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Ghana will host the second African Women in Film Forum (AWIFF) in Accra from September 23 to September 25, 2013. The African Women�s Development Fund (AWDF) is convening the event in partnership with Alliance Fran�aise Accra, Brand Woman Africa, National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), Institut Francais and the Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts in Nigeria. The theme for this year�s AWIFF is �Creating Compelling Social Justice Content for Film and Television�. Speakers include Ade Solanke, who wrote the screenplay for Nigerian director Tunde Kelani�s forthcoming film, Dazzling Mirage; Akosua Adoma Owusu, Director of KWAKU ANANSE; Amaka Igwe who has to her credit production of over 400 hours of TV programming and movies; and Anita Erskine, Host of Making of a Mogul. Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, communications specialist at AWDF said in statement that, �the general public in Accra, Ghana, can participate in the AWIFF by attending the free film festival. On the 23rd of September we will be screening On The Border by Tsitsi Dangarembga and The Witches of Gambaga by Yaba Badoe at Alliance Fran�aise Accra from 6pm. �On September 24, we will be screening Perished Diamonds by Anita Afonu and Notre Etrangere/The Place in Between by Sarah Bouyain at NAFTI from 6pm,� she added. According to Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, both screenings will be followed by a question-and-answer session between Anita Erskine of Brand Woman Africa, and the filmmakers.