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All Africa articles – Page 5
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NewsFirst trailer for Giornate degli Autori Algerian costume drama ‘The Last Queen’ (exclusive)
Set in Algiers in 1516, the film is being described as Algeria’s first costume drama.
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NewsGhana to host African cinema convention in bid to boost screens across continent
Inaugural Meta Cinema Forum Africa takes place in November.
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NewsEIFF reveals winners of East Africa emerging talent programme, The Story Circle (exclusive)
The Story Circle programme is for female screenwriters and filmmakers from East Africa.
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NewsBela Tarr to receive Cairo film festival lifetime honour
Hungarian auteur will also mentor young Egyptian filmmakers at the festival.
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News‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’ director Biyi Bandele dies aged 54
Latest feature from Nigerian writer-director due to premiere at TIFF.
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NewsNetflix ties with South African filmmaker Mandlakayise Walter Dube
Creative partnership signals streamer’s growing presence in Africa.
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NewsEight works in progress from Africa and Middle East selected for Venice Final Cut
The selection includes Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah A Boy.
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NewsOxbelly Lab mentors 13 international projects from promising screenwriters and directors
Willem Dafoe and Michael Weber among creative advisors helping artistic director Athina Rachel Tsangari.
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NewsBerlinale calls for acquittal of Zimbabwean writer-director Tsitsi Dangarembga
Zimbabwean author and filmmaker was a member of the international jury at the 2022 Berlinale.
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Reviews‘Nayola’: Annecy Review
Stunning feature animation debut depicts the horror of war from a female perspective
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NewsDisney+ launches in Middle East and North Africa
Streamer rolls out in 16 markets across the region.
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NewsAlgerian film industry calls for action over axed film fund
Directors and producers say “Algerian cinema is at risk of death” as a result.
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NewsPavillon Afriques head calls for greater African presence in Cannes
Barclais is keen for African filmmakers and execs to come to Cannes and raise the profile of the industries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Reviews‘Under The Fig Trees’: Cannes Review
Erige Sehiri makes her fiction debut with this gentle human drama set in a Tunisian orchard
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Reviews‘Harka’: Cannes Review
Adam Bessa excels as a Tunisian street seller amidst the Arab Spring upheaval in this heartfelt dramatic debut
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NewsMajor studio complex aims to kickstart Ghana film sector
Team behind studios hope to attract African and international film and TV projects
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NewsAfrica’s Realness Institute, Netflix select 12 participants for episodic, development schemes (exclusive)
Six participants on each programme, receiving $2,000 monthly stipend.
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NewsRealness Institute, Series Mania team on African screenwriting programme (exclusive)
The six-month programme takes place in South Africa and Switzerland.
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NewsDamien Ounouri on his Algerian costume drama and Cannes hopeful ‘The Last Queen’
The feature is being showcased as a work in progress at Qumra this week.
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NewsMatteo Garrone’s migrant drama ‘Io Capitano’ sets cast as filming begins in Senegal
The film is an Italian-Belgian co-production, with Pathe on sales.