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- Features
Perspectives on 2020: EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu on Netflix deals and African stories 6o506a
“The world is happier with Joe Biden elected.”
- News
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 12 projects with 50% boost 4r3q
Funding sees a 50% boost on previous round to projects “in times of crisis”.
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Cairo kicks off with of Berlinale, Cannes and Venice directors w2c46
Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton feted with CIFF’s Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement prize.
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Netflix teams with Realness Institute on African series development lab (exclusive) 5ry5i
The episodic content lab is for writers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
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Screen International hires Pierre-Louis Manès-Murphy as director of Asia, , Middle East and Africa 546613
Manès-Murphy res Screen from Powster.
- Reviews
‘Downstream To Kinshasa’: DOK Leipzig Review (Cannes Label) n695o
Unbowed survivors of a bloody conflict take to the road - and down the river Congo - to protest their case
- News
Former Casarotto agent launches South Africa-based agency Torchwood (exclusive) 6e3g23
The new literary agency will focus on local and international filmmaking talent.
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Sudanese director Hajooj Kuka released but six other artists remain in jail 3c3z3e
Kuka, a well-known figure on the international festival circuit, was imprisoned on charges of causing a public nuisance while participating in a theatre workshop.
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Dubai’s META Cinema Forum to cover Africa for first hybrid event 3l3x67
The region’s biggest cinema conference to mix physical and digital elements for third edition.
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Berlin s industry calls for release of Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka 3q315o
AMPAS member Kuka’s works include aKasha and Beats Of The Antonov.
- Features
Philippe Lacôte talks ‘Night Of The Kings’, martial arts, African independence project 4w5t4l
The Ivorian director’s film plays in TIFF after world premiering in Venice.
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UK’s leading African film festivals unite for online showcase 576572
The UK’s five biggest festivals of African film to forces to showcase 10 features.
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Neon acquires autumn festival selection ‘Night Of The Kings’ 312z
Memento Films International handles worldwide sales.
- Reviews
‘Night Of The Kings’: Venice Review 6q1p5d
A night of stories and drama from an Ivory Coast prison
- News
Sundance director Tabitha Jackson s Indaba speakers 5k3k3o
New initiative aims to develop and empower African producers.
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Six African, Middle Eastern films selected for Venice works-in-progress scheme 113t2t
Titles include the feature debut of Palme d’Or winner Ely Dagher.
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Memento boards Venice title ‘Night Of The Kings’ (exclusive) h4q2g
Film is second feature from Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte after ’Run’.
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African producer empowerment scheme selects first wave 6t3w4u
Sundance, IFFR and EAVE are partners on the Realness Institute initiative.
- Reviews
‘Jungle Beat: The Movie’: Annecy Review 54474k
Cheerful family-friendly animation from Mauritius
