Is it the promise of a new global success for Netflix? The streaming service has announced it would produce a series based on the movie “Dear White People”, released in 2015, which attacked racial prejudice in the United States. The output of ten episodes is scheduled in 2017. Dear White People, the independent film, will…
DetailsThe Saturday evening programme of the African Film Festival began with a screening of Afripedia:Angola (28 min.), the first episode in a documentary series created for Swedish television that focuses on African creative artists. Afripedia: Angola, directed by Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft, includes interviews and performances from Kuduro artists, a type of music and dance that incorporates aspects of…
DetailsASABA, Nigeria — Sitting on a blue plastic stool in the sweltering heat, Ugezu J. Ugezu, one of Nigeria’s top filmmakers, was furiously rewriting his script as the cameras prepared to roll. “Cut!” he shouted after wrapping up a key scene, a confrontation between the two leading characters. Then, under his breath, he added, “Good…
DetailsSince November 2014, Radiodiffusion télévision ivoirienne – RTI (Cote d’Ivoire Radio and Television Broadcasting House) has been positioning itself on the Ivorian cinema market, through the creation of two bodies namely RTI Productions and RTI Distribution. As a result of this, 2015 has become its first true fiscal year. Hence the need for stocktaking. Of…
DetailsCinéCyclo Association embarked on a tour of Senegal last November. The aim was to screen films while remaining energetically self-sufficient. They would go to more or less remote areas and most often without access to electricity. Ecology and cultural openness are the key priorities of this association. Equipped with their “Owl” and “Cargo-bicycle”, the team…
DetailsAccording to the 2015 UNESCO report on the cultural industry worldwide, Morocco’s film industry comes third right after Egypt and South Africa. According to figures from the European Audiovisual Observatory cited in this UNESCO report, Morocco recorded a steady film production, making it the third major film producing country on the African continent since 2009.…
DetailsPromotions have begun for Kunle Afolayan’s pan African movie, The CEO, with snippets of the movie scenes from the different African countries, including Paris, France, where the film pooled its cast. The CEO is Afolayan’s biggest movie yet, with part funding of N50 million as loan from the much publicized Bank of Industry’s NollyFund. With the 2:30…
DetailsNEW YORK & BERLIN, Germany & LAGOS CITY, Nigeria – Jan. 23, 2016 – PRLog — Every woman in a man’s profession struggles to prove her worth and Ebele Okoye’s case hasn’t been different. The multi-award winner and 2 time Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) winner, has invested years to build a profession in the…
DetailsTriggerfish Animation Studios walked away from the Premier’s Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards (PERA) as Overall Winner, along with the titles of Business of the Year and Business with Global Reach. CEO Stuart Forrest explains how film is transforming business on the continent. […] Extract 4) Definitely. Explain how film can be a key economic driver in…
DetailsThe African Federation of Film Critics (FACC), held in the margins of the 2nd Media Forum in Africa on the theme “images and Opportunities”, had its 3rd Congress on December 17 – 19, 2015 in Marrakech (Morocco) .This conference was sanctioned by the election of a new board of seven (7) members, chaired by the…
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