Idris Elba, Nile Media and Action Xtreme Are Building a West African Action Film Slate
The partnership will begin with two films entering production between late 2026 and early 2027, with plans to...
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From Cameroon to Kaduna, African Stories Made Their Mark at Tribeca 2026.
African cinema had a strong showing at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, with African and African-linked titles picki...
Afrobeats Licensing Is Getting Harder for Nollywood. But Where Does Collaboration Come In?
Nigerian filmmaker and music video director Dami Twitch has raised an important point about the chan...
China-Hunan Film Week Opens in Kenya, but the Bigger Story Is Cultural Influence
The China-Hunan Film Week opened in Nairobi this week, bringing together government officials, diplomats, sc...
The African Films At Tribeca 2026
As the 2026 Tribeca Festival opens in New York, we are watching out for the African films that made it to Nort...
10 African Films You Shouldn’t Ignore
African cinema is too often treated like a niche category, when in reality it holds some of the most urgent, i...
Cannes 2026: The African Films Selected and the Journey That Got Them There
The Film Directors from Africa whose films made it to Cannes: Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Rafiki Fari...
Has 'Authenticity' Killed Your African Film Pitch? When a Necessary Revolution Becomes a Creative Ceiling.
Kofi is an indie filmmaker in Accra. He loves sci-fi not Africa-as-metaphor sci-fi, just imagination doing its...
Watching the Oscars as an African: What the Oscars Reveal About the Gaps in African Film Industries
As an African entertainment business enthusiast and cinephile, when I watch the Academy Awards, I look...
Six Things Ghana’s Film Industry Must Demand Right Now
I've spent some good years working around Ghana's film ecosystem. As Director of the Black Star International...