Former Showmax publicist KEVIN KRIEDEMANN guides us through his best (free) YouTube viewing choices on the continent.

Does the absence of African films in the main competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival point to a glass ceiling? Or is ...

The official selection of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival will showcase three African feature films, all part of the Un Certain ...

The Croisette will host a star-studded movie by Nigerian-born twins, the first film by a Rwandan director in the Official Selection, a landmark co-pro and the latest from a Moroccan auteur.

May 2026 brings an expansive lineup to African cinemas, featuring highly anticipated Nollywood releases and award-winning ...

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...

*The Award-winning independent feature RISE, which nabbed the Audience award at the 2023 Mammoth Film Festival, now boasts a Best Supporting Actor WIN via Jimmy Jean-Louis at the recently held 2023 ...

Mo Abudu's 'Her Perfect Life' and 'Iyawo Mi' explore topics rarely discussed in Nigerian cinema. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief In Her Perfect Life, Onajite Johnson-Ibrahim (played by Pearl ...

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process it analyses what queerness is and ...

The three-year deal covers a slate of Studiocanal's English-language features including 'Pressure,' 'Ink,' and 'Full Phil.' ...

Does the absence of African films in the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival point to a glass ceiling? Or is African cinema still slowly but surely finding its way to the top table?