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The Africa Film Project

About Me

Okay this has been an ongoing project for over a year and a half now. African film has little or no exposure in world cinema. This page will list country by country, key films and filmmakers, film festivals, internet links, books, essays, film links, trailers and clips. The project is now finished and I hope it can come in useful for people interested in films from this area.

Thanks go out to Kenji’s Essential African Films, and Blue k’s Songs of the Griot lists which already cover some excellent African films.
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The Africa Project Part 1: Algeria- Congo Brazzaville
The Africa Project Part 2: Congo Kinshasa – Ghana
The Africa Project Part 3: Guinea Bissau – Mauritus
The Africa Project Part 4: Morocco – Sao Tome and Princpe
The Africa Project Part 5: Senegal – Sudan
The Africa Project Part 6: Swaziland – Zimbabwe

Africa I Will Fleece You

africa-i-will-fleece-you.blogspot

This is my blog. At the moment this is in the embryo stage but soon I will have this channel up and running. The blog will contain links fro films from around Africa including countries such as Egypt, South Africa, Congo and Cameroon, and will showcase director’s works such as Youssef Chahine, Nouri Bouzid, Ousmane Sembene and Souleymane Cisse. The blog will also contain information about the films and directors and feature trailers and photos from unseen gems from around the continent.

N.B this site is about being able to discover films that would not otherwise be seen. If there is a legal alternative in your country to watcg the film please do so by renting or buying the product and by doing so supporting the artist.

Yeleen

A few months ago I ran a poll asking MUBI users to name their favourite African films and here are the results. African cinema is often overlooked in more general polls and this one gives a chance for users to explore new names that they may have never come across. African film is a very loose term and covers many genres, countries, cultures and languages. Films from over twenty six countries were nomiated for this poll ranging from the deserts of Egypt and Morocco to Senegal in the west, Rwanda in the east and South Africa. This list isn’t really about the winners but about highlighting an overlooked and misunderstood area of cinema.

The Mubi Africa Film Poll 2011-2012

Lost Continent
A closer more detailed look into the cinema of some of the leading African filmmaking nations.

- Lost Continent Cinema of Egypt
- Lost Continent Cinema of Cameroon
- Lost Contienent Cinema of Tunisia
- Lost Contienent Cinema of South Africa
- Lost Continent Cinema of Mozambique
- Actors and Actresses of Egypt

Africa Projects MUBI Submissions
A list of films that I have submitted to MUBI for this project. Over 1,000 of them!!!
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Twenty Classic African Films You To Watch

1. Xala, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 1974

2. Man of Ashes, Nouri Bouzid, Tunisia, 1986

3. No Tomorrow, Salah Abouseif, Egypt, 1958

4. , Africa I Will Fleece You, Jean Marie Teno, Cameroon, 1993

5. Dilemma, Henning Carlsen, South Africa, 1962

6. Touki Bouki, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Senegal, 1973

7. Yeelen, Souleymane Cisse, Mali, 1987

8. Waiting For Happiness, Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritania, 2002

9. A Thousand and One Nights, Faouizi Bensaidi, 2003

10. Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema, Margarida Cardoso, Mozambique, 2003

11. Farewell Johnny, Jens Rautenbach, South Africa, 1970

12. The Heart’s Cry, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, 1994

13. The Thief and the Dogs, Kamal El Shiekh, Egypt, 1962

14. Mapantsula, Oliver Schmitz, South Africa, 1988

15. The Bloodiest, Jean Pierre Bekolo, Cameroon, 2005

16. Abouna, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad, 2002

17. Cairo Station, Youssef Chahine, Egypt, 1958

18. Ylang Ylang Residence, Hachimiya Ahamada The Comoros, 2008

19. Divine Carcasse, Dominique Lareau, Benin, Belgium, 1998

20. Halfaouine: Child of the Terraces, Ferid Boughedir, Tunisia, 1990

50 Really Important Filmmakers

- Shadi Abdel-Salem, Egypt
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, Egypt
- Salah Abouseif, Egypt
- Merzak Allouache, Algeria
- Aly Badrakhan, Egypt
- Leandre-Alain Baker, Congo Brazzaville
- Kwaw Ansah, Ghana
- Nabil Ayouch, Morocco
- Ola Balogun, Nigeria
- Henry Barakat, Egypt
- Jean Piere Bekolo, Cameroon
- Farida Belyazid, Morocco
- Souheil Ben Barka, Morocco
- Ferid Boughedir, Tunisia
- Nouri Bouzid, Tunisia
- Mohamed Camara, Guinea
- Youssef Chahine, Egypt
- Souleymane Cisse, Mali
- Manthia Diawara, Mali
- Mark Dornford-May, South Africa
- Henri Duparc, Ivory Coast
- Anne-Laure Folly, Togo
- Haile Gerima, Ethiopia
- Roger Gnoan M’Bala, Ivory Coast
- Flora Gomes, Guinea-Bissau
- Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Chad
- Med Hondo, Mauritania
- Gaston Kabore, Burkina Faso
- Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya
- Mohamed Khan, Egypt
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Tunisia
- Nacer Khemir, Tunisia
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria
- Sarah Maldoror, Angola / Martinique
- Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal
- Fanta Regina Nacro, Burkina Faso
- Yousry Nasrallah, Egypt
- Mweze Nganura, Congo Kinshasa
- Jans Rautenbach, South Africa
- Raymond Rajoaonrivelo, Madagascar
- Darrell Roodt, South Africa
- Jean Rouch, France
- Tawfik Saleh, Egypt
- Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritania
- Richard Stanley, South Africa
- Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi, Morocco
- Jean Marie Teno, Cameroon
- Moufida Tlatli, Tunisia
- Jamie Uys, South Africa

Cairo Station

Links

MUBI lists

Blue K
- Songs of the Griot

Kenji
- Essential African Films
- Mali
- Lesotho
- Are Meerekats Really Russian? Africa Through Western Eyes

Lemmy Caution
- Films Connected To Morocco

Clockworkdaisies
- African Cinema My Interest
- Egyptian Cinema My Interest

Kolar
- Nigeria Africa’s Largest Film Industry
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Books

- Focus On African Films, Francoise Pfaff
- Post Colonial Images Studies In North African Film, Roy Armes
- Dictionary of African Filmmakers, Roy Armes
- African Film and Literature, Adapting Violence To the Screen, Lindiwe Dovey
- African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara, Roy Armes
- Men In African Film and Fiction, Lahoucine Ouzgane
- African Film Re-imagining a Continent, Josef Gugler
- African Film Video Today, Foluke Ogunleye

Waiting For Happiness

Five Fantastic Film Festivals

Film Africa, London, United Kingdom, 3rd – 13th November
10 days of more than fifty of the best African fiction and documentary films from across the continentWith lively Q&As and panel discussions featuring leading African filmmakers, and a dynamic programme of  cultural events

Cairo Film Festival, Egypt, 28th November – 6th December
Cairo International Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي‎) is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 1976 and was the first international film festival held in the Arab world. It is also the only international competitive feature film festival recognized by the FIAPF in the Arab world and Africa, as well as the oldest in this category.

FESPACO, Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, Febuary
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The festival is the biggest regular cultural event on the African continent and it mostly focuses on the African film and African filmmakers.

Amakula Film Festival, Kampala, Uganda, October 29th – November 6th
The first Amakula Kampala International Film Festival was inaugurated on May 21, 2004. The success of the first festival has secured it a place as an annual event in Kampala. The festival will continue to showcase world cinema both classic and contemporary, with a special focus on African cinema, while bringing international and regional filmmakers together to help create an inspiring and conducive environment for cinema culture.

Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco, December 2nd – December 10th
International Film Festival of Marrakech is an international film festival held annually in Marrakech, Morocco since 2000. It is one of the biggest events devoted to the film in Morocco; a location of the principal photography of many international productions.

Makibefo

Thanks to Max Painter, Kolar, Micmac, Like2Sleep, ADLP, Chai Walla, Max Painter, Polyglot, John, Jerome Magajes, Kristen Levera and Mayyezayed for their AFRICAN submissions
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