All Africa articles
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First look at Emily Atef’s English-language debut ‘Call Me Queen’ as production wraps
EXCLUSIVE: Eliane Umuhire, Denise Gough lead the adaptation of Lara Santoro’s novel ‘Mercy’.
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British Urban Film Festival unveils Africa season
The BFI confirmed it had paused the long-running African Odysseys strand in March.
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$1bn Africa Film Fund launched to support film production and distribution across continent
Equity fund launched by pan-African financial institution Afreximbank.
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Venice documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The film will be released theatrically in June.
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Durban FilmMart unveils 31 African projects for 2025 Pitch and Finance Forum
The 31 projects in development come from 15 countries.
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Reviews
‘Ancestral Visions Of The Future’ review: Intricate visual poem from exiled Lesotho filmmaker
Lemohang Mosese follows up his 2019 arthouse hit ’This Is Not A Burial’
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‘Khartoum’: Sundance Review
Five displaced Sudanese citizens re-enact their experiences in this immersive documentary
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‘How To Build A Library’: Sundance Review
The restoration of a fading colonial-era library in Kenya proves to be a touchpoint for the country’s issues
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Film Constellation lands French release for Canada and Ghana-set ‘Paradise’ (exclusive)
The drama thriller is Jeremy Comte’s directorial debut.
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Palestinian film ‘Happy Holidays’ heads winners at Marrakech Film Festival
Film took the Étoile d’Or and a joint best actress award.
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‘Seeking Haven For Mr Rambo’: Red Sea Review
Promising Egyptian debut draws on the powerful bond between one man and his dog
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Locarno Pro’s Open Doors to turn spotlight on African talent for next four years
Locarno’s co-production and talent development initiative is to focus on the African continent for its next cycle.
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Features
Oscars international feature race 2025 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
Two spots on the Oscars shortlist of 15 last year for African and Middle East countries represented a modest improvement on recent years — but entries this year are down. Screen surveys a region that has made halting progress.
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Marrakech bolsters distribution-focused initiatives for 2024 edition (exclusive)
Festival will invite a broad selection of global distributors and expand Atlas Distribution Awards
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‘Spring Came On Laughing’: Cairo Review
Heightened Cairo-set melodrama features five tales of fracturing female relationships
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Red Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects
Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.
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‘Red Path’: Thessaloniki Review
A Tunisian teenager encounters violent extremism in this drama based on the 2015 killing of Mabrouk Soltani
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Marrakech to honour Sean Penn, David Cronenberg, Naima Elmcherqui
Moroccan actress Elmcherqui passed away on October 5 this year.
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‘Barakat’, Triggerfish producers among latest Realness scheme participants (exclusive)
Ephraim Gordon produced South Africa’s 2022 Oscar submission ‘Barakat’.
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“Kenya is losing $2.2m a day to piracy”: Challenges, opportunities for African distributors in spotlight
The debate took place at the International Film Distribution Summit (IFDS) in Cologne.