Sundance

Casting director Olasunkanmi Adebayo (Suki) discusses his role on the set of Sundance-premiering feature “Lady”.

Nigerian-American filmmaker Kaelo Iyizoba has been selected for the Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency, where he’ll work on his project, Birthright.

Bethiael Alemayoh will participate in the 2025 Screenwriters Intensive programme with her project I Didn’t Forget You.

Kenya filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu will join Daniel Kaluuya and others as members of the 2025 World Cinema Dramatic Competition jury.

Kenya’s How to Build a Library, Sudan’s Khartoum, and other African projects will be screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Weeks after getting chosen for IDFA Bertha Fund, Spaceman in Kongo is set to receive Sundance funding.

In December, the film will show in several countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana.

Among the 28 Sundance documentary grantees are an “Untitled Africa Project” and a project following “LGBTQ+ Yoruba practitioners”.