Daddy Bear Is Treating Community Cinema as Distribution, Not Charity
Daddy Bear is moving into post-production with an unusual distribution ambition: community screenings as an intentional audience-development channel, not a fallback.
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Kamo State Built an Audience for Free. Starlomo Will Show Whether They Will Pay to Watch Him
Kamo State already has attention. Starlomo will test whether the audience that knows him from digital comedy will follow him into a paid theatrical experience.
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Sands of Time Won Seven Awards. Its Bigger Asset May Be Its Broadcast Map
Sands of Time collected seven awards across Nigeria and Canada. The more durable signal may be how widely the independently produced series…
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Apple TV Has Entered Nigeria at ₦1,300, but the Product Apple Is Selling Is Bigger Than Streaming
Apple TV is finally entering Nigeria, but not as a normal standalone streamer. Apple has tied television, gaming…
MultiChoice Is Looking for Unscripted Formats. The Commissioning Signal Is Cost, Repeatability and Reach
MultiChoice’s new call for unscripted projects is more than an opportunity notice. It indicates the type of African…
Durban FilmMart Is Teaching Equitable Coproduction. The Real Test Will Be the Contracts
Durban FilmMart has put equitable coproduction into its training programme. The real measure will be who owns the…
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May el-Toukhy Won Venice After Entering as Its Only Female Fiction Director. Her Critique Now Has Evidence
May el-Toukhy entered Venice as the competition’s only female fiction director and left with the Golden Lion. Her victory sharpens her criticism of film’s male-genius culture.
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Jabu Nadia Newman Was the Only African Filmmaker in TIFF’s Directors’ Lab. The Opportunity Now Has to Become a First Feature
Festivals & Awards, Film
Jabu Nadia Newman reached TIFF’s Directors’ Lab as its only African filmmaker. The important measure now is whether the programme helps move…
Adanne Is Moving From Kigali to London. Orobosa Ikponmwen’s Real Test Is Whether the Festival Route Produces Distribution
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Orobosa Ikponmwen’s feature Adanne will screen at festivals in Kigali and London before a planned theatrical release. Its route now has to…
Madi Makambu Won Five Venice Support Awards Before It Was Finished. Machérie Ekwa Bahango Has Turned Post-Production Into a Financing Strategy
Festivals & Awards, Film
Madi Makambu secured five Venice support packages before completion. RollCallAfrica examines how Machérie Ekwa Bahango turned an unfinished film into a practical…
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A Cameroonian Debut Won Two Venice Prizes. Its Six-Country Finance Stack Tells the Bigger Story
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La Maison du Vent brought Cameroon two major Venice prizes. Its six-country production and funding…
Tehran Has Selected 16 African Shorts. The More Interesting Story Is Africa’s Expanding Festival Route Through Asia
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The Tehran International Short Film Festival has selected 16 African films for African Horizons. The…
Jabu Nadia Newman Was the Only African Filmmaker in TIFF’s Directors’ Lab. The Opportunity Now Has to Become a First Feature
16 September 2026
Jabu Nadia Newman reached TIFF’s Directors’ Lab as its only African filmmaker. The important measure…
FESPACO Has Opened Its 30th-Edition Call for Films. Access Must Be Measured Beyond the Submission Portal
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FESPACO has opened its 2027 call for films. For the 30th edition, the important measure…
Rwanda, Nigeria, Chad, the Congos, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt: TIFF 2026 Just Assembled the Most Geographically Complete African Lineup of the Year. This Is What “Continental” Actually Looks Like.
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The 51st Toronto International Film Festival, running September 10-20, has finalised an African selection spanning…
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