All Africa articles – Page 8
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NewsMetro International boards Holocaust survivor doc ‘I Am Here’ (exclusive)
The film depicts 98-year-old Ella Blumenthal.
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NewsOrange Studio unveils diverse EFM slate topped by ‘Schoolmates!’, ‘Slumlord’ (exclusive)
French production and sales arm will unveil four new films at the EFM.
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NewsIcarus Films acquires Congolese Cannes Label doc ‘Downstream To Kinshasa’ (exclusive)
Distributor plans virtual theatrical release in spring followed by VoD rollout later in year.
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NewsFilmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese talks new project, creative process
The filmmaker has been researching subjects of siege and fear while locked down in home city of Berlin.
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NewsScreen Star Akinola Davies Jr wins Sundance short prize with ‘Lizard’
The short was produced by Potboiler and backed by BBC Film.
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Reviews‘President’: Sundance Review
A remarkable story of bravery and determination against daunting odds in Zimbabwe’s first “free and fair” elections
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Reviews‘Toorbos’: Review
South Africa’s Oscar-entry is set in the poor white backwater of the 1930s
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Features25 films from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa to tempt festival directors in 2021
Screen rounds up key contenders vying for the attention of programmers out of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Reviews‘The Milkmaid’: Review
The first-ever entry from Nigeria competes in the International Feature Oscar
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: Africa and Middle East contenders
Africa last snagged an Oscar nomination in 2011 with Algeria’s Outside The Law, while the Middle East has scored seven nods and two wins in the past decade.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu on Netflix deals and African stories
“The world is happier with Joe Biden elected.”
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 12 projects with 50% boost
Funding sees a 50% boost on previous round to support projects “in times of crisis”.
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NewsCairo kicks off with support of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.
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NewsNetflix teams with Realness Institute on African series development lab (exclusive)
The episodic content lab is for writers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
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NewsScreen International hires Pierre-Louis Manès-Murphy as director of Asia, France, Middle East and Africa
Manès-Murphy rejoins Screen from Powster.
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Reviews‘Downstream To Kinshasa’: DOK Leipzig Review (Cannes Label)
Unbowed survivors of a bloody conflict take to the road - and down the river Congo - to protest their case
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NewsFormer Casarotto agent launches South Africa-based agency Torchwood (exclusive)
The new literary agency will focus on local and international filmmaking talent.
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NewsSudanese director Hajooj Kuka released but six other artists remain in jail
Kuka, a well-known figure on the international festival circuit, was imprisoned on charges of causing a public nuisance while participating in a theatre workshop.