"What I really love about this event is because it brings us as Africans together to recognize each other and celebrate one another. So I think it's really important that we have days like this so ...

"Let the star through!" Screen Daily has revealed the first official trailer for an African movie called Congo Boy, made by ...

Chuko and Arie Esiri's "Clarissa" is the second Nigerian film to ever play Cannes. With Neon as its global distributor, they pair tell IndieWire they hope to build a new Nigerian wave of cinema.

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process it analyses what queerness is and ...

Mo Abudu's 'Her Perfect Life' and 'Iyawo Mi' explore topics rarely discussed in Nigerian cinema. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief In Her Perfect Life, Onajite Johnson-Ibrahim (played by Pearl ...

Founded in 2005 by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, AMAA was established to promote and celebrate excellence in African cinema, increase the global visibility of African films, and foster cross-continental ...

Former Showmax publicist KEVIN KRIEDEMANN guides us through his best (free) YouTube viewing choices on the continent. The post Discover Kevin’s amazing Africa Day watchlist appeared first on Gadget.

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director was a little wary. “A24 is such a brand — and brands always frighten me,” she says over Zoom ...

Very few films from Africa have been presented at the Venice Film Festival since its inception. This year, running from 28 August to 7 September, is sadly no exception. Films from sub-Saharan Africa ...

Led by Akunna Cook, CEO of Next Narrative Africa, and investment expert Wakiuru Njuguna, managing partner at HEVA Fund, it will prioritize "narrative-shifting content from Africa and its diaspora." By ...