FE Team

Africa’s sole representative at the 2025 Oscars lost the Best Live Action Short award in an unfavourable award season for the continent.

IDFA Bertha Fund opens submissions for European filmmakers looking to collaborate with filmmakers from Africa and other continents.

Learn about the life, films, and legacy of Souleymane Cissé, the legendary Malian filmmaker who passed away at 84.

Nigerian filmmaker Mildred Okwo has raised questions about recent Nollywood box office figures.

At the 2025 Berlinale, Kevin Aubert won a Special Prize for his debut short film; Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama received a special mention for her debut feature film.

Souleymane Cissé passes on at 84. The Malian filmmaker was the director of Yeelen, the first black African film to compete at the Cannes Film Festival.

Abba Makama, Adekunle Gold, and others are making a documentary on Yoruba music titled “The Odyssey”. Here’s what we know.

In April, for the first time ever at the Headies, one of six songs written for a Nigerian film will be named Soundtrack of the Year.

Nigerian-British filmmaker Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s directorial debut, “Dreamers”, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Berlinale.

Projects from Senegal’s Awa Moctar Gueye and Joseph Gaï Ramaka are included in a slate presented by Yetu (Un)Limited at the 2025 EFM.