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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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Cinema A
Shared scale · 0 slots to 14 slots
Cinema B
Shared scale · 0 slots to 14 slots
Switch rooms to compare the four daily counts. Both views use the same scale.
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
Sources
- Black Star International Film Festival, 2026 venue and programme announcement
- Black Star International Film Festival, four-day screening schedule
- BSIFF official schedule for 24 September 2026
- BSIFF official schedule for 25 September 2026
- BSIFF official schedule for 26 September 2026
- BSIFF official schedule for 27 September 2026