All Africa articles
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NewsRealness Institute selects writers from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa for AuthenticA Series Lab (exclusive)
The six-month lab supports writers to develop their series ideas into pilot scripts.
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Reviews‘Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight’: Toronto Review
Actor Embeth Davidtz makes her directorial debut with this adaption of a memoir set in racist 1980s Rhodesia
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Reviews‘Aicha’: Venice Review
Mehdi M. Barsaoui directs Fatma Sfar in an electric performance as a Tunisian woman on an unexpected journey of reinvention
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Reviews‘Perfumed With Mint’: Venice Review
A decaying Egyptian city teems with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in this meditative debut
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NewsNetflix’s South Africa slate includes features ‘Happiness Is’ and ‘Umjolo: The Gone Girl’
Netflix’s vice president of content for the Middle East and Africa, Ben Amadasun, revealed the selection at MIP Africa.
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NewsRealness Institute unveils next cohort of Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy (exclusive)
It is the third edition of the training programme for African film and TV professionals.
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NewsMichaela Coel teams with BBC, HBO, A24 on drama series ‘First Day On Earth’
The 10-part series is made in association with A24
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NewsVenice Final Cut lab projects include Morad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’
Seven work-in-progress films will participate in the Venice Production Bridge.
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Reviews‘Searching For Amani’: Raindance Review
Doc follows a 13 year-old boy’s quest to track down the murderers of his father in Kenya’s Laikipia county
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NewsSalim Kechiouche to shoot ‘Wolf Dreams’ in Algeria as country makes big Cannes comeback (exclusive)
An Algerian delegation is in Cannes to promote the country as an international partner and locations hub.
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News‘Goodbye Julia’ takes top prize at Critics Awards for Arab Films
‘Four Daughters’ and ‘Inshallah A Boy’ also ranked among the big winners at the awards.
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Reviews‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’: Cannes Review
A young Zambian woman confronts long-buried family secrets in Rungano Nyoni’s second feature
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NewsUK romantic thriller ‘White Widow’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Rory Fleck Byrne, Adelaide Clemens, Kim Bodnia, Saffron Burrows, Russell Tovey star.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’ starring Kristine Kujath Thorp (exclusive)
The thriller is based on real events in the Central African Republic in 2013.
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News“New voices are being heard”: the Asia and MENA films heading to Cannes
Titles include the first film from Saudi Arabia in Official Selection.
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NewsEgypt’s Al-Ahram studio destroyed by fire
The facility recently housed producion of Ramadan TV series El-Moallem starring Mustafa Shaban.
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NewsNetflix Africa slate includes Mo Abudu-produced series ‘Baby Farm’, feature ‘House of Ga’a’
The slate includes two series and one feature, all from women filmmakers.
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NewsGhana outlines 20% tax rebate for film productions
In addition there may be an enhanced commitment to inward investment, including exemptions on import duties for film production equipment and on port taxes.
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Reviews‘Dahomey’: Berlin Review
The repatriation of stolen treasures to Benin provokes this agile, cerebral documentary by Mati Diop
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NewsSenegalese feature ‘Demba’ acquired for sales ahead of Berlinale debut (exclusive)
The film follows a widower who reconnects with his estranged son.