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36 articles available in total starting from 12/02/2013. Last article published on 15/09/2025.

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Review: Laundry

Review: Laundry

Durban-born director Zamo Mkhwanazi makes a splash with her debut feature, a historical coming-of-age tale set in 1960s Apartheid-era Johannesburg  

15/09 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji takes us onto the streets of Baghdad, where children have to fend for themselves if they want to survive the constant turmoil  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Émilie Dubois • Producer of Bergies

Interview: Émilie Dubois • Producer of Bergies

“Being part of Focus COPRO’ gives your project real legitimacy”

CANNES 2025: The French producer discusses the project she is introducing, a South African-French co-production directed by Dian Weys, whose short film Vultures is competing for the Palme d’Or  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

Review: Lilies Not for Me

Review: Lilies Not for Me

Will Seefried’s debut film navigates between romanticism and horror amidst experiments to cure homosexuality in the early 20th century  

13/05 | Films | Reviews | UK/South Africa/France/USA

Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Interview: Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, James Tayler • Directors of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

“An individual has to put their selfish interests aside to focus on the beautiful goal that we aim to achieve”

Four members of the Agbajowo Collective speak about their debut fiction feature and how their filmmaking intersects with their grassroots social advocacy efforts  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

The Agbajowo Collective signs a meaningful, grassroots-orientated debut film informed by the ongoing evictions of informal settlements in Africa’s largest city  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story

Review: Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story

BERLINALE 2024: Luck Razanajaona puts Madagascar on the world cinema map with a debut fiction feature painting an illuminating portrait of the stormy climate which reigns and endures on this island  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Review: Hammarskjöld

Review: Hammarskjöld

Per Fly directs a sturdy but speculative account of the Swedish UN Secretary-General, whose death remains shrouded in mystery  

27/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Limelight

Baloji  • Director of Omen

Interview: Baloji • Director of Omen

“Everything you can find in a family is a reflection of society”

CANNES 2023: The Belgian-Congolese director takes us on a unique trip through the traditions and beliefs of the Democratic Republic of Congo  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Omen

Review: Omen

CANNES 2023: Baloji delivers a dizzying and visually intoxicating first feature film about the intertwined fates of four banished souls in an ultra-modern African world  

23/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

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