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- Bianco e nero a colori (Francia-Costa d’Avorio) Il film, diretto da Jean-Jacques Annaud, è una produzione franco-ivoriana del 1976 ambientato nel Camerun francese all’epoca della Prima guerra mondiale.
- Lionheart (Nigeria) Il prossimo film è il primo prima di produzione nigeriana ad essere acquistato da Netflix: si tratta di Lionheart, diretto da Genevieve Nnaji e presentato in anteprima al Toronto International Film Festival 2018, ma rifiutato dalla candidatura come miglior film straniero dagli Oscar, la prima in assoluto per la Nigeria.
- Xalé (Senegal) Il regista senegalese Moussa Sène Absa declina coraggiosamente il genere drammatico contemporaneo con le modalità dello storytelling tradizionali in questo potente racconto della tragedia di una donna e della sua rinascita.
- Tembele (Uganda) Tembele è un dramma ugandese del 2022 che tratta il tema della salute mentale, diretto da Morris Mugisha. È la prima candidatura dell’Uganda agli Oscar nella categoria di miglior film internazionale.
20 dic 2021 · The Best African Films of 2021. By Editor / December 20, 2021 / Top 10 News. Despite the challenges of producing during the pandemic, the African film industry continued to grow this past year and brought some phenomenal content to cinemas and home audiences.
- Eyimofe
- Faya Dayi
- Happiness Ever After
- Juju Stories
- The Last Shelter
- The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Moffie
- Night of The Kings
- Vuta N’Kuvute
- Zinder
Nigeria
The debut feature from twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri draws from influences as varied as Taiwanese new wave and Italian neorealism to the ethnographic literary tradition of James Joyce’s Dubliners. Lagos is at the centre of the two-story narrative, and the plot follows the stressful attempts of the protagonists to migrate to Europe. The Esiris drench their film in the sights and sounds of Lagos, painting a vivid picture of what it must be like to exist in a place at once hopeful and hopel...
Ethiopia/US/Qatar
Less a traditional documentary than a spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, the ancestral town of Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayiimmerses itself – and viewers – in the rituals of khat. The stimulant leaf originally consumed by Sufi imams for religious meditation has now become Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop. It has also become an intoxicating balm for quieting the restless energies of the country’s youth. A film of quiet, hypnotic power, Faya Dayiis impossib...
South Africa
The sequel to 2016’s surprise box-office smash Happiness is a Four-Letter Word picks up five years after the events of the last film. The ladies who lunch, Princess (Renate Stuurman) and Zaza (Khanyi Mbau), are joined by newcomer Nambitha Ben-Mazwi as they once again face the challenges of being gorgeous and ridiculously wealthy in the city of Johannesburg. Directed by Thabang Moleya, Happiness Ever Afterremains as lavish as the first film but manages to get viewers invested in the real word...
Nigeria/France
Nigerian folklore serves as the basis for Juju Stories, the latest three-part anthology presented by the Surreal 16 Collective, made up of Michael Omonua, Abba Makama and CJ Obasi. Juju Storiescasts a wicked spell, spinning popular beliefs and superstitions into cautionary tales inspired by the supernatural. Featuring a roster of finely tuned performers and some sparkling writing, especially with the first entry Love Potion, Juju Storiesisn’t a simplistic moral fable. It is an enquiry into hu...
Mali/France/South Africa
Arresting, impactful, and deeply empathetic, Ousmane Samassékou’s rich documentary is – on the surface – about a physical structure in Gao, northeastern Mali, that serves as a gateway for African migrants attempting to make their way across the Sahara towards Europe. But considered closely, the filmis a humane look at the psychology of the people desperate enough to make these journeys. In a world that has come to demonise migrants, Samassékou insists they be seen and heard. Streaming on Afri...
Tunisia/France/Belgium/Germany/Sweden/Turkey
Kaouther Ben Hania’s provocative yet compulsively watchable caper is both a takedown of the casual elitism embedded in art circles and a scathing critique of the world’s apathy towards the global refugee crisis. Inspired by real events, The Man Who Sold His Skinnarrates with verve the story of Sam Ali (Yahya Mahayni), a Syrian man desperate enough to get to Europe, who donates his back as a canvas for a controversial American contemporary artist to tattoo an enormous Schengen visa. Streaming...
South Africa/UK
In Moffie, the fourth feature by Oliver Hermanus, the auteur behind acclaimed titles such as Shirley Adamsand Beauty, a young man comes to terms with his sexuality while serving his compulsory military term. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by Andre Carl van der Merwe, this big-screen adaptation is filtered through Hermanus’ famously singular gaze. The result is a powerful and heartbreakingly beautiful portrait of homophobia – both internalised and state-sanctioned – and...
Ivory Coast/Senegal/France/Canada
For his second feature, Philippe Lacôte mines his early experiences to unspool Night of the Kings,a loose yet tightly drawn feverish fantasy that blends elements of film, music, dance and even a bit of theatre. Set in La MACA, a prison famously run by inmates, Night of the Kingsremains a dazzling and original vision even when it borrows significantly from the literary canon; Arabian Nights and Shakespeare specifically. Lacôte pays homage to the ancient art of oral storytelling and the West Af...
Tanzania/South Africa/Qatar/Germany
The first Tanzanian film to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival is a star-crossed romance set against the backdrop of an impending political revolution. Adapted by Amil Shivji from the acclaimed Swahili novel by Shafi Adam Shafi, Vuta N’Kuvuteis a lush and lyrical period piece set in 1950s Zanzibar. Described by Shivji as a cross between Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood For Love and Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers, Vuta N’Kuvutewon the Oumarou Ganda Prize in the Outlook secti...
Niger/France/Germany/South Africa
Aïcha Macky’s terrific documentary visits the most disadvantaged district in her hometown. Zinderattempts to deconstruct the minutiae of the social order that produces the troubled young men and women at the heart of her film. Macky trains a compassionate eye on her people and weaves a compelling narrative of strivers doing their best to survive. With clear-eyed precision and a lack of fanfare, Zinderidentifies the victims, the survivors, and their oppressors. Streaming on Afridocs from 2022.
1 set 2021 · Speciale per Africa ExPress. Chiara Zanini. Venezia, 1° settembre 2021. La Mostra del Cinema di Venezia inizia oggi, tra le restrizioni imposte per il secondo anno consecutivo dal Covid-19 e l’apprensione per i registi afghani che stanno cercando di lasciare il proprio Paese.
Laugh, cry, sigh, scream, shout or whatever you feel like with these comedies, dramas, romances, thrillers and so much more, all hailing from Africa.
25 gen 2021 · Watch on. Il trailer del film (disponibile su Netflix anche in italiano) Già il prologo del film è fortemente drammatico: in una notte buia decine di africani sono aggrappati a una barriera metallica con il filo spinato: riuscire a superarla significa conquistare il passaggio in Spagna, un futuro migliore in Europa.
7 lug 2021 · CINEMA NEWS. Festival di Cannes: un primo sguardo sui film africani. 7 Luglio 2021. Ha preso il via il 74° Festival di Cannes. Fino al 17 luglio il cinema torna ad essere protagonista. L’edizione di quest’anno è caratterizzata da una forte presenza dell’Africa, in giuria e nei film.
