Film And Tv

Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent

Adebayo Oduwole and Praise Okeoghene Vandeh Want to Save Nigerian Independent Cinema with “Saving Cinema”

Nigerian culture writer and filmmaker, Praise Okeoghene Vandeh, and Nigerian filmmaker Adebayo Oduwole, inspired by a double feature shown at two different cinemas, Ebonylife and Filmhouse Lekki in 2025, joked about saving cinema. A few months later, when Oduwole walked into Magnificent Cinemas, a community-focused, budget-friendly cinema in the Onipanu/Somolu area, he saw a chance […]

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Adebayo Oduwole and Praise Okeoghene Vandeh Want to Save Nigerian Independent Cinema with “Saving Cinema”

Chee Keong Cheung’s “The Son of the Soil” and its Storybuilding Issue

Globally, cinema is an illusion and filmmakers work in the business of illusion. Through their artistic production, moving images, sound, scenes, they curate a world that matches one viewers are familiar with. The attentive storyteller, performer and filmmaker learn to progressively infuse quotidian details into their stories, performance and films. The more convincing the details […]

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Chee Keong Cheung’s “The Son of the Soil” and its Storybuilding Issue

The African Producers Accelerator (APA) Returns for Second Year

The African Producers Accelerator programme (APA) is returning for its second edition after a successful inaugural edition. This time, applications are  open  for mid-career African producers eager to strengthen their companies, sharpen their strategy and scale their impact. The APA is a joint initiative by Big World Cinema in partnership with the Bertha Foundation and […]

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5 months ago

The African Producers Accelerator (APA) Returns for Second Year

Next Narrative Africa Fund Announces its Inaugural Slate of Projects.

The Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) has unveiled its first slate of development projects, including productions involving Africa-based and diaspora filmmakers, selected from more than 2,000 global submissions. NNAF is a $40 million mission-driven content and media fund that invests in commercially viable audio-visual content made on the Continent by African and African-diaspora storytellers.  Launched […]

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5 months ago

Next Narrative Africa Fund Announces its Inaugural Slate of Projects.

Zimbabwean Filmmaker, Tapiwa Chipfupa, Wants to Solve Structural Hurdles through AVEL

Zimbabwean director and producer, Tapiwa Chipfupa and her film initiative Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory (AVEL), were awarded the coveted Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme at the recently concluded festival. The grant will support AVEL in equipping Zimbabwean producers with mentorship and guidance on film business. The Zimbabwean industry, like its neighbouring continental  counterparts, suffers from the […]

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5 months ago

Zimbabwean Filmmaker, Tapiwa Chipfupa, Wants to Solve Structural Hurdles through AVEL

Realness Institute Appoints New Board and Advisory Council

Realness Institute, the organisation supporting the growth of African independent screen creatives, has appointed a new board of directors and alumni advisory council as it prepares for its next phase. The institute whose interest is in inspiring a new wave of African cinema, launched in 2015 and has created space for the development of multiple […]

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Realness Institute Appoints New Board and Advisory Council
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