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.
African Screens' Chinaka Iwunze speaks with Mr. Waziri further about his educational cartoon, the ups and downs of sourcing for funds and the ultimate aim for the animation.>Read
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.
The film intelligently deals with two critical themes, traditional and modernity in each of the four protagonists of the documentary as they try to balance their childhood worldview with the views that come with being a professional in today’s South Africa. African Screens’ Chinaka Iwunze, talks to the award winning South African filmmaker, about his documentary, and his approach to filmmaking.
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Obi Emelonye's The Mirror Boy Premieres at Leicester Square London
Obi Emelonye’s latest film, The Mirror Boy is set to premiere in London this February. The film is hailed as the first Nigerian film to be premiered at the Empire cinema. African Screens' Chinaka Iwunze speaks to Obi Emelonye about his film The Mirror Boy and the New Nigerian Cinema film movement.>Read
The Massacre of Matabeleland: Jenna Bass speaks about her film
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 - which occurred at the hands of Robert Mugabe’s 5th Brigade. The South Africa based director, Jenna Bass, stands out as a filmmaker for her conception and approach to this dark story. And while this is not an art film in the traditional sense; it’s very much the work of a person with the mind of an artist>Read
Hip hop meets Politics in the Award winning Film, Democracy in Dakar.
The film, Democracy in Dakar is the first of the Nomadic Wax film series. A film about how the people of Dakar in Senegal use local popular culture to keep the ‘voice of the people’ in the democratic process. African Screens’ Chinaka Iwunze talks to Magee McIlvaine, creative director, Nomadic Wax - about the novelty of her documentary film and empowering people through the online platform.>Read
“Pumzi is my Anger, my anger at the way we live our lives as people”
Following her critically acclaimed film ‘from a whisper’, Kenya’s multi award wining director, is back with a new film, Pumzi. The world as we know it has come to an end, we are back at the cradle of mankind were a new beginning is taking shape, one devoid of the basics of today’s world, WATER!. African Screens’ Don Omope speaks with Wanuri Kahiu about her new film, her quest to engage more with her Pan-Africanness and lots more>Read
Spotlight Ugandan: Caroline Kamya, on her award winning film, Imani
IMANI is the debut feature film by award wining documentary filmmaker Caroline Kamya, born in Uganda, lived in Kenya and studied documentary filmmaking at Goldsmith college London - Caroline brings a different approach to filmmaking – an approach influenced by her experience living abroad and her background in documentary storytelling. The film Imani is a fusion of documentary and film aesthetics and story telling >Read
Spotlight Egyptian Animation: Honayn's Shoe by Mohamed Ghazala
With the economic crisis, the popularity of animation in Egypt decreased. However new animation films like the celebrated, Honayn’s Shoe, which won best animation at the African Movie Academy Awards (2010) are heralding a renaissance in animation as a tool for story telling across Africa. African screens Don Omope speaks with the Egyptian animation director Mohamed Ghazala, about his award wining animation film, Honayn's Shoe.>Read
'Jozi Kings rules!' - Filmmaker - Justice Umeh speaks on his new film
Like a mustard seed; a new film – Jozi Kings – truly is an accomplished example of using a little to produce a refreshing piece of artwork. African Screens’ Chinaka Iwunze speaks to Justice about his film, the process of making Jozi Kings and a newer, more economical technology, which he swears by.>Read
The Figurine unveiled: Kunle Afolayan speaks about his latest film
The Figurine is the latest film by the new Nigerian director Kunle Afolayan, nominated in 10 categories at the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA); the film has enjoyed rave reviews at local and international festivals as well as from critics and films buffs>Read
Mark of Uru : A gem in the Nigerian animation industry
Very few countries rival the diversity of Nigeria across the world, 250 ethnic groups, 500 languages and a population of over 160 million. Such diversity brings with it unique experiences and stories that need telling, whist Nigerians have explored film, music, arts and literature to tell their stories, animation has been absent; but this is about to change. Obinna Onwuekwe, an upcoming animator, has successfully created an animation web series called Mark of Uru, to popular approbation>Read
