International

South African and Dutch filmmakers working together are invited to apply for Thuthuka, a film co-development programme.

This year, the Mostra de Cinemas Africanos will take place from September 18 to 25 in Bahia, Brazil.

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

Ajosepo and Bad Boys lead the box office charge for Nollywood and Hollywood films in Nigeria.

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.

Aby Media is partnering with Brazilian media giant Globo to produce African adaptations.

The Senegalese-French Mat Diop joins other esteemed colleagues such as Agnieszka Holland, Juliette Binoche, Arthur Harari, and Sandra Hüller in calling for the release of ndrei Gnyot.

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.