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Cinema of Africa covers both the history and present of the making or screening of films on the African continent, and also refers to the persons involved in this form of audiovisual culture. It dates back to the early 20th century, when film reels were the primary cinematic technology in use.
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. Algeria. Angola Benin. Botswana. Year Title Director Genre Notes ...
The 2020 Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday 20 December 2020 online at the AMAA website due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] The award night was hosted by Lorenzo Menakaya.
In modern day South Africa, colourful Angeliena (Euodia Samson) is a former homeless car guard who is trapped by an unrealistic dream of traveling the world. But when she is diagnosed with a fatal disease, and with a little help from her friends, she dares to put her dream of world travel into motion.
Somewhere in Africa: The Cries of humanity is a 2011 Ghanaian drama film directed by Frank Rajah Arase, starring Majid Michel, Martha Ankomah and Kofi Adjorlolo.It received 7 nominations at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards including categories: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Achievement in Soundtrack, Achievement in Visual effects and Achievement in Make-Up.
Stain is a Ugandan drama film produced and directed by Morris Mugisha. It premiered in Kampala on March 1, 2021, and was Mugisha's directorial debut. The film received 7 nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria and Joan Agaba won the award for Best Actress in a Leading role.
The film (as the title suggests) looks back at 20 years of African cinema featuring interviews with pioneering independent filmmakers such as Sembene Ousmane and Djibril Diop Mambéty overcoming obstacles (lack of funds and support) to tell authentic African stories after years of the continent being a backdrop for Westernized cinema full of depictions of its people as inhuman.
Yeelen was met with wide critical success [4] and has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made." [5]It was awarded the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first African film to win a prize in the festival's history.