Festivals

Brought together by the demolition of a Lagos slum, the Agbajowo Collective will have its first film screen at the Toronto International Film Festival.

With Freedom Way at TIFF, Afolabi Olalekan joins a tiny group of Nigerian directors with features accepted by a major international film festival.

With three production country credits at the 81st Venice Film Festival, South Africa is the dominant African country at this year’s event.

Mati Diop’s Dahomey joins Mo Harawe’s The Village Next To Paradise as films eligible for the European Film Awards.

Locarno’s Best Emerging Director award went to Denise Fernandes, a filmmaker of Cape Verdean descent.

African filmmaking is the next target of Open Doors, a programme hosted by the Locarno Film Festival since 2003.