Guinea Conakry’s Rising Filmmaker, Mohamed Dione on his film, Maffé Tiga
African Screens speaks with Guinean filmmaker and Hollywood actor, Mohamed Dione about his debut film, Maffe Tiga (Peanut Butter Stew) -- nominated for Best Short Film at the 2012 AMAA nomination ceremony in Banjul, Gambia ....Read
The 8th Tarifa Film Festival Presents 148 Movies
The 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa starts between the 11th and 19th of June. with 148 movies from 23 African countries screening and competing for 8 awards endowed with a 46 500 euros prize.
M-Net Launches the largest African Film Archive - The African Film Library M-Net has launched its latest initiative - The African Film Library. The initiative aims to make the best of the African Film Industry accessible to African film enthusiasts worldwide. >Read
Kunle Afolayan sets the bar with his latest film, Phone Swap After a successful run with The Figurine, award-winning director, Kunle Afolayan is back with another very promising film - Phone Swap.
African Screens brings to you some behind the scene shots of Afolayan's film, including shots of the widely talked about aeroplane set built for the beginning act.
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Film Africa Heralds a New Dawn for the Best of African Cinema Marking the re-launch of the inaugural London African Film Festival initially held in December 2008 – which hosted more than 35 screenings in 10 days at leading cultural venues such as the BFI, Film Africa will be showcasing more than 50 of Africa’s best films and 15 UK premieres this year from the 3rd - 13th November. >Read
Viva Riva! breaks record at the 2011 AMAA Ceremony Viva Riva! achieves a clean sweep at this year's 7th African Movie Academy award. African Screens reviews this year’s AMAA ceremony and brings you the full list of winners. >Read
Guinea’s rising filmmaker, Mohamed Dione on Maffé Tiga (Peanut Butter Stew)
African Screens' Chinaka Iwunze speaks with Guinean filmmaker and Hollywood actor, Mohamed Dione about his debut film, Maffe Tiga (Peanut Butter Stew), his career as an young actor in Hollywood and the need to rejuvenate the rich film making history of Guinea.
BINO AND FINO: A New Nigerian based Educational Cartoon goes International
Bino and Fino, a new educational animated show recently stretched its reach after officially airing on UK's Sky Television on the 17th of December, 2011. The Pan African cartoon is targeted at children between the ages of 3 and 6.
Award-winning film, Forerunners, is doing the ‘Cannes Cannes’ for South Africa
Forerunners is an exploration of what it means to be Black and middle class in South Africa today. African Screens’ Chinaka Iwunze, talks to the award winning South African filmmaker, about his documentary, and his approach to filmmaking.
Safi Faye: Ethnographic Filmmaking in African Cinema Senegalese film director and ethnologist Safi Faye, is credited as being the first woman in Sub-Saharan Africa to direct a commercially distributed feature film.
The State of Screenwriting in Nigeria - Matt Graham, professional screenwriter, from the UK, shares his view as to why Nigerian cinema is yet to compete internationally. >Read
Jonathan Dockney, a Master’s student from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa discusses cellphone filmmaking in Africa, where almost 50 percent of the population has access to a cellphone. >Read
