Cinemas offer a platform for stories of resistance amid shrinking civic spaces in Africa
As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.
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As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.
Born out of a belief that Africans should watch African films and tell their own stories, the Kinshasa International Film Festival opened its doors for its 13th year in the Congole...
BAFTA-winning Director, Akinola Davies Jr. talks about the journey of ‘My Father’s Shadow.’ The conversation traces the journey of the film: from its start as an arthouse project,...
Historic buildings became giant digital canvases as Burundi hosted Africa’s first-ever AFRICA ON MAPPING Festival. Combining video projections, dance, poetry and technology, the ev...
The three-year deal covers a slate of Studiocanal's English-language features including 'Pressure,' 'Ink,' and 'Full Phil.'
Designed by Studio NEiDA, The Falcon Cinema is a community and art centre located in Berekuso, Ghana, commissioned by film curator and Founding Director Jacqueline Nsiah. The cinem...
May 2026 brings an expansive lineup to African cinemas, featuring highly anticipated Nollywood releases and award-winning regional titles. The slate includes Dammy Twitch’s feature...
Over the years, cinema architecture has continually reinvented itself. From cinematic experiences that engage multiple senses to material technologies that reinterpret the aestheti...
Critics at Cannes have praised Clarissa for its nuanced storytelling and powerful performances, marking another milestone for the growing global influence of Nigerian cinema.
A new study says cheaper imports, limited financing, piracy and weak distribution have left Kenya’s film industry struggling to compete for local audiences despite its growing econ...
The 33rd New York African Film Festival gave a month-long look into the storytelling of Diaspora filmmakers. These were our standouts!
The British Council has reaffirmed its commitment to Africa’s creative industry as the second phase of Film Lab Africa enters production, with seven anthology pilot episodes set to...
[Daba Finance] Canal+ rose in its Johannesburg Stock Exchange debut after the French media group completed its acquisition of MultiChoice, giving South African investors exposure t...
EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing has acquired U.S., Canada, UK and Australia/New Zealand rights to Damien Hauser’s ground-breaking Africa sci-fi Memory Of Princess Mumbi. The film mad...
The eighth run of SAFF will see 33 films direct from South Africa come to cinemas across Australia and New Zealand.
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 w...
“Congo Boy” opens with a big setpiece set in a dance club: The camera follows two young men as they walk around searching for someone, the audience immediately thrown into a vibran...
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The maiden edition of the Africa International Christian Film Festival (AICFF) concluded on Saturday in Abuja with a strong call for Christian filmmakers...
*Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael” has become one of the defining box office stories of the year, and its reach extends far beyond the markets that typically dominate industry headlines. T...
On stage, performers transformed ordinary life experiences into spontaneous theatre, drawing smiles, reflection, and sometimes sadness from the audience
The Swiss festival’s co-production and talent development program gears up for its second edition with an Africa focus, promising "a bold and diverse slate of voices from across th...
Filmmaker Meji Alabi directs a landmark BBC Africa Eye documentary about Nigeria's civil war.
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