The different film industries from Africa have long, rich histories full of exceptional films. Although the continent's cultural position, lack of funding and infrastructure, and lackluster access to ...

This year marks a major milestone for Washington University’s African Film Festival. Founded by Wilmetta Toliver‑Diallo, with 2026 comes two decades of bringing the depth and diversity of African ...

For the past two decades, African Film Festival has partnered with the Department of African & African American Studies, Film ...

From migration to queer identity and ancestral mythology, African filmmakers came to the Berlinale with bold stories confronting repression and celebrating resistance.Three African co-productions are ...

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 ...

Balufu Bakuba Director, centre du cinema in DRC (extreme right) and Senagal's Germain Coly (centre) take part in a panel discussion on cinema policies in Africa at the first edition of the Timimoun ...

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 ...

With the barrage of news coming from all corners of the world, plus the unrest here at home, it’s easy to feel disconnected from ongoing global conflicts. It’s difficult to hold all of the tragedy at ...

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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 ...