Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, the film documenting the creation of Youssou's 2004 Grammy-winning album, Egypt, recently completed its theatrical run in the Netherlands and will open in theaters in Belgium on March 25. The film, already the winner of a number of international film festival awards, from the Middle East to Brazil, made its US premiere earlier this week at the South by Southwest Film Festival, where it is an Official Selection; the final SxSW festival screening will take place Saturday night. In the next few months, the film will premiere at many film festivals in both the US and Europe.
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, the film by Chai Vasarhelyi documenting the creation of Youssou's 2004 Grammy-winning album, Egypt, recently completed its theatrical run in the Netherlands and will open in theaters in Antwerp and Gent, Belgium this Wednesday, March 25. The film, already the winner of a number of international film festival awards, from the Middle East to Brazil, made its US premiere earlier this week at the South by Southwest Film Festival, where it is an Official Selection. The final SxSW festival screening will take place Saturday night at the Alamo Lamar 2.
In the next few months, the film will premiere at many film festivals in both the US and Europe. The Decider Milwaukee, previewing the film's Wisconsin Film Festival screenings, says that Vasarhelyi aims to balance the story she's telling "with a little introductory background and an appreciation of some gorgeous, constantly evolving music. It's a film that any newly minted fan of African music needs to see, and the live footage is excellent."
Below are the confirmed festival screenings in the US and Europe:
US Festival Screenings
| 3/26-27 | Cleveland Film Festival, Cleveland, OH | Info |
| 3/28-29 | Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, FL | Info |
| 3/29 | Beyond Borders Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN | Info |
| 4/4 | Full Frame Film Festival, Durham, NC | Info |
| 4/3-4 | Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA | Info |
| 4/5 | Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI | Info |
| 4/17, 21 | Nashville Film Festival, Nashville, TN | Info |
| 4/18-19 | DC International Film Festival, Washington, DC | Info |
| 4/23-30 | Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA | Info |
| 5/9 | Santa Cruz Film Festival, Santa Cruz, CA | Info |
European Festival Screenings
| 3/14-16 | Thessaloniki Film Festival, Athens, GREECE | Info |
| 4/4-19 | Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul, TURKEY | Info |
| 4/24-30 | The Sensoria Festival, Sheffield, ENGLAND | Info |
| 5/8-17 | Warsaw Planete Doc Review, Warsaw, POLAND | Info |
| 6/13-20 | Grenade Cines del Sur, Granada, SPAIN | Info |
The film will make its New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on June 6 and will begin its US theatrical run soon.
For more information on the film and its release in theaters around the world, visit ibringwhatilove.com.
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