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.
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Four short commentaries on African documentary filmmaking as gathered from IDFA, the prestigious documentary festival in the Netherlands.
Startups from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda were named winners by the AEDA.
The fund will prioritise feature films with a potential to reach a global audience.
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.
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 Nigeria filmmaker has had a festival premiere for his latest, a follow-up to the award-winning Daughters of Chibok.