"Let the star through!" Screen Daily has revealed the first official trailer for an African movie called Congo Boy, made by ...

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...

With Netflix and Amazon cooling on content investments in the region, African filmmakers are forging new models of independence and collaboration: “We’ve had to figure out how to do it on our own.” By ...

For the past two decades, African Film Festival has partnered with the Department of African & African American Studies, Film & Media Studies, and the African Students Association at Washington ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Global Perspectives is a CNN editorial and live event series exploring the dynamic economies at the frontlines of global transformation. The first Global Perspectives live event, taking ...

AFRIFF 2025 wrapped its 14th edition in style, celebrating over a decade of showcasing African stories to the world. Since its start in 2010, AFRIFF has launched hundreds of films that have gone on to ...

A South African film confronting the harsh realities of homelessness has earned international recognition. God’s Work claimed a top honour at Egypt’s Luxor African Film Festival last week. Directed by ...

Theater and African film lovers unite! Culture aficionados are converging on BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) for the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF). The festival runs at BAM through May 29 as ...

When Chioma Ude founded the Africa International Film Festival in 2010, her mission was clear: Create a hub for the African filmmaking community that would connect new and existing African talent with ...

The initiative, aimed at mid-career African film and TV producers, announced the participants of its second edition, as well ...

"Peer reviewed articles from the second edition of the Ife International Film Festival."--Page 1. Machine generated contents note: ch. I Ghanaian Cinema: A Historical Appraisal / Kwaw Ansah -- ch. II ...