The Africa Project Part 5 South Africa - Zimbabwe

By: kuxa kanema

The Africa Project

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Africa Project Part 3: Kenya – Morocco
Africa Project Part 4: Mozambique – Somalia

SOUTH AFRICA
Quick Overview
Since 1910 over 1350 feature films have been made in South Africa. The first newsreels were filmed at the front during the Anglo-Boer War (1889 – 1902), and early projection devices were used around the gold fields in Johannesburg. The story of the South African film industry begins with the establishment of African Film Productions (AFP) and the production of the first fiction film called, “The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery” in 1910.

Selection of Films
- Winning A Continent, Harold M Shaw, 1916, The Voice of the Waters, Joseph Albrecht, 1918, Symbol of Sacrifice, Dick Cruickshanks, 1918, Allan Quatermain, Horace Lisle Lucoque, 1919, Swallow, Horace Lisle Lucoque, 1922, Sarie Marais, Joseph Albrecht, 1931, Moedertjie, Joseph Albrecht, 1931, Bou Van ’N Nasie, Joseph Albrecht, 1938, Dr Kwak, Pierre de Wet, 1948, Sarie Marais, Dick Cruickshanks, 1949, Hier’s ons weer, Hyman Kirstein, 1950, Daar doer in die bosveld, Jamie Uys, 1951, African Jim, Donald Swanson, 1951, Always In My Dreams, Pierre de Wet, 1952, Inspan, Bladon Peake, 1953, ‘n Plan ’n Boerdery, Pierre de Wet, 1954, Matieland, Pierre de Wet, 1955, Satanskoraal, Elmo de Witt, 1959, Nooi van my Hart, Pierre de Wet, 1959, Die Vlugteling, Gordon Vorster, 1960, Hou Die Kant Bo, Emil Nofal, 1960, Basie, Gordon Vorster, 1961, Dilemma, Henning Carlsen, 1962, Lord Oom Piet, Jamie Uys, 1962, When the Two of Us Are Married, Jan Perold, 1962, Voor sononder, Emil Nofal, 1962, Die Ruiter in die Nag, Jan Perold, 1963, Seven Against the Sun, David Millin, 1964, Dingaka, Jamie Uys, 1965, Debbie, Elmo de Witt, 1965, Kimberley Jim, Emil Nofal, 1965, All the Way To Paris, Jamie Uys, 1965, Tokoloshe, Peter Prowse, 1965, Naked Prey, Cornel Wilde, 1965, King Hendrik, Emil Nofal, 1965, Africa Shakes, Basil Mailer, 1966, The Second Sin, David Millin, 1966, Kavaliers, Elmo de Witt, 1966, Ride The High Wind, David Millin, 1966, The Cape Town Affair, Robert D Webb, 1967, Wild Season, Emil Nofal, 1967, Jy is my liefling, Dirk de Villiers, 1967, Die Kandidaat, Jens Rautenbach, 1967, Hoor My Lied, Elmo de Witt, 1967, Dr Kalie, Ivan Hall, 1968, Lost In the Desert, Jamie Uys, 1969, Scotty Smith, Peter Henkel, 1969, Katrina, Jens Rautenbach, 1969, Three Bullets for a Long Gun, Peter Henkel, 1970, Jannie totsiens, Jans Rautenbach, 1970, Shangani Patrol, David Millin, 1970, Breekpunt, Daan Retief, 1971, Die Lewe Sonder Jou, Dirk de Villiers, 1971, Pappa Lap: ’n Verhaal van ’n pa en sy dogter, Jans Rautenbach, 1971, Siener in die Suburbs, François Swart, 1971, My Broer se Bril, Dirk de Villiers, 1972, Sperrgebeit, Elmo de Witt, 1972, Bankrower, Manie Van Rensberg, 1972, The Winners, Emil Nofal, Roy Sergeant, 1973, Seun van die Wildtemmer, Bernard Retief, 1973, They Call Me Lucky, Peter Henkel, 1973, Die Weldtemmer, Elmo de Witt, 1973, Virgin Goddess, Dirk de Villiers, 1973, Last Grave at Dimbaza, Nana Mahamo, 1973, Animals Are Beautiful People, Jamie Uys, 1974, Boesman and Lena, Ross Devonish, 1974, Ongewenste vreemdeling, Jans Rautenbach, 1974, Daan en Doors oppie Diggins, Dirk de Villiers, 1975, Eendag op’n Reendag, Jans rautenbach, 1975, Die Square, Manie Van Rensburg, 1975, Mirage Eskader, Bernard Retief, 1975, Forever Young, Forever Free, Ashley Lazaras, 1976, Snake Dancer, Dirk de Villiers, 1976, The Kingfisher Caper, Dirk de Villiers, 1976, Golden Rendezvous, Ashley Lazarus, 1977, Netnou Hoor Die Kinders, Franz Marx, 1977, The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugene Marais, Ross Devonish, 1977, Death of A Snowman, Christopher Rowley, 1978, Terrorising the Community, Dirk de Villiers, 1978, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Jamie Uys, 1980, Marigolds in August, Ross Devonish, 1980, Nommer asseblief, Henk Hugo, 1981, Blink Stefaans, Jans Rautenbach, 1981, Kill and Kill Again, Ivan Hall, 1981, My Country My Hat, Daavid Bensusan, 1981, City of Blood, Darrell Roodt, 1983, Rites of Passage, Richard Stanley, 1983, Boetie gaan border toe, Regardt van den Bergh, 1984, Niemand weint für immer, Jans Rautenbach, 1984, Place of Weeping, Darrell Roodt, 1986, the Stick, Darrell Roodt, 1987, Saturday Night at the Palace, Robert Davies, 1987, Hostage, Hanro Mohr, Percival Rubens, 1987, Fiela se Kind, Katinka Heyns, 1988, Space Mutiny, David Winters, Neal Sundstrom, 1988, Mapantsula, Oliver Schmitz, 1988, Skeleton Coast, John Bud Cardos, 1988, Gods Must Be Crazy II, Jamie Uys, 1989, That Englishwoman, Dirk de Villiers, 1989, Kwagga Strikes Back, David Lister, 1990, Circles in a Forest, Regardt van den Bergh , 1990, Jobman, Darrell Roodt, 1990, On the Wire, Elaine Proctor, 1990, Wheels And Deals, Michael Hammon, 1991, Taxi To Soweto, Taxi To Soweto, Manie Van Rensburg, 1991, The Native Who Caused All the Trouble, Manie Van Rensburg, 1991, Dust Devil, Richard Stanley, 1992, Sarafina, Darrell Roodt, 1992, The Sheltering Desert, Regardt van den Bergh, 1992, Die Storie van Klara Viljee, Katinka Heyns, 1992, N pot vol winter, Johan Bernard, 1992, Yankee Zulu, Gray Hofmeyr, 1993, Friends, Elaine Proctor, 1993, Felix In Exile, William Kentridge, 1994, Arende, Dirk de Villiers, 1994, Cry, the Beloved Country, Darrell Roodt, 1995, Mandela, Angus Gibson, 1996, Hearts and Minds, Ralph Ziman, 1996, Panic Mechanic, David Lister, 1997, Jump the Gun, Les Blair, 1997, Fools, Ramadan Suleman, 1997, Paljas, Katinka Heyns, 1998, The Life and Times of Sara Baartman, Zola Maseko, 1998, The Storekeeper, Gavin Hood, 1998, Chikin Biznis, Ntshaveni Wa Luruli, 1998, A Reasonable Man, Gavin Hood, 1999, Stereoscope, William Kentridge, 1999, Portrait of a Young Man Drowning, Teboho Mahlatsi, 1999, Hijack Stories, Oliver Schmitz, 2000, Second Skin, Darrell Roodt, 2000, A Walk In the Night, Mickey Madoda Dube, 2000, Kin, Elaine Proctor, 2000, Inside Out, Neal Sundstrom, 2000, Triomfeer, Jan-Hendrik Beetge, 2001, the Long Run, Jean Stewart, 2001, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Lee Hirsch, 2002, A Drink in the Passage, Zola Maseko, 2002, the Wooden Camera, Ntshaveni Wa Luruli, 2003, Stander, Bronwen Hughes, 2003, Sumuru, Darrell Roodt, 2003, Proteus, John Greyson, 2003, Yesterday, Darrell Roodt, 2004, Drum, Zola Maseko, 2004, Dead Easy, Neal Sundstrom, 2004, Forgiveness, Ian Gabriel, 2004, Boy Called Twist, David Greene, 2004, Max and Mona, Teddy Mattera, 2004, Ask Me I’m Positive, Teboho Edkins, 2004, Zulu Love Letter, Ramadan Suleman, 2004, Laidback Knowledge, Lee Hirsch, 2004, Cape of Good Hope, Mark Bamford, 2004, Tsotsi, Gavin Hood, 2005, U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha, Mark Dornford-May, 2005, Mama Jack, Gray Hofmeyr, 2005, Faith’s Corner, Darrell Roodt, 2005, Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Khalo Matabane, 2005, Faith Like Potatoes, Regardt van den Bergh, 2006, Son of Man, Mark Dornford-May, 2006, Bunny Chow Know Thyself, John Barker, 2006, Angola: Saudades From the One Who Loves You, Richard Pakleppa, 2006, The Tale of How, Blackheart Gang, 2006, Heartlines, Angus Gibson, 2006, Beyond Freedom, Jacquie Trowell, 2006, Meokgo and the Stickfighter, Teboho Mahlatsi, 2006, Prey, Darrell Roodt, 2007, The World Unseen, Shamim Sarif, 2007, Angels In the Dust, Louise Hogarth, 2007, Meisie, Darrell Roodt, 2007, Ouma se slim kind, Gustav Kuhn, 2007, Skin, Anthony Fabian, 2008, Lullaby, Darrell Roodt, 2008, Feast of the Uninvited, Katinka Heyns, 2004, Hansie, Regardt van den Bergh, 2008, Rough Aunties, Kim Longinotto, 2008, Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema, Ralph Ziman, 2008, Behind the Rainbow, Jihan El-Tahri, 2008, Triomf, Michael Raeburn, 2008, Izulu lami, Madoda Ncayiyana, 2008, White Wedding, Jann Turner, 2009, Shirley Adams, Oliver Hermanus, 2009, District 9, Neill Blomkamp, 2009, Zwelidumile, Ramadan Suleman, 2009, Fokofpolisiekar: Forgive Them for They Know Not What They Do, Bryan Little, 2009, On the Other Side of Life, Stefanie Brockhaus, 2009, The Abyss Boys, Jan-Hendrik Beetge, 2009, Life, Above All, Oliver Schmitz, 2010, State of Violence, Khalo Matabane, 2010, the Tunnel, Jenna Cato Bass, 2010, Visa/Vie, Elan Gamaker, 2010, Difficult Love, Zanele Muholi, Peter Goldsmid, 2010, Winnie, Darrell Roodt, 2011, Beauty, Oliver Hermanus, 2011, Lucky, Avie Luthra, 2011, Man on the Ground, Akin Omotoso, 2011, Otelo Burning, Sara Blecher, 2011, Asad, Bryan Buckley, 2012

Important Filmmakers
- Joseph Albrecht
- John Barker
- Neill Blomkamp
- Dirk de Villiers
- Ross Devonish
- Mark Dornford-May
- Angus Gibson
- Katinka Heyns
- Gavin Hood
- David Lister
- Teboho Mahlatsi
- Zola Maseko
- Khalo Matabane
- David Millin
- Emil Nofal
- Elaine Proctor
- Jans Rautenbach
- Darrell Roodt
- Oliver Schmitz
- Richard Stanley
- Ramadan Suleman
- Jamie Uys
- Regardt Van Der Bergh
- Ralph Ziman

Film Festivals
- Durban International Film Festival
- Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival
- Out In Africa South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

LInks
- Lost Contient: Cinema of South Africa
- South Africa’s Film Industry
- South African Movie Database
- The Callsheet, Monthly South African film industry trade publication
- South Africa: Soccer Cinema took World Cup out to villages and townships
- Tsotsi puts South Africa on the map
- South African National Film and Video Foundation

Books/Essays
- The history of the South African film industry, 1940-1971;: A bibliography, Adrienne Udeman, University of the Witwatersrand
- The Cinema of Apartheid: Race and Class in South African Film, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Smyrna Pr
- Myth, race, and power: South Africans imaged on film and TV, Anthropos
- South African National Cinema, Jacqueline Maingard, Routledge
- Highlights and Footlights: A Tribute to South African Stage and Screen, Bob Martin, Juta Books
- Marginal Lives and Painful Pasts: South African Cinema After Apartheid, Martin Botha, Genugtig! Uitgewers
- Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation, Lucia Saks, Indiana University Press

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Naked Prey, Cornel Wilde
- Sarafina, Darrell Roodt, 1992
- The Storekeeper, Gavin Hood, 1998
- Tsotsi, Gavin Hood, 2005
- Tale of How, Blackheart Gang, 2006
- Hansie, Regardt Van Den Bergh, 2008

- Lost In The Desert, Jamie Uys, 1969, Clip
- Animals Are Beautiful People, Jamie Uys, 1974, Clip
- Dilemma, Henning Carlsen, 1962, Trailer
- Shangani Patrol, David Millin, 1970, Clip
- Trevor Taylor on South African Cinema, Interview
- Yesterday, Darrell Roodt, 2004, Trailer
- Bunny Chow Know Thyself, 2006, Trailer
- Neill Blomkamp on District 9, Interview
- U-Carmen, Mark Dornford-May, 2005
- Teboho Mahlatsi showreel
- Drum, Zola Maseko, 2004, Trailer
- Mapantsula, Oliver Schmitz, 1988, Trailer
- Zulu Love Letter, Ramadan Suleman, 2004, Clip
- Jerusalema, Ralph Ziman, 2009, Trailer

SUDAN
Quick Overview
These days the development of the Sudanese film industry is still pending the outcomes of the civil war. The State still monopolizes the cinematic landscape, mainly to ensure censorship die to the implementation of the Islamic Sharia in the late Eighties. The vast number of refugees, the recurring famine and the political instability of this beautiful country will probably one day function as a story board for films to come. But at the beginning of the new century Sudan still has to deal with these realities instead of imagening these historic and terrible events.

Selection of Films
- Hopes and Dreams, Rachid Mehdi, 1969, The Throwing of Fire, Hussein Shariffe, 1973, Mabruk Alik, Jad-Allah Jabara, 1974, The Dislocation of Amber, Hussein Shariffe, 1975, Tigers are Better Looking, Hussein Shariffe, 1979, Tagoog, Gadalla Gubara, 1982, Le voyage des yeux, Anouar Hachem, 1984, Insan, Ibrahim Shaddad, 1994, Benjamin and His Brother, 2002, All About Darfur, Taghreed Elsanhouri, 2005, Darfur’s Skeleton, Hisham Haj Omar, 2008

Important Filmmakers
- Gadalla Gubara
- Hussein Shariffe

Links
- History of Cinema in Sudan
- Conversations with Gadalla Gubara

Books
- A bibliography of documentary and educational films on Sudan, Osman Hassan Ahmed, Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan
- Cinema of Sudan, Llc

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Lost Boys of Sudan, Us Doc, Trailer
- Cinema in Sudan: Conversations with Gadalla Gubara, French Doc, Trailer

SWAZILAND
Quick Overview
There is no film industry and little video activity in Swaziland. While many institutions have VHS video cameras, the equipment tends to be under-utilised for lack of editing facilities. Swazi TV has the only video editing facility in the country, apart from a NTSC Super VHS system with the Ministry of Agriculture.

Selection of Films
- Sipho and Joyce, James Hall, 2004, Fool in a Bubble, Josh Sternlight, 2010

Film Festival
- Golden Lion Festival

Links
- Swaziland Film Academy
- History of Cinema In Swaziland

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Without the King, U.S doc, Trailer

TANZANIA
Quick Overview
Tanzania formerly known as Tanganyika hardly any cinematic history of its own. In 1929 the first cinema was openened. Censorship law constituted that films could be either passed for all audiences or “non-natuve” audiences. At stake in this struggle were the criteria for determining what was suitable for the eyes of Africans in town, whose potential access to Hollywood fare was the cause of considerable anxiety in Government, both in the colonies and the metropole

Selection of Films
- Sharing Is Unity, Ron Mulvilhill, 1983, The Marriage of Mariamu, Ron Mulvihill, 1985, Yomba, Yomba, Martin Mhando, 1985, Mama Tumaini, Sigve Endresen, Martin Mhando, 1986, These Hands, Flora M’mbugu-Schelling, 1992, Maangamizi: The Ancient One, Martin Mhando, 2001, Bongoland, Josiah Kibera, 2003, Tumaini, Beatrix Mugishagwe, 2005, Tusamehe, Josiah Kibera, 2005, She Is My Sister, Femi Ogedengbe, 2007, Bongoland II: There Is No Place Like Home, Josiah Kibera, 2008, Weakness, Wanjiru Kairu, 2009, Ni Wakati, (It’s Time), Michael Wanguhu, 2010, Memories of a Burning Tree, Sherman Ong, 2010, Zanzibar Musical club, Philippe Gasnier, Patrice Nezan, 2010, Chumo, Jordan Riber, 2011

Important Filmmakers
- Josiah Kibera
- Martin Mhando

Film Festivals
- Zanzibar Film Festival

Links
- A Conversation with Beatrix Mugishagwe
- Tanzania Film Comission
- Josiah Kibira, One film at a time

Books/Essays
- Cinema of Tanzania, Llc

Films/Trailers/clips
- Zanzibar Film Festival, Documentary
- Maangamizi: The Ancient One, Martin Mhando, 2001

- Bongoland, Josiah Kibira, 2003
- Memories of a Burning Tree, Sherman Ong, 2010

TOGO
Quick Overview
Togo has a long way to go in developing a viable film industry. Like in most African countries the governmental restrictions, lack of funds and strong video competition will frustrate all efforts in creating local films.

Selection of Films
- Kouami, Metonou Do Kokou, 1970, Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti, Kodjo Goncalves, 1979, Bawina, Minza Bataba, 1988, Ashakara, Gerard Louvain, 1991, Femmes aux yeux ouverts, Anne-Laure Folly, 1994, Sarah Maladoror ou la nostalgie de l’utopie, Anne Laure Folly, 1998, Le dilemme d’Eya, Adjiké Assouma, 2002, Les femmes d’Amouzou Copé, Guillaume Roussel-Garneau, 2009, Kondonna, Luc Abaki Kouméabalo, 2011

Important Filmmakers
- Anne-Laure Folly

Film Festivals
- International festival of documentary film on human rights, Lome

Links
- Interview with Anne-Laure Folly
- History of Cinema in Togo

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Le Retour, Example of video production in Togo

TUNISIA
Quick Overview
It is debatable whether or not one can truly make reference to a Tunisian cinema industry. Although the majority of films produced in the country are indisputably co-productions, Tunisia is striving to create a cinema of it’s own. However due to the scarcity of funding from state institutions , the evolution is slow and uncertain. Moreover Tunisian cinema seems to be a stranger in it’s own country. The unpopularity of local productions means the already sparse cinemas prefer to screen more lucrative international features. Festivals which are currently flourishing at a steady rate offer the only chance for a film to break through.

Selection of Films
- Giha, Jacques Baratier, 1958, La femme statue, Ridha Behi, 1967, Mokhtar, Sadok Ben Aïcha, 1968, A Simple Story, Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 1974, Under the Autumn Rain, Ahmed Khechine, 1970, Viva la muerte, Fernando Arrabal, 1971, Yusra, Rachid Ferchiou, 1971, Fellagas, Omar Khlifi, 1971, Seuils interdits, Ridha Behi, 1972, The Ambassadors, Naceur Ktari, 1977, The Hyena’s Sun, Ridha Behi, 1979, Aziza, Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 1980, Beyroutou el lika, Borhane Alaouié, 1981, Sarâb, Abdelhafidh Bouassida, 1982, Dhil al ardh, Taieb Louhichi,1982, Twenty Years of African Cinema, Ferid Boughedir, 1983, Traversées, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 1984, Les anges, Ridha Behi, 1984, Rih essed, Nouri Bouzid, 1986, Champagne amer, Ridha Behi, 1986, Wanderers of the Desert, Nacer Khemir, 1986, Caméra arabe, Ferid Boughedir, 1987, Arab, Fahdel Jaibi, 1988, Layla, Taieb Louhichi, 1989, Golden Horseshoes, Nouri Bouzid, 1989, Le casseur de pierres, Mohamed Zran, 1989, Asfour Stah, Ferid Boughedir, 1990, Le collier perdu de la colombe, Nacer Khmeir, 1991, Autumn of ’82, Rachid Ferchiou, 1991, Bezness, Nouri Bouzid, 1992, Poussière de diamant, Fahdel Jaibi, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 1992, Le nombril du monde, Ariel Zeitoun, 1993, Ya nabil, Mohamed Zran, 1993, Samt el qusur, Moufida Tlatli, 1994, Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem, Ridha Behi, 1994, H’Biba M’Sika, Selma Baccar, 1994, Un été à La Goulette, Ferid Boughedir, 1996, Miel et cendres, Nadia Fares, 1996, Le magique, Azdine Melliti, 1996, Essaïda, Mohamed Zran, 1996, Bent familia, Nouri Bouzid, 1997, Sabriya, Abderrahmane Sissako, 1997, Avril, Raja Amari, 1998, Keïd Ensa, Farida Belyazid, 1999, Les siestes Grenadine, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 1999, Premier Noël, Kamel Cherif, 1999, The Season of Men, Moufida Tlatli, 2000, En face, Mehdi Ben Attia,, 2000, La fille de Keltoum, Mehdi Charef, 2001, Fatma, Khaled Ghorbal, 2001, One Evening in July, Raja Amari, 2001, Red Satin, Raja Amari, 2002, El kotbia, Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba, 2002, The Magic Box, Ridha Behi, 2002, Clay Dolls, Nouri Bouzid, 2002, Khorma, Jilani Saadi, 2002, Le chant de la Noria, Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 2002, Le chant du millénaire, Mohamed Zran, 2002, Bedwin Hacker, Nadia El Fani, 2003, The Assassinated Sun, Abdelkrim Bahloul, 2003, La danse du vent, Taieb Louhichi, 2003, Nadia et Sarra, Moufida Tlatli, 2004, Le prince, Mohamed Zran, 2004, Signe d’appartenance, Kamel Cherif, 2004, Bab’Aziz, Nacer Khemir, 2005, Passion, Mohamed Malas, 2005, Making of, le dernier film, Nouri Bouzid, 2006, Tender Is the Wolf, Jilani Saadi, 2006, VHS – Kahloucha, Néjib Belkadhi, 2006, Flower of Oblivion, Selma Baccar, 2006, Dementia, Fahdel Jaibi, 2006, Le chant des mariées, Karin Albou, 2008, Laila’s Birthday, Rashid Masharawi, 2008, Un si beau voyage, Khaled Ghorbal, 2008, Le fil, Mehdi Ben Attia, 2009, Anonymes, Raja Amari, 2009, Being Here, Mohamed Zran, 2009, Fin Decembre, Moez Kamoun, 2010, Les palmiers blessés, Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 2010, No More Fear, Mourad Ben Shiekh, 2011, Always Brando, Riha Behi, 2011, Mkhobbi fi Kobba, Leyla Bouzid, 2011, Rough Parole, Elyes Baccar, 2011

Important Filmmakers
- Karin Albou
- Raja Amari
- Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- Ridha Behi
- Mehdi Ben Attia
- Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud
- Ferid Boughedir
- Nouri Bouzid
- Khaled Ghorbal
- Abdellatif Kechiche, (working on France)
- Nacer Khemir
- Taieb Louhichi
- Moufida Tlatli
- Mohamed Zran

Film Festivals
- Carthage Film Festival
- Tunis Film Festival

Links
- Lost Continent: Cinema of Tunisia
- When are films political? Tunisia today.
- Quelling the current of terrorism: an interview with Nouri Bouzid
- Tunisian cinema. The 1960’s/70’s
- Tunisian Cinema

Books
- Tunisian Films, Llc
- Silence elles tournent!: Les femmes et le cinéma en Tunisie, Abdelkrim Gabous, Cérès

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Silences of the Palace, Moufida Tlatli, 1994
- Wanderers of the Desert, Nacer Khmeir, 1988
- KhormaJilani Saadi, 2002, French subs
- Satin Rouge, Raja Amari, 2002, French, no subs
- Making Off , French, no subs

- Bab’Aziz – The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul , Nacer Khmeir, 2005, Trailer
- Le Fil, Mehdi Ben Attia, 2009, Trailer
- Wedding Song, Karin Albou, 2008, Trailer
- Halfaouine, Ferid Boughedir, 1990, Trailer
- Interview With Nouri Bouzid
- Interview With Nacer Khemir

UGANDA
Quick Overview
Low key filming and video production activity in the country is to be found only in the capital from where Uganda TV transmits programmes countrywide. Like other sectors of the economy, the film industry was badly affected during the two decades of political turmoil that followed the coup by Dictator Idi Amin in 1971. Idi Amin’s regime dismantled private ownership of all sorts of media operations and subsequently killed cinemas in the major towns.

Selection of Films
- Full of Energy, Steven Jack Nyeko, 2004, Fate, Cindy Magara, 2006, Dawa, Mark Kaigwa, 2009, Loserpool, Ivan Kyambadde, 2009, Ink, Peter Muhumuza Tukei, 2010, Where Are You Taking Me?, Kimi Takesue, 2010, Wishes, Ira Zinman, 2010, Kengere, Peter Muhumuza Tukei , 2010, City of Dust, Kim Young, 2010, *Who Killed Captain Alex, Kizito Africa, 2010, That Small Pice, Joseph Ken, 2011, Call Me Kuchu, Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, 2012

Important Filmmakers
- Steven Jack Nyeko

Film Festivals
- Amakula Kampala

Links
- The Uganda film industry: A Journey of Success
- Uganda film festival provokes maternal health debate

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Who Killed Captain AlexKizito Africa, 2010, Trailer
- Where Are You Taking Me?, Kimi Takesue, 2010, Trailer

WESTERN SAHARA
Quick Overview
The Western Sahara has no official status as of yet. Morocco has annexed the country for decades now. The population mainly consists of tribal desert inhabitants. The country has no known filmmakers or any films purely to its credit.

Selection of Films
- Song of Umm Dalaila, the Story of the Sahrawis, Danielle Smith, 1993, El pájaro espejo, Jesus Hermida Jiménez, Jose Manuel Sánchez Fuentes, 2010, Un día en Smara, Fany de la Chica Serrano, 2010

Film Festivals
- Sahara Film Festival

ZAMBIA
Quick Overview
ndependence in 1964 meant a free Zambia but the film industry had no government priority whatsoever. Nowadays there is practically no film industry in the country, only a few film-producing companies and no significant filmmakers. ZNBC (Zambian National Broadcasting Company), Zambia Information service (also government owned) and some private firms occasionally produce TV plays and documentaries but no feature films. There are a number of video-production companies and the locals are cinema lovers, with foreign films attracting the majority of the youth parralel to the old traditions described earlier. The interest has shifted to action loaded movies and maretial art films.

Selection of Films
- Gräset sjunger, Michael Raeburn, 1981, Imiti ikula, Sampa Kangwa, Simon Wilkie, 2001, Awaken, Patrick Ssenjovu, 2009, Zedcrew Suwi, Musola Cathrine Kasekati, Mwansa the Great, Rungano Nyoni, 2011

Film Festivals
- International Film Festival of Zambia

Links
- Film Zambia
- Zambia film industry lagging behind

Films/Trailers/Clips
- Suwi, Musola Cathrine Kasekati, Trailer

ZIMBABWE
Quick Overview
The origins of film making in Zimbabwe can be traced to initiatives in the United Kingdom, which was the colonial power over the period 1890-1979. The British government established the Colonial Film Unit at the beginning of the Second World War, in 1939, as part of a propaganda initiative directed to colonies. The unit was directed by the Ministry of Information. Its purpose was to explain the war to British subjects in the colonies and enlist their support; England’s ruling elite had great faith in the power of cinema as an instrument for persuasion when communicating with the masses, whether the working class of urban industrial England or illiterates in Britain’s African colonies.

Selection of Films
- Whispering Death, Jürgen Goslar, 1976, Shamwari, Clive Harding, 1980, the Assegai, Olley Maruma, 1982, A World Apart, Chris Menges, 1988, Biko: Breaking the Silence, Edwina Spicer, 1988, Jit, Michael Raeburn, 1990, Neria, Godwin Mawuru, 1993, I Am the Future, Godwin Mawuru, 1993, More Time, Isaac Mabhikwa, 1994, Everyone’s Child, Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1996, Le complot d’Aristote, Jean Pierre Bekolo, 1996, Flame, Ingrid Sinclair, 1996, Tides of God, Ingrid Sinclair, 1998, Still Life, Michael Hewitt, 1999, Riches, Ingrid Sinclair, 2001, Kare kare zvako: Mother’s Day, Tsitsi Dangarembga, 2005, Pamvura, Tsitsi Dangarembga, 2005, Tanyaradzwa, Tawanda Gunda Mupengo, 2005, Spell My Name, Tawanda Gunda Mupengo, 2006, Pillars of Hope, Imraan Ismail, 2010, Music By Prudence, Roger Ross Williams, 2010, Hope, Elinor Burkett, 2010