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How Black Star scheduled 49 film slots across four days in Kumasi

The 2026 Black Star International Film Festival schedule lists 49 screenings at Golden Eagle Cinemas in Kumasi. Cinema A carried 32 slots across four days. Cinema B carried 17 across Friday and Saturday.

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Festival schedulingScreening slots in the two Kumasi cinemas

Cinema A

Shared scale · 0 slots to 14 slots

  • 24 September4 slots
  • 25 September14 slots
  • 26 September10 slots
  • 27 September4 slots

Switch rooms to compare the four daily counts. Both views use the same scale.

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The venue spread the programme over two cinemas

Golden Eagle Cinemas was the announced venue for the festival’s 11th edition from 24 to 27 September. The first and last days use Cinema A only in the published screening schedule. The middle two days list films in both rooms. Source 1 Source 2

Friday had the most listings

The Friday image shows 14 titles in Cinema A and nine in Cinema B. Saturday shows ten in Cinema A and eight in Cinema B. Parallel sessions increase the number of screenings that a venue can schedule during the same time window. Source 4 Source 5

Repeats gave films different screening times

The schedule lists Akwaaba on Thursday afternoon and again in Cinema A on Saturday. Dead Tide appears in the first Cinema A slot on both Friday and Saturday. The table keeps each occurrence so readers can inspect the repeats. Source 3 Source 4 Source 5

Opening and closing labels identify programme roles

Thursday’s first listing is Sesime, labelled as the opening film. Adui is labelled as the closing film in Sunday’s schedule, with three later listings that day. The schedule documents planned exhibition. It gives no attendance counts or ticket sales. Source 3 Source 6 Source 2

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