Festivals

Ify Arinze talks about winning the Locarno Residency in 2025, her life before filmmaking, and her plans for a feature film.

Ampadu’s Critics’ Week jury at Cannes will be led by Indian director Payal Kapadia.

Born in Nigeria, raised in the US, Praise Odigie Paige has led a life fit for the movies.

Asia’s biggest film festival is screening Nigeria’s history-making Cannes feature.

Five film projects from the continent are showing at the world’s oldest film festival.

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.