Art

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

The Nigerian literary community has been engaged in an important conversation around piracy, unapproved digitization, accessibility, and distribution of Nigerian and African books. Fortune Amor’s digitization of over 200 African writers’ books belonging to the Heinemann African Writers Series sparked this timely conversation. Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood, and others have rightfully called out […]

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6 months ago

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]

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1 year ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Announces its Second African Cohort

In 2025, the decades-long Locarno Open Door initiative shifted its focus to the continent. This follows a three-year cycle dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean. Thus, for its next four editions, the initiative will be a dedicated platform for emerging African voices through its Projects, Producers, and Directors programmes. In 2026, the Fondation Botnar […]

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3 months ago

Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Announces its Second African Cohort

FESPACO Sets New Date, Opens Visual Design Call

The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) has moved its milestone 30th edition to now run from March 20–27, 2027 — three weeks later than originally announced. The biennial festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, will be held under the theme “Cinémas d’Afrique et développement endogène” (“African Cinemas and Endogenous Development”). The 2027 edition […]

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3 months ago

FESPACO Sets New Date, Opens Visual Design Call

Sé òrûn jé ârâ?: Oluwasemilore Delano’s Work Wants us to Look Deeper

As an African, when I walked into Guest Artist Residency (G.A.S) Foundation for Oluwasemilore Delano‘s Sé òrûn ié ârâ? (Is the Sky Skin), the cow-esque paintings immediately transported me. I remembered watching children doodle on walls as they reveal the outline of their artistically-inclined mindset with each unhinged stroke. I thought of the entrapping graffitis […]

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3 months ago

Sé òrûn jé ârâ?: Oluwasemilore Delano’s Work Wants us to Look Deeper

Studiocanal, Sun Africa Group Sign Three-Year South African Theatrical Distribution Deal

Studiocanal, the Paris-based and French film and television studio owned by Canal+ Group, has signed a 3-year theatrical distribution deal with Sun Africa Group for South Africa.  Studiocanal produces, finances, and distributes movies and series from its catalog, across Europe and globally. This three-year theatrical distribution partnership with Sun Africa Group is for the release […]

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3 months ago

Studiocanal, Sun Africa Group Sign Three-Year South African Theatrical Distribution Deal

Olufemi Oguntamu Is Reimagining African Heritage Through Living Codes

What happens when African culture stops being observed and starts being embedded into the technologies shaping the future? What happens when African culture becomes part of the technological future, not just its audience? These are the questions that birthed Living Codes: African Heritage in the Age of AI. Curated by Olufemi Oguntamu, Living Codes explores […]

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3 months ago

Olufemi Oguntamu Is Reimagining African Heritage Through Living Codes

Akinola Davies Jr’s “My Father’s Shadow” Returns to Nigerian Cinema in June

The Cannes award-winning Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow returns to Nigerian cinemas after an unprecedented win at the 2026 African Magic Viewers Choice Awards(AMVCA). This re-release is motivated by public demand after its AMVCA sweep winning Best Movie, Best Director, Best Writing (Movie), Best Music/Score, and Best Sound Design.  From 5th June, 2026, the […]

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3 months ago

Akinola Davies Jr’s “My Father’s Shadow” Returns to Nigerian Cinema in June

Akuol de Mabior Selected for Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund

South Sudanese filmmaker Akuol de Mabior has been announced as one of the recipients of Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund (DFF) at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The DFF de Mabior and other recipients.  de Mabior was born in Cuba and grew up in Kenya. No Simple Way Home, her 2022 documentary, explored the story […]

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3 months ago

Akuol de Mabior Selected for Cate Blanchett’s Displacement Film Fund
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