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26 May 2025
The Mati Diop Cannes Win That Amplified African Cinema's Rich Legacy
The French Senegalese filmmaker’s historic Grand Prix win in 2019 marked a milestone in African cinema and inspired a new generation of filmmakers.
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18 January 2025
Nine African Films Showing at the 2025 Berlinale
The African representation at this year’s Berlinale is a mix of dramas, documentaries, and short features.
Film + TV
26 February 2024
Mati Diop Makes History With Her Sophomore Film 'Dahomey'
The French Senegalese filmmaker’s second feature, Dahomey, which follows a pack of treasures on their return from Paris to Benin, won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
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14 February 2024
Ten African Films Playing at This Year's Berlin Film Festival
New films from Abderrahmane Sissako, Mati Diop and David-Pierre Fila are showing at the 2024 edition of the Berlin Film Festival.
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06 March 2023
With Her Films, Apolline Traoré Wants to Highlight Stories That Often Go Ignored
The Burkinabè director has picked up prizes at the Berlin Film Festival and Fespaco for her latest film, 'Sira,' but it's the need to bear witness and highlight what is going on in her own home country that drives her work.
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20 February 2023
Thierno Souleymane Diallo Visits 'The Cemetery of Cinema'
The Guinean filmmaker goes looking for a long-lost African film, and takes his findings to the Berlin Film Festival, in the form of his debut documentary.
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09 January 2023
Digitally Restored Version of 'Mapantsula' to Debut at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival
The world premiere of the 4K version marks the 35th anniversary of the original release and honors Black History Month.
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21 February 2022
Ike Nnaebue on Learning to Listen While Making his Personal Documentary, 'No U-Turn'
The film picked up a Documentary Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival where it recently premiered.
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09 February 2022
Akuol de Mabior Takes Her Film from South Sudan to Berlin
The South Sudanese model-turned-filmmaker will premiere her feature documentary, 'No Simple Way Home,' about her family, at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
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20 February 2020
Nigerian Feature Film 'Eyimofe' Set to Premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival
This is the first independent film from Nigeria to premiere at the festival.
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