Cinema of Africa

## Women directors

File:Kemi Adetiba.png|Kemi Adetiba (born 1980), Nigerian film maker, 2014.
File:Safi Faye.jpg|Safi Faye (1943-2023), Senegalese film director, anthropologist, ethnologist and feminist, 2004.
File:Wanuri Kahiu.png|Wanuri Kahiu (born 1980),  Kenyan film director, producer, and author, 2018.
File:هالة_خليل_3.jpg|Hala Khalil (born 1967), Egyptian film director, producer, and screenwriter, 2018.


## List of cinema by region
### North Africa

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* Cinema of Algeria
* Cinema of Egypt
* Cinema of Libya
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* Cinema of Morocco
* Cinema of Tunisia
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### West Africa

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* Cinema of Benin
* Cinema of Burkina Faso
* Cinema of Cape Verde
* Cinema of the Gambia
* Cinema of Ghana
* Cinema of Guinea
* Cinema of Guinea-Bissau
* Cinema of Ivory Coast
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* Cinema of Liberia
* Cinema of Mali
* Cinema of Mauritania
* Cinema of Niger
* Cinema of Nigeria
* Cinema of Senegal
* Cinema of Sierra Leone
* Cinema of Togo
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### Central Africa

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* Cinema of Angola
* Cinema of Burundi
* Cinema of Cameroon
* Cinema of the Central African Republic
* Cinema of Chad
* Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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* Cinema of Equatorial Guinea
* Cinema of Gabon
* Cinema of the Republic of the Congo
* Cinema of Rwanda
* Cinema of São Tomé and Príncipe
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### East Africa

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* Cinema of the Comoros
* Cinema of Djibouti
* Cinema of Eritrea
* Cinema of Ethiopia
* Cinema of Kenya
* Cinema of Mauritius
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* Cinema of Seychelles
* Cinema of Somalia
* Cinema of South Sudan
* Cinema of Sudan
* Cinema of Tanzania
* Cinema of Uganda
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### Southern Africa

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* Cinema of Botswana
* Cinema of Eswatini
* Cinema of Lesotho
* Cinema of Madagascar
* Cinema of Malawi
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* Cinema of Mozambique
* Cinema of Namibia
* Cinema of South Africa
* Cinema of Zambia
* Cinema of Zimbabwe
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## Directors by country

* **Algeria**: Merzak Allouache, Malek Bensmaïl, Nina Khada, Karim Moussaoui
* **Angola**: Zézé Gamboa, Miguel Hurst
* **Benin**: Idrissou Mora Kpaï, Jean Odoutan
* **Botswana**: Thabiso Maretlwaneng, Thato Rantao Mwosa
* **Burkina Faso**: Gaston Kaboré, Valérie Kaboré, Dani Kouyaté, Fanta Régina Nacro, Sanou Kollo, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Pierre Rouamba, Drissa Touré, Apolline Traoré, Saint Pierre Yaméogo
* **Burundi**: Justine Bitagoye, Eddy Munyaneza, Léonce Ngabo
* **Cameroon**: Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Bassek Ba Kobhio, Urbain Dia Moukouri, Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu, Joséphine Ndagnou, Jean-Paul Ngassa, Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa, Thérèse Sita-Bella, Francis Taptue, Jean-Marie Teno, Francois L. Woukoache
* **Cape Verde**:  Lolo Arziki, Leão Lopes, Júlio Silvão Tavares
* **Chad**: Issa Serge Coelo, Mahamat Saleh Haroun
* **Comoros**: Hachimiya Ahamada
* **Côte d'Ivoire**:    Marie-Louise Asseu, Sidiki Bakaba, Akissi Delta, Henri Duparc, Desiré Ecaré, Fadika Kramo Lanciné, Roger Gnoan M'Bala, Jacques Trabi 
* **Democratic Republic of the Congo**: Machérie Ekwa Bahango, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Baloji, Mars Kadiombo Yamba Bilonda, Guy Bomanyama-Zandu, Claude Haffner, Dieudo Hamadi, Mamadi Indoka, Kiripi Katembo, Joseph Kumbela, Laura Kutika, Zeka Laplaine, Albert Mongita, Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Guy Kabeya Muya, Mwezé Ngangura, Ne Kunda Nlaba, Monique Mbeka Phoba, Roger Kwami Zinga
* **Egypt**: Salah Abu Seif, Adel Adeeb, Youssef Chahine, Yousry Nasrallah, Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Sherif Arafa, Khaled Youssef, Marwan Hamed, Mohamed Khan, Shady Abdel Salam, Khairy Beshara, Samir Seif, Nader Galal, Ali Abdel-Khalek, Ashraf Fahmy, Radwan El-Kashef, Hady El Bagoury, Ali Ragab, Hala Khaleel, Ehab Lamey, Tarek Al Eryan, Atef El-Tayeb, Daoud Abdel Sayed, Ehab Mamdouh, Sandra Nashaat
* **Ethiopia**: Yemane Demissie, Haile Gerima, Hermon Hailay, Salem Mekuria
* **Gabon**: Henri Joseph Koumba Bibidi, Pierre-Marie Dong, Imunga Ivanga, Manouchka Kelly Labouba, Charles Mensah
* **Ghana**: Egbert Adjesu, John Akomfrah, King Ampaw, Kwaw Ansah, Jim Awindor, Yaba Badoe, Akosua Busia, Leila Djansi, Kuukua Eshun, Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Chris Hesse,  Nii Kwate Owoo, Kwesi Owusu, Tom Ribeiro, Halaru B. Wandagou
* **Guinea**: David Achkar, Cheick Fantamady Camara, Mohamed Camara, Cheik Doukouré,  Gahité Fofana, Mama Keïta
* **Guinea-Bissau**: Flora Gomes, Sana Na N'Hada
* **Kenya**: Robby Bresson,Jim Chuchu, Wanuri Kahiu, Wanjiru Kinyanjui, Judy Kibinge, Gilbert Lukalia, Jane Munene, Anne Mungai
* **Lesotho**: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
* **Madagascar**: Alexander Abela, Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes, Lova Nantenaina, Philippe Raberojo, Raymond Rajaonarivelo, Benoît Ramampy, Solo Randrasana, Luck Razanajaona, Laza Razanajatovo
* **Mali**: Abdoulaye Ascofare, Souleymane Cissé, Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Manthia Diawara, Adama Drabo
* **Mauritania**: Med Hondo,  Abderrahmane Sissako, Sidney Sokhona
* **Mozambique**: Fátima Albuquerque, Licínio Azevedo, Karen Boswall, Sol de Carvalho, Camilo de Sousa, Mickey Fonseca, Rogério Manjate, Isabel Noronha, Lara Sousa
* **Namibia**: Joel Haikali, Tim Huebschle, Richard Pakleppa
* **Niger**: Moustapha Alassane, Oumarou Ganda
* **Nigeria**: Femi Adebayo, Kemi Adetiba, Kunle Afolayan, Dele Ajakaiye, Andy Amenechi, Bayo Awala, Ola Balogun, Biyi Bandele, Jide Bello, Chico Ejiro, Zeb Ejiro, Obi Emelonye, Lola Fani-Kayode, Greg Fiberesima,  Amaka Igwe, Tunde Kelani, Billy Kings, Chris Obi Rapu, Tade Ogidan, Iyabo Ojo, Izu Ojukwu, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Yemi Shodimu, Eddie Ugboma
* **Rwanda**: Eric Kabera, Kivu Ruhorahoza
* **São Tomé and Príncipe**: Januário Afonso, Katya Aragão, Ângelo Torres 
* **Senegal**: Tidiane Aw, Moussa Bathily, Ben Diogaye Bèye, Ahmadou Diallo, Clarence Thomas Delgado, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Thierno Faty Sow, Safi Faye, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Dyana Gaye, Alain Gomis, Ousmane William Mbaye, Bouna Medoune Seye, Samba Félix Ndiaye, Moustapha Ndoye, Ababacar Samb Makharam,  Ibrahima Sarr, Ousmane Sembène, Moussa Sène Absa, Blaise Senghor, Mansour Sora Wade, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, As Thiam, Momar Thiam, Moussa Touré, Mahama Johnson Traoré
* **Somalia**: Abdisalam Aato, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Idil Ibrahim
* **Sudan**: Amjad Abu Alala, Suhaib Gasmelbari, Gadalla Gubara, Hajooj Kuka, Hussein Shariffe, Marwa Zein
* **South Africa**: Neill Blomkamp, Seipati Bulani-Hopa, Mickey Dube, Nosipho Dumisa, Oliver Hermanus, Katinka Heyns, Gavin Hood, William Kentridge, Jonathan Liebesman, Nana Mahomo, Zola Maseko, Teddy Matthera, Morabane Modise, Sechaba Morejele, Lionel Ngakane 
* **Togo**: Anne Laure Folly
* **Tunisia**:  Raja Amari, Mehdi Ben Attia, Mohamed Ben Attia, Kaouther Ben Hania, Férid Boughedir, Leyla Bouzid, Nouri Bouzid, Khaled Ghorbal, Nacer Khémir, Anis Lassoued, Moufida Tlatli
* **Uganda**: Matt Bish, Caroline Kamya, Hassan Kamoga, Usama Mukwaya, Mariam Ndagire, George Stanley Nsamba, Joseph Kenneth Ssebaggala,  
* **Zambia**: Rungano Nyoni
* **Zimbabwe**: M. K. Asante, Jr., Tsitsi Dangarembga, Roger Hawkins,  Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Jordan Riber

## Films about African cinema

* *Caméra d'Afrique*, Director: Férid Boughedir, Tunisia/France, 1983
* *La Belle at the Movies*, Director: Cecilia Zoppelletto, Kinshasa, 2016
* *[[Le Congo, quel cinéma!]]*, Director: Guy Bomanyama-Zandu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005
* *Les Fespakistes*, Directors: François Kotlarski, Eric Münch, Burkina Faso/France, 2001
* *[[Sembene!]]*, Director: Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, 2015
* *Spell Reel*, Director: Filipa César, Guinea-Bissau, 2017, documentary on the digitization of revolutionary films from Guinea-Bissau.
* *[[This Is Nollywood]]*, Director: Franco Sacchi, 2007

## Film festivals

### Africa
*Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Lagos, Nigeria
*Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA, AMA Awards),  Yenagoa, Nigeria  
*Alexandria International Film Festival, Alexandria, Egypt
*Amakula International Film Festival, Kampala, Uganda
*Ananse Cinema International Film Festival (ANCIFF), Kasoa, Ghana
*Aswan International Women's Film Festival, Aswan, Egypt
*Bushman Film Festival, held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
*Cabo Verde International Film Festival
*Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Cairo, Egypt
*Carthage Film Festival
*El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), El Gouna, Egypt
*Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK), Kélibia, Tunisia
*Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso
*Festival of African Cinema (Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival), Morocco/Spain
*Luanda International Pan African Film Festival (Luanda PAFF) 
*Luxor African Film Festival, Luxor, Egypt
*Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) is the largest and most prestigious film festival in Africa
*Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar (Madagascourt Film Festival)
*Rwanda Film Festival (Hillywood), held in Rwanda
*Sahara International Film Festival (FiSahara), held in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria
*Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF)

### Asia
* Atesib Film Festival, Israel

### Europe
*Africa in Motion, held in Edinburgh, Scotland in late October
*Festival cinémas d’Afrique Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland in August
*Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique du pays d'Apt, in Apt, Vaucluse, France in November

### USA
*The African Film Festival (TAFF) held in Dallas in late June
*African Film Festival, held in New York
*Africa World Documentary Film Festival, held in St Louis
*Pan African Film Festival, held in Los Angeles
*Silicon Valley African Film Festival, held in San Jose, California

## Lihimi m-pahi

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* African literature
* Africa Movie Academy Awards, Nigeria
* Atlas Corporation Studios, Morocco
* List of African films
* Négritude
* Negrophilia
* Nu Metro Cinemas, South Africa
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* Political cinema
* Somaliwood, Somali film industry, Ohio, USA
* Ster-Kinekor, South Africa
* Third Cinema, includes filmmakers from Africa
* Women in African cinema
* World cinema
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## Yibuna shee

## Kundivihira

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## External links
*Movie theatres re-opening in Africa (in French, extensive business discussion)
*Congo in Harlem
*The Heavy Flag of Pan-African Cinema 
*African Cinema in the 1990s
*African Media Program comprehensive database of African media
*Library of African Cinema in California
*Wiki of the African Film Festival of Tarifa
*Khalid Halhoul, "Using African Cinema to Shift Cultural Perceptions", *UTNE*, July 3, 2012. 
*Pan-African Film Festival, Cannes
*"Top African Film Directors in Alphabetical order", Africapedia