All Africa articles – Page 6 v1k30

  • CineGouna prizes
    News

    Algerian, Palestinian projects scoop top prizes at CineGouna Platform 66835

    2021-10-25T13:17:00Z 1vs6u

    The El Gouna Film Festival’s project development platform showcased 20 projects in development and post-production. 

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    Somali Oscar submission ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ wins at Africa’s Fespaco festival p4w6c

    2021-10-25T12:09:00Z

    Africa’s biggest film festival unfolded in Burkina Faso from October 16 to 23. 

  • Hicham Lasri and Lamia Chraibi on the El Gouna red carpet
    News

    Morocco’s Hicham Lasri says new film ‘Happy Lovers’ will be more mainstream 6s6f4a

    2021-10-21T15:40:00Z

    Producer Lamia Chraibi describes it as a black comedy with elements of Irreversible and Fargo.

  • Photo Charlotte Boucon
    News

    Charlotte Boucon talks plans as new director of sales at Orange Studio 294s4i

    2021-10-14T13:13:00Z

    Sale veteran began new position on September 1 after nearly a decade at SND. 

  • Netflix
    News

    Netflix and Unesco partner on Sub-Saharan Africa short film competition 3r1t2

    2021-10-14T11:21:00Z

    The six winners will receive a $75,000 production budget and an additional $25,000.

  • fire
    News

    Fire breaks out at El Gouna Film Festival main venue 4s5f2k

    2021-10-13T12:09:00Z

    The fire at the festival plaza has now been extinguished.

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    Somalia selects ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ as first ever Oscar submission 1x6a5s

    2021-10-07T11:51:00Z

    Other African submissions so far include Nabil Ayouch’s Casablanca Beats for Morocco. 

  • Dirty Difficult Dangerous
    News

    ​Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Souk unveils inaugural project line-up and jury 714l12

    2021-09-30T19:23:00Z

    Five works in progress and 11 films in development due to be showcased at event running December 8-11.

  • Mlungu Wam (Good Madam) Mlungu Wam
    Reviews

    ‘Good Madam’: Toronto Review 7d5x

    2021-09-13T11:05:00Z

    Jenna Cato Bass examines the horror of servitude in South Africa’s affluent gated communities

  • Saloum
    Features

    Jean Luc Herbulot on why TIFF title ‘Saloum’ is “a leap of faith for the audience” 324l1n

    2021-09-13T09:00:00Z

    Mercenaries, myth and mayhem in haunted Senegalese delta.

  • Jean Luc Herbulot
    News

    XYZ Films boards TIFF sales on supernatural thriller ‘Interstate’ from director of festival entry ‘Saloum’ 385460

    2021-09-09T15:01:00Z

    Asia Argento, French rapper/actor JoeyStarr, Riccardo Scarmaccio to star.

  • Saloum
    News

    Elle Driver picks up Senegalese TIFF Midnight Madness entry ‘Saloum’ (exclusive) 1c5o9

    2021-09-07T09:00:00Z

    Film marks first production from Pamela Diop’s pan-African Lacme Studios.

  • 'Indemnity'
    Reviews

    ‘Indemnity’: Fantasia Review 3z4925

    2021-08-12T02:30:00Z

    A wrongfully accused man is chased by cops and mercenaries in this paranoid political thriller

  • Mariner Of The Mountains
    Reviews

    ‘Mariner Of The Mountains’: Cannes Review 652372

    2021-07-28T10:54:00Z

    Smooth sailing for Brazil’s Karim Ainouz as he traces his family’s recent past back to Algeria

  • Casablanca Beats
    Reviews

    ‘Casablanca Beats’: Cannes Review 6r2a6h

    2021-07-15T22:12:00Z

    A vibrant musical from Nabil Ayouch, shot over two years at the cultural centre he founded 

  • Neptune Frost
    Reviews

    ‘Neptune Frost’: Cannes Review 6u6s5r

    2021-07-14T13:21:00Z

    Cyber-musical from Rwanda showing in Directors’ Fortnight displays defiant and dizzying originality 

  • Bero Beyer
    News

    Netherlands, South Africa set up co-development fund (exclusive) 1g2l2c

    2021-07-10T05:00:00Z

    Thuthuka is launching today in Cannes.

  • LINGUI LES LIENS SACRES - photo 1 © Pili Films, Mathieu Giombini (1)
    Reviews

    ‘Lingui: The Sacred Bonds’: Cannes Review 2f6v5z

    2021-07-08T15:27:00Z

    A single mother struggles to protect her pregnant daugter in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Cannes Competition title

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    ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’: first trailer for Cannes Critics’ Week title (exclusive) 4c51e

    2021-06-21T10:44:00Z

    Drama unfolds against the colourful backdrop of Djibouti CIty in Horn of Africa. 

  • Lemohang
    News

    Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s next film among Hubert Bals projects 402f6c

    2021-05-27T12:16:00Z

    Title revealed of the feature from the director of ‘This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’.