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Films from Kenya’s Angela Wanjiku Wamai and South Africa’s Jenna Cato Bass are among projects heading for the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s co-production market.

Four short commentaries on African documentary filmmaking as gathered from IDFA, the prestigious documentary festival in the Netherlands.

Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors programme is now open to Africa and its filmmakers.

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl and Hanami, by African filmmakers based in the west, will be screened at the Surreal 16 Film Festival in Nigeria.

Sudan’s Omar Sy and Mozambique’s Yara Costa were triumphant at IDFA’s 2024 Forum Awards.

Anglela Wanjiku Wamai’s Enkop (The Soil) is the sole project from an African filmmaker on the Dutch grant’s list of 12.

The Berlinale Spotlight programme brought a selection of acclaimed films to Accra.

The European Union is collaborating with the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (ENIFF) on a filmmaking initiative.

Weeks after getting chosen for IDFA Bertha Fund, Spaceman in Kongo is set to receive Sundance funding.

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