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FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Alex Ross and Hannah Clement’s “Grief” Confronts Loss and Survival

Grief is a 12-minute short film written by Alex Ross and co-directed with Hannah Clement. Set in modern South Africa, the film explores loss, bereavement, and the struggle to preserve the legacy of a loved one who has passed away. Against a cultural backdrop that discourages speaking ill of the dead while concealing painful truths, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Corey Ashton and Kariska Kotze’s “Fata Morgana” Dazzles With Surrealist Motif

The title “Fata Morgana” describes a form of mirage, an optical illusion that occurs at sea or on land, in which several inverted and upright images seem to be stacked on top of each other in a distorted fashion. It may happen with any form of distantly seen object, such as boats and islands, often […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Oliver Boje & Mila Nieman’s “Detour” Experiments Dangerously with Cross-genre Ideas

Detour fuses crime drama and romantic comedy in an unusual, ludicrous way that tugs at our attention. The 24-minute short film, written by Mila Nieman and co-directed with Oliver Boje, is set in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It follows a recently estranged couple Michael and Liena who unexpectedly meet in the same […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Emily Mürch’s “99 Days Too Soon” Is An Emotional Journey on Premature Birth and Neonatal Care

On 24th August, 2002, 26-week-old Emily Mürch was prematurely born through a cesarean section, after which the baby spent 99 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Over two decades after her birth, the young woman, a South Africa Film Academy intern, has produced and directed 99 Days Too Soon, a short personal documentary […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

TIFF 2025: Ben Proudfoot’s “The Eyes of Ghana” is a Return to Ghana’s Edited History

Ben Proudfoot’s The Eyes of Ghana had its world premiere at the documentary section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. The feature-length documentary film is partly a biopic of Chris Hesse, one of Ghana’s veteran filmmaker and Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cameraman and a capsuled history of Ghana’s independence journey, economic and cinema boom and […]

Seyi Lasisi

11 months ago

The Fight For Structure and Opportunity In The Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN)

As part of the activities of Ibom Entertainment Week 2025 which was held at Uyo, Akwa-Ibom, the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) celebrated her 25th Anniversary, a milestone in lieu of the previous year. The anniversary celebration was spearheaded by the DGN President Uche Agbo, during which he officially launched the DGN Mobile App. The […]

Adedamola Adedayo

11 months ago

“Eko Groove” Finds DJ Spinall At The Height of His Curatorial Powers

In 2016, a propulsive Afro-fusion track titled Gba Gbe E began slithering onto dance floors across the country. To the extent that the song became a party starter, we have Burna Boy’s smooth delivery and Spellz’ masterful production to thank. We would however be remiss if we left out the contributions of the upstart DJ […]

Chibuzo Emmanuel

11 months ago

Healing the Whole Self: The Integrated Approach of Dual Diagnosis Rehab

We used to treat addiction and mental health in separate silos. Imagine going to rehab to get sober, but the deep-seated depression you live with goes unaddressed. Or, you finally reach out for help with your PTSD, only to have your substance use dismissed. It was a fragmented way to care, and it left so […]

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FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Alex Ross and Hannah Clement’s “Grief” Confronts Loss and Survival

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Corey Ashton and Kariska Kotze’s “Fata Morgana” Dazzles With Surrealist Motif

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Oliver Boje & Mila Nieman’s “Detour” Experiments Dangerously with Cross-genre Ideas

FAME Week Africa Students Film Showcase 2025: Emily Mürch’s “99 Days Too Soon” Is An Emotional Journey on Premature Birth and Neonatal Care

TIFF 2025: Ben Proudfoot’s “The Eyes of Ghana” is a Return to Ghana’s Edited History

The Fight For Structure and Opportunity In The Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN)

“Eko Groove” Finds DJ Spinall At The Height of His Curatorial Powers

Healing the Whole Self: The Integrated Approach of Dual Diagnosis Rehab

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