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The Nigerian Official Selection Committee has named Mai Martaba as its entry for the International Feature Film category ahead of the 2025 Academy Awards. The announcement follows the announcement of …

Shaka Ilembe was the biggest winner at the 2024 South African Film nd TV Awards. It won 12 awards, including Best Actor – TV Drama.

In December, the film will show in several countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana.

The two Nigerian films to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival will appear at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.

The NFVF calls on South African postgraduate film students to apply to attend Nigeria’s big film festival.

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos and The Village Next To Paradise are going to Berlin.

African documentaries at the 2024 festival in Amsterdam are not as many as IDFA hoped for, said artistic director Orwa Nyrabia.

Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming A Guinea Fowl premiered at Cannes and has now won the Swiss festival’s biggest award.

Somalia film The Village Next To Paradise, by Mo Harawe, has received another international honour.

Producer Doreen Kilimbe shares notes on her debut film’s win at ZIFF 2024 and the challenges of making films in Tanzania.