When A24 came aboard to distribute Rungano Nyoni’s latest film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” the director was a little wary. “A24 is such a brand — and brands always frighten me,” she says over Zoom ...

The Swiss festival’s co-production and talent development program gears up for its second edition with an Africa focus, promising "a bold and diverse slate of voices from across the African continent.

Led by Akunna Cook, CEO of Next Narrative Africa, and investment expert Wakiuru Njuguna, managing partner at HEVA Fund, it will prioritize "narrative-shifting content from Africa and its diaspora." By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gayle Anderson reports on the 2026 Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF), founded in 1992, it began as a cultural response to ...

Following on the heels of a successful post-pandemic reboot one year ago, the Joburg Film Festival kicks off its sixth edition on Feb. 27, with the glitzy capital of South Africa’s media and ...

The former IndieWire staffer and Shadow and Act founder wants to give African cinema the attention it deserves. For a century, “cinema” has been most often used in reference to an industry that almost ...

For far too long the west has been telling stories about and talking on behalf of Africa. However, a new slate of 25 documentary films by African filmmakers called Generation Africa is currently ...

UPDATE The Joburg Film Festival defiantly went ahead with a screening of Ousmane Sembène’s “Black Girl” on Thursday, refusing to bow to political pressure after South Africa’s Film and Publications ...

A cultural staple in Los Angeles since 1992, the annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival got underway at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on Feb. 9 and runs until Feb. 20. Not even Super Bowl Sunday could ...