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BINO & 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... 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.
The film Mirror Boy By Obi Emelonye gets UK cinemas release from the 10th of June
First UK theatrical Release of an African Film opens with the Mirror Boy by Obi Emelonye, from the 10th of June at 10 Odeon cinemas.
Viva Riva won the first ever MTV Best African Movie award
Viva Riva won the first ever MTV Best African Movie award at the prestigious annual MTV Movie Awards ceremony.

Damage Starring Uche Jombo and Kalu Ikeagwu
 

 

Africa In Motion film festival - Edinburgh - 27/10/2011

The festival will take place between 27 October and 6 November
Durban International Film Festival - 22/07/2011

The 32nd edition of the Durban International Film Festival will take place from 21 - 31 July, 2011 in Durban, South Africa.
55th BFI London Film Festival - Submissions - 24/06/2011

Deadline for Submissions Short films (less than 30 mins): 24 June 2011 Full length features: 8 July 2011
Featured Articles
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.
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.
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.
Film Africa! Opens 2011 Film Training Application Entries
Entries for the annual FilmAfrica! training programme, one of the most influential film training schemes in Africa, is now open for applications

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.

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.

African Screens' Chinaka Iwunze speaks to Obi Emelonye about his film The Mirror Boy and the New Nigerian Cinema film movement.

The Tunnel is a visually stunning film set in 1980, just after Zimbabwe’s independence. It highlights, in a fictional story, the massacre at Matabeleland.

Magee Mcilvaine on her film, Democracy in Dakar. The use of local popular culture to keep the ‘voice of the people’ in the democratic process.

Following her critically acclaimed film ‘From a Whisper’, Kenya’s award wining director, Wanuri Kahiu speak to us about her new film, Pumzi.
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.
Youssef Chahine's films have contributed greatly to World cinema. African Screens takes a look at the colourful life of this African cinematic legend.
African Screens celebrates one of the pioneers of African cinema as we know it, Ousmane Sembčne.
Musicology in African Cinema

Musicology in African Cinema:PHD researcher Beatriz Leal Riesco discusses the use of music within West African francophone cinema.

‘East African filmmaking – Riverwood and beyond’

PhD candidate, Stefanie Dresch takes a look at the East African Film industry, Riverwood and more.

Films, Films, Philms: Re-thinking films and TV with cellphones

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.

African traditional religions in African films: A look at Nollywood

Dr Brilliant Mhlanga seeks to make sense of the phanerons often used in visual exposition of African Traditional Religion (ATR) through film as a metaphorical representation of the binaries of ‘evil’ versus ‘good.’ He pays particular attention to Nollywood.

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Films for this month: Read our reviews on the films to look out for
Pumzi is the latest film by Wanuri Kahiu, set in a post apocalyptic dystopian world...
 
 

Session 2Character Development
Join Oladipo Agboluaje as he discusses character development when writing a screenplay.
 
 
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