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NewsUK selects ‘My Father’s Shadow’ as international feature Oscar entry
Film was developed by BBC Film and backed by BBC Film and BFI.
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NewsRealness Institute selects African screenwriters for fourth AuthenticA Series Lab
EXCLUSIVE: Four filmmakers hail from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt.
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FeaturesInternational execs ‘optimistic’ about return of young audiences to cinemas
A Venice Film Festival roundtable hosted by Screen International and sponsored by the Saudi Film Commission debated young cinema audience trends.
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NewsNigerian director Dika Ofoma’s ‘Till The Morning Comes’ leads winners at Locarno’s Open Doors
Winners also included Zimbabwe’s Naishe Nyamubaya, Burkinabe director Azata Soro and Congolese filmmaker Erickey Bahati.
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NewsLocarno unveils producers and projects for Africa-focused Open Doors programme
Festival’s co-production platform and talent development programme is focused on the African continent this year.
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NewsAfrica International Film Festival launches Film and Content Market in Cannes
The Africa International Film Festival signed an MoU with the Nigerian culture ministry.
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NewsAkinola Davies Jr’s Un Certain Regard title ‘My Father’s Shadow’ scores key French deal
Nigeria-set tale is sold by The Match Factory.
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FeaturesBabatunde Apalowo wrestled with writer’s block to create second feature ‘In The Shadows Of Good Fortune’
Apalowo is presenting ‘The Shadow Of Good Fortune’ at Marrakech’s prestigious Atlas Workshops.
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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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Reviews‘Mami Wata’: Fantasia Review
A West African village finds itself at a spiritual crossroads in CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s striking third feature
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NewsPrime Video signs first film and TV deal with African filmmaker
Jade Osiberu directed ‘Gangs Of Lagos’ which recently screened at TIFF.
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Reviews‘The King’s Horseman’: Toronto Review
Biyi Bandele’s bustling, vibrant final film is an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s acclaimed anti-colonial play
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News‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’ director Biyi Bandele dies aged 54
Latest feature from Nigerian writer-director due to premiere at TIFF.
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NewsPrime Video unveils first Nigerian originals
Crime thriller Gangs Of Lagos and comedy series LOL: Last One Laughing Naija will be released later this year.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video signs slate deal with Nollywood’s Nemsia Films
The Nigerian production company has three features in the works with Amazon Prime Video.
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NewsMubi, Wscripted unveil second female-focused Cannes Screenplay List (exclusive)
List features screenplays by US-Egyptian filmmaker Dina Amer, Nigerian screenwriter Onyinye Egenti and Chinese-US director Eris Qian.
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NewsAfrica’s Realness Institute, Netflix select 12 participants for episodic, development schemes (exclusive)
Six participants on each programme, receiving $2,000 monthly stipend.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video signs deal with Nigerian production company Anthill Studios
This follows on from Amazon’s deal with Nigeria’s Inkblot Studios last December.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video signs exclusive deal with Nigeria’s Inkblot Studios
It marks Amazon Prime Video’s first exclusive theatrical output agreement with a leading African film studio.
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NewsBBC Studios signs development deal with EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu
An action-adventure series written by Rowan Athale is in development.