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Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Senegal Filmmakers Selected for Inaugural Final Cut: New African Shorts

Four African short film projects have been selected for the inaugural Final Cut: New African Shorts, a collaboration between Locarno’s Open Doors and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. The filmmakers and their projects include Ethiopian Tesfa Maryam Dargai Molla‘s The Chair That Listens, Nigerian Dika Ofoma’s Tooth, Malagasy Morgane Razafinony‘s Mia, and Senegalese Jam Abdoulaye Sall‘s Suka […]

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6 days ago

Festival Dispatch: AFRIFF’s AFCM Opening Day is Decent, at Best

After hosting The African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) for over a decade, the organizers of the festival decided to introduce a Nigerian-based but international-facing market dedicated to the business of filmmaking. This new addition is the shiny African Film and Content Market (AFCM). From Cannes’ Marché du Film, Berlinale’s European Film Market, American Film Market, […]

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1 week ago

Vincho Nchogu’s “One Woman, One Bra” is a Jumbled Drama about White Saviour Complex

Vincho Nchogu’s feature directorial debut, One Woman One Bra is screening at the 2026 Luanda International Film Festival as part of its International Competition category. Prior, the film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2025 as part of the Biennale College Cinema section before going on to win the Sutherland Award […]

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In Adeoye Adetunji’s “The Travails of Ajadi” the gods are to be blamed

The Travails of Ajadi, one of the short motion animations screening at the Jali Film Weekender is written, directed, and produced by Adeoye Adetunji. It is part of the six films lined up under the What Calls Us Has Travelled Far, a short film programme that explores the many forms devotion can take and the […]

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2 weeks ago

Patience Nitumwesiga’s “The Woman who Poked the Leopard” is a Manual for Political Dissidents

What do you do when you need a manual to survive an oppressive system and government? The simple answer: watch Patience Nitumwesiga’s The Woman who Poked the Leopard, with a notebook, and obsessively take down lessons. The feature length documentary which is showing at the 2026 Jali Film Weekender is monopolized with lessons for the […]

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2 weeks ago

For Chinazaekpere Chukwu, Storytelling is an Act of Witnessing

I think that sometimes, in the middle of being a spectator in your own life, you reach for the script and change a few things.

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2 weeks ago

Why does Nollywood Reject Ugliness?

Nollywood and its storytellers are afraid of ugliness

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3 weeks ago

The Atlas Workshops Reveal 30-Projects for its 2026 Lineup

The Marrakech International Film Festival‘s Atlas Workshops has announced its list of successful applicants for the 2026 edition of the workshop which will be held during the Marrakech Film Festival running from November 20-28. Launched in 2018, The Atlas Workshops is an industry and talent-development program initiated by the festival to facilitate professional and industry […]

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3 weeks ago

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Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Senegal Filmmakers Selected for Inaugural Final Cut: New African Shorts

Festival Dispatch: AFRIFF’s AFCM Opening Day is Decent, at Best

Vincho Nchogu’s “One Woman, One Bra” is a Jumbled Drama about White Saviour Complex

In Adeoye Adetunji’s “The Travails of Ajadi” the gods are to be blamed

Patience Nitumwesiga’s “The Woman who Poked the Leopard” is a Manual for Political Dissidents

For Chinazaekpere Chukwu, Storytelling is an Act of Witnessing

Why does Nollywood Reject Ugliness?

The Atlas Workshops Reveal 30-Projects for its 2026 Lineup

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