Spain, Greece, India, Italy, and South Africa.
