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After an eight-month delay, Africa's biggest festival of cinema is back. The 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) officially opened at the weekend in Burkina Faso鈥檚 capital and will run until October 23.

Held every two years, the festival is an opportunity for African storytellers to showcase their creations on a global stage. Thousands thronged the Palais des Sports complex in the Ouaga 2000 district to witness the start and journalist Sasha Gankin went along.

(Image: People arriving for the Fespaco opening ceremony on October 16. Credit: Getty Images)