Festivals

In Nome, Sana Na N’Hada’s life and times of his eponymous hero is carried along by the magnificent performance of Marcelino Antonio Ingira.

The Open Doors section of the 2025 Locarno Film Festival has announced its winners from across the continent.

Nigerian producer Blessing Uzzi talks about meeting director Dika Ofoma and their 2025 Locarno Open Doors project, Kachifo.

The Lesotho filmmaker was speaking at a Q and A session after his new film “Ancestral Visions of the Future” premiered in Locarno, Switzerland.

Ancestral Visions of the Future marries prose to poetic visuals in frustrating and interesting ways.

This morning, the Locarno Film Festival announced its lineup for 2025, with Swiss TV presenter Sandy Altermatt in charge of the proceedings. The announcement revealed films to be screened across …

Cannes Jury President Alice Rohrwacher hails ‘My Father’s Shadow’ as a standout film, citing its ‘phantasmagorical, ghost-like’ qualities.

Nigeria’s My Father Shadow received a Camera d’Or special mention but African films left Cannes 2025 awards empty-handed.

Projects from Thomas Ngijol and Robin Campillo will screen at the Directors’ Fortnight section of Cannes 2025.

Cannes Film Festival 2025 lineup includes African productions, Aisha Can’t Fly Away, Promised Sky, and My Father’s Shadow.