All Africa articles – Page 8
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Reviews‘The Last Shelter’: CPH: DOX Review
Moving documentary about life at Caritas House of Migrants, a refuge for travellers on the edge of Mali’s Sahel desert
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NewsLocarno launches African strand of Industry Academy scheme
Locarno Industry Academy also runs in Mexico, Brazil, the US, Lebanon and Greece.
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NewsDisney+ appoints UK commissioning exec as EMEA director of scripted content
Lee Mason has been a commissioner at UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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NewsQumra 2021: Online edition offered a beacon of hope and community
The seventh edition nurtured 48 short and feature-length projects across some 700 online meetings.
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NewsQumra 2021: “I would love to do a French ‘Small Axe’”, says Claire Denis
French director discussed her childhood in 1950s West Africa.
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NewsNigeria’s Kunle Afolayan expands Netflix Nollywood partnership with three new films
All three titles will be set in Nigeria.
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NewsMetro International boards Holocaust survivor doc ‘I Am Here’ (exclusive)
The film depicts 98-year-old Ella Blumenthal.
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NewsOrange Studio unveils diverse EFM slate topped by ‘Schoolmates!’, ‘Slumlord’ (exclusive)
French production and sales arm will unveil four new films at the EFM.
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NewsIcarus Films acquires Congolese Cannes Label doc ‘Downstream To Kinshasa’ (exclusive)
Distributor plans virtual theatrical release in spring followed by VoD rollout later in year.
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NewsFilmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese talks new project, creative process
The filmmaker has been researching subjects of siege and fear while locked down in home city of Berlin.
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NewsScreen Star Akinola Davies Jr wins Sundance short prize with ‘Lizard’
The short was produced by Potboiler and backed by BBC Film.
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Reviews‘President’: Sundance Review
A remarkable story of bravery and determination against daunting odds in Zimbabwe’s first “free and fair” elections
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Reviews‘Toorbos’: Review
South Africa’s Oscar-entry is set in the poor white backwater of the 1930s
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Features25 films from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa to tempt festival directors in 2021
Screen rounds up key contenders vying for the attention of programmers out of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Reviews‘The Milkmaid’: Review
The first-ever entry from Nigeria competes in the International Feature Oscar
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FeaturesOscars international feature race: Africa and Middle East contenders
Africa last snagged an Oscar nomination in 2011 with Algeria’s Outside The Law, while the Middle East has scored seven nods and two wins in the past decade.
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FeaturesPerspectives on 2020: EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu on Netflix deals and African stories
“The world is happier with Joe Biden elected.”
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 12 projects with 50% boost
Funding sees a 50% boost on previous round to support projects “in times of crisis”.
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NewsCairo kicks off with support of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.