Cinema of Africa

Cinema of Africa la ka ba boɔlɔ ka sinii maaloo zie ane sinii naŋ taa maaloo yi a continent Africa. O laŋɛɛ dakore saŋa yeltare ane pampana yele naŋ vɛŋ peɛroo kpɛ a sɔgaŋ a sinii a African continent, kyɛ meŋ taa yele kyaare a soba na naŋ wanneŋ a audiovisual culture. O bebiri da gaa la a 19th century, be ka a sinii naŋ da e a primary cinematic technology a da taa toma. Cairo da eɛ a kapital ko sinii maaloo zie naŋ be a Africa yi a piiluu saŋa 20th century te tɔ zenɛ.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pɔgeba daraatare

Kemi Adetiba (born 1980), Nigerian film maker, 2014
Safi Faye (1943–2023), Senegalese film director, anthropologist, ethnologist and feminist, 2004
Wanuri Kahiu (born 1980), Kenyan film director, producer, and author, 2018
Hala Khalil (born 1967), Egyptian film director, producer, and screenwriter, 2018

UNESCO duoruu kyaare African sinii maalozie

A October 2021, UNESCO da terɛɛ duoruu kyaare sinii ane audiovisual industry a 54 states na be a African continent te paale a quantitative ane qualitative data ane peɛroo sere kyaare faŋa ane leebu zie naŋ be a continental ane regional levels. A peɛroo da wulee strategic recommendations kyaare a sinii baabo ane audiovisual sectors a Africa kyɛ da tage policymakers, professional organizations, firms, filmmakers ane yielŋmereba ka ba lantaa e yeni.^[4]^[5]

cinema sere yi irigyini

North Africa

West Africa

Central Africa

East Africa

Southern Africa

Daraatare ko a teŋɛŋ

Algeria: Merzak Allouache, Malek Bensmaïl, Nina Khada, Karim Moussaoui
Angola: Zézé Gamboa,^[6] 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,^[7] 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,^{[citation needed]} Ashraf Fahmy, Radwan El-Kashef,^{[citation needed]} Hady El Bagoury, Ali Ragab, Hala Khaleel, Ehab Lamey, Tarek Al Eryan, Atef El-Tayeb, Daoud Abdel Sayed, Ehab Mamdouh,^{[citation needed]} Sandra Nashaat
Ethiopia: Yemane Demissie, Haile Gerima, Hermon Hailay, Salem Mekuria^[8]
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^{[citation needed]}
Guinea: David Achkar, Sékoumar Barry, Cheick Fantamady Camara, Mohamed Camara, Cheik Doukouré, Gahité Fofana, Mama Keïta
Guinea-Bissau: Flora Gomes, Sana Na N'Hada^[9]
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,^[10] Oumarou Ganda
Nigeria: Femi Adebayo, Kemi Adetiba, C.J. Obasi, 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^{[citation needed]}, 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,^[11] 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,^[12] 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

Sinii na be 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^[13]
Spell Reel, Director: Filipa César, Guinea-Bissau, 2017, documentary on the digitization of revolutionary films from Guinea-Bissau.^[14]^[15]
This Is Nollywood, Director: Franco Sacchi, 2007

Sinii Tige

Africa

Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Lagos, Nigeria
Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA, AMA Awards), Yenagoa, Nigeria
Alexandria Mediterranean Countries 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^[16]
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^[17]
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

Meŋ kaa kyɛ

Political cinema
Somaliwood, Somali film industry, Ohio, USA
Ster-Kinekor, South Africa
Third Cinema, includes filmmakers from Africa
Women in African cinema
World cinema

Sommo yizie

↑ Ntsal. "The Golden Age of Cairo's Silver Screens". rawi-publishing.com (in English). Retrieved 2025-12-30.
↑ "تاريخ السينما المصرية - Chamber of Cinema industry" (in American English). 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
↑ "Cairo | Egypt, Meaning, Map, & Facts | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica (in English). Archived from the original on 2025-11-16. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
↑ Lora-Mungai, Marie; Pimenta, Pedro (2021). The African film industry. Trends, challenges and opportunities for growth. UNESCO. p. 3. ISBN 978-92-3-100470-4. OCLC 1346154769. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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↑ Biography, African Film Festival, New York.
↑ Thackway (2003). Africa Shoots Back. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780852555774. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
↑ "Salem Mekuria", Women Make movies.
↑ Fernando Arenas - Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (May 29, 2018). Christopher Larkosh; Mario Perreira; Memory Holloway (eds.). "The Filmography of Guinea-Bissau's Sana Na N'Hada: From the Return of Amílcar Cabral to the Threat of Global Drug Trafficking". Transnational Africa: 68–94. doi:10.62791/va3ttz37.
↑ Lynsey Chutel (March 30, 2018). "One of Africa's oldest animated films has a timeless message about African life". Quartz Africa.
↑ "Nelson "Nana" Mahomo". South African History Online.
↑ Yael Even Or (August 14, 2017). "The Man Running a Queer Film Festival in a Nation Where Homosexuality Is Illegal". Broadly.
↑ "Film Screening: SEMBENE! The Inspiring Story of the Father of African Cinema with Director Samba Gadjigo". February 7, 2017. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
↑ Ela Bittencourt (June 27, 2017). "Reactivating the Lost Revolutionary Films of Guinea-Bissau: In her debut feature, artist Filipa César documents the digitization of films made in the African country around the time of its independence". HyperAllergic.
↑ Ben Kenigsberg (June 27, 2017). "Review: 'Spell Reel' Shows a Revolution Filmed, on the Leader's Orders". New York Times.
↑ "Bushmanfilmfestival – Smartphone Film festival in Côte d'Ivoire". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
↑ "TAFF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS CALENDAR".

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[2] "تاريخ السينما المصرية - Chamber of Cinema industry" (in American English). 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2025-12-30.

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[4] Lora-Mungai, Marie; Pimenta, Pedro (2021). The African film industry. Trends, challenges and opportunities for growth. UNESCO. p. 3. ISBN 978-92-3-100470-4. OCLC 1346154769. Retrieved 2024-03-21.

[FOOTNOTELora-MungaiPimenta20217–9-5] Lora-Mungai & Pimenta 2021, pp. 7–9.

[6] Biography, African Film Festival, New York.

[Thackway2003-7] Thackway (2003). Africa Shoots Back. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780852555774. Retrieved 13 October 2010.

[8] "Salem Mekuria", Women Make movies.

[9] Fernando Arenas - Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (May 29, 2018). Christopher Larkosh; Mario Perreira; Memory Holloway (eds.). "The Filmography of Guinea-Bissau's Sana Na N'Hada: From the Return of Amílcar Cabral to the Threat of Global Drug Trafficking". Transnational Africa: 68–94. doi:10.62791/va3ttz37.

[10] Lynsey Chutel (March 30, 2018). "One of Africa's oldest animated films has a timeless message about African life". Quartz Africa.

[11] "Nelson "Nana" Mahomo". South African History Online.

[12] Yael Even Or (August 14, 2017). "The Man Running a Queer Film Festival in a Nation Where Homosexuality Is Illegal". Broadly.

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