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Senegal selects Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winner ‘Dahomey’ as Oscar submission 4l6v22

2024-09-13T15:34:00Z 1z302w

It marks the second time French-Senegalese director Diop has been chosen for the Oscars after her debut feature ’Atlantics’.

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Realness Institute selects writers from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa for AuthenticA Series Lab (exclusive) j4w63

2024-09-09T14:02:00Z

The six-month lab s writers to develop their series ideas into pilot scripts. 

Reviews

‘Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight’: Toronto Review 225u3e

2024-09-07T08:57:00Z

Actor Embeth Davidtz makes her directorial debut with this adaption of a memoir set in racist 1980s Rhodesia

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‘Aicha’: Venice Review 156k2x

2024-09-05T15:05:00Z

Mehdi M. Barsaoui directs Fatma Sfar in an electric performance as a Tunisian woman on an unexpected journey of reinvention 

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‘Perfumed With Mint’: Venice Review 3i6267

2024-09-05T11:50:00Z

A decaying Egyptian city teems with ghosts both literal and metaphorical in this meditative debut

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Netflix’s South Africa slate includes features ‘Happiness Is’ and ‘Umjolo: The Gone Girl’ 1p3f2u

2024-09-03T13:50:00Z

Netflix’s vice president of content for the Middle East and Africa, Ben Amadasun, revealed the selection at MIP Africa.

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Realness Institute unveils next cohort of Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy (exclusive) 6f1u2y

2024-08-29T15:21:00Z

It is the third edition of the training programme for African film and TV professionals. 

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Michaela Coel teams with BBC, HBO, A24 on drama series ‘First Day On Earth’ 4yi2d

2024-08-19T14:00:00Z

The 10-part series is made in association with A24

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Venice Final Cut lab projects include Morad Mostafa’s ‘Aisha Can’t Fly Away’ 1wj39

2024-07-11T11:30:00Z

Seven work-in-progress films will participate in the Venice Production Bridge.

Reviews

‘Searching For Amani’: Raindance Review 2f6o2v

2024-06-21T08:00:00Z

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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Salim Kechiouche to shoot ‘Wolf Dreams’ in Algeria as country makes big Cannes comeback (exclusive) 4u713n

2024-05-22T10:56:00Z

An Algerian delegation is in Cannes to promote the country as an international partner and locations hub. 

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‘Goodbye Julia’ takes top prize at Critics Awards for Arab Films 21a2l

2024-05-18T05:00:00Z

‘Four Daughters’ and ‘Inshallah A Boy’ also ranked among the big winners at the awards.

Reviews

‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’: Cannes Review 2p3qj

2024-05-16T13:35:00Z

A young Zambian woman confronts long-buried family secrets in Rungano Nyoni’s second feature

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UK romantic thriller ‘White Widow’ acquired for world sales (exclusive) 521u4g

2024-05-13T10:00:00Z

Rory Fleck Byrne, Adelaide Clemens, Kim Bodnia, Saffron Burrows, Russell Tovey star.

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TrustNordisk boards Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’ starring Kristine Kujath Thorp (exclusive) 5i175p

2024-05-08T08:00:00Z

The thriller is based on real events in the Central African Republic in 2013.

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“New voices are being heard”: the Asia and MENA films heading to Cannes 4t1j59

2024-04-12T20:34:00Z

Titles include the first film from Saudi Arabia in Official Selection.

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Egypt’s Al-Ahram studio destroyed by fire i4d6f

2024-03-18T16:24:00Z

The facility recently housed producion of Ramadan TV series El-Moallem starring Mustafa Shaban.

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Netflix Africa slate includes Mo Abudu-produced series ‘Baby Farm’, feature ‘House of Ga’a’ 656s3e

2024-03-06T12:09:00Z

The slate includes two series and one feature, all from women filmmakers. 

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Ghana outlines 20% tax rebate for film productions 5g1j4u

2024-02-29T13:39:00Z

In addition there may be an enhanced commitment to inward investment, including exemptions on import duties for film production equipment and on port taxes. 

Reviews

‘Dahomey’: Berlin Review 6m3w4w

2024-02-18T15:15:00Z

The repatriation of stolen treasures to Benin provokes this agile, cerebral documentary by Mati Diop