The Berlin-based Mosotho filmmaker reflects on fatherhood, his homeland, and the persistent search for a place that calls his name.
Our selection includes three newly-released films, a classic Romeo-and-Juliet retelling, as well as several popular and well-received films in recent years.
These groundbreaking African documentaries illuminate diverse struggles, resilience, and hope.
In this list, veteran auteurs exist alongside refreshing mavericks keen to make their mark.
From the popular Nigerian lore of Madam Koi Koi to the long-held myth of the tokoloshe in South Africa, these African takes on the horror genre bring terror and fear to the screen.
The Emmy-winning Egyptian filmmaker’s debut feature 'Perfumed With Mint' premiered in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival, days after being first unveiled at Venice Critics Week.
Freedom Way, directed by Afolabi Olalekan and The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, fronted by the Agbajowo Collective, consider the idea of Lagos as a place where dreams go to die.
In his latest film, The Weekend, starring Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Daniel Oriahi uses nail-biting horror techniques to explore unsettling family dynamics.
The film explores the influence of China on the continent through the story of a Chinese industrial park’s expansion in a dusty farming town in Ethiopia.
This list of 10 films, made after 1994, represents the multiple facets of post-apartheid life in South Africa.
The Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania scored her second Oscar nomination with her follow-up to 2020’s The Man Who Sold His Skin, by making a film that blends fiction and non-fiction together in a striking way.
The International Booker Prize-winning author talks about his third book, Beyond the Door of No Return, which is a finalist in the upcoming National Book Awards.
The South African sequel sets the stage for another job – and this time, the women get the chance to show what they’ve got.
The fictional South African political thriller, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this past weekend, pays homage to real-life whistleblowers who’ve been attacked or killed for not staying silent.
The Tunisian director mixes the supernatural with reality in the crime thriller, Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation.
The documentary, titled 'Stylebender,' will approach UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in terms of showing his vulnerability, his fears and struggles especially around stepping up into that new level of fame.
The Cameroon-born filmmaker started out making a completely different documentary from the one that’s been earning much acclaim at film festivals across the world.
In the documentary, the late Emperor Haile Selassie’s great-granddaughter, Yeshi Kassa, goes searching for answers about her painful past, as well as that of her home country.