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- DirectorOssie DavisStarsWole SoyinkaRasidi OnikoyiBanjo SolaruAn African dictator (Wole Soyinka) seeks advice from the king (Rashidi Onikoyi) he ousted on modernizing his tribal nation.
- DirectorMed HondoStarsRobert LiensolThéo LégitimusAmbroise M'BiaA native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. However, he is disappointed when he sees racial inequity as blacks are relegated to manual labor while less skilled whites are given preferential treatment.
- DirectorDjibril Diop MambétyStarsMagaye NiangMyriam NiangChristoph ColombMory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
- DirectorSarah MaldororStarsElisa AndradeDomingos de OliveiraJean M'VondoA man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
- DirectorDjibril Diop MambétyStarsMansour DioufAmi DiakhateMamadou Mahourédia GueyeDramaan is the most popular man in Colobane, but when a woman from his past, now exorbitantly wealthy, returns to the town, things begin to change.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsChristophe MinieDaisy Victoria VandyJoseph DuoA cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.
- DirectorStephanie LinusStarsFerdinand AfoRekiya AttahSamuel BeavisAn inspiring true story of Zara, a successful doctor who lives in Wales, and Halima, a young 13 year old girl who is about to be wed in a rural part of Africa. However as time goes on Halima develops a disease, which she gets shunned for. Through out her journey she is some what alone until her path collides with Zara. The day they meet their lives change forever.
- DirectorLemohang Jeremiah MoseseStarsMary TwalaJerry MofokengMakhaola NdebeleWhen her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsFatoumata CoulibalyMaimouna Hélène DiarraSalimata TraoréWhen a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.
- DirectorMohamed Rachid BenhadjStarsAli DamicheKobe Alix HermannHacene KerkacheMona, an 8-year-old Ivorian who fled the Ivory Coast, settled with her mother in Tipasa, an Algerian coastal town known for its Roman ruins 'Matares'. To pay the smuggler who will take it to Italy with his father, Mona sells flowers to tourists. Unfortunately, the Roman ruins of 'Matares' are the preserve of Said, a 10-year-old Algerian who also sells flowers. A feeling of hatred will spring up in the heart of the boy who will make war on this weird girl who speaks to the flowers, a 'disbeliever who does not believe in Allah but in Jesus and who steals the living bread of a Muslim.
- DirectorGavin HoodStarsPresley ChweneyagaeMothusi MaganoIsrael Matseke-ZuluSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMakhouredia GueyeYnousse N'DiayeIsseu NiangA money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one.
- DirectorKayode KasumStarsToyin AbrahamBroda ShaggiOdunlade AdekolaFaking her way through any situation, a social media influencer poses as an event planner and is tasked with throwing an extravagant, star-studded bash.
- DirectorSuhaib GasmelbariStarsManar Al HiloSuliman ElnourAltayeb MahdiFour older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.
- DirectorDare OlaitanStarsCharles EtubiebiTope TedelaSeun AjayiOjukokoro tells the story of what happens when a broke manager in a money laundering petrol station, decides to rob the petrol station that employs him but along this journey finds out that there are different kinds of criminals that are also interested in the same cash.
- DirectorKofi AsamoahPeter SedufiaStarsAdjetey AnangToosweet AnnanNadia AntwiTwo sisters - BIBI and KIKI, have to raise twenty thousand Ghana cedis within 12 hours for an emergency surgery to save their dying mother. When all attempts to get help from family and friends failed and the clock ticks, they decide to try a highway bus robbery to raise the funds. It is a successful robbery; they've gathered enough to save their mother. Just as they are about celebrating their success, a different team of armed robbers show up at the scene and robs them of everything they had robbed. With time fast moving, their mother's life in their hands and the armed robbers in charge of their money, they have to make a decision that will save them and their mother.
- DirectorLikarion WainainaStarsStycie WaweruMarrianne NungoNyawara NdambiaStory of a young girl whose dream of becoming a superhero is threatened by terminal illness, inspiring her village to rally together to make her dream come true.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMbissine Thérèse DiopAnne-Marie JelinekRobert FontaineA black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauMarius WeyersSandra PrinslooA comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussraMeditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
- DirectorNacer KhemirStarsNacer KhemirSoufiane MakniNoureddine KasbaouiA teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious buried treasure and whose children are cursed to wander the desert.
- DirectorOkechukwu OkuStarsAmaka AnekeChisom AsaduEzenyiriorah ChidiThe story of a family man who is frustrated with his frumpy wife, then embarks on affair with a random woman he meets, putting the stability of his home in a serious jeopardy.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMamadou M'BowAmadi DiengFatim DiagneA young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsLeleti KhumaloLihle MvelasePepi KhambuleAfter falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
- DirectorOlivier AssouaStarsClaude Scholastique Nkou MbidaFelicity AssehRichard EssameBest friends Paris and Samantha are born into poor families in rural Africa. Paris dreams of a better life in Europe while Samantha wants to stay in Africa. Their conflicting aspirations forms the emotional center of the film.
- DirectorMoses InwangStarsAyenuro AdemolaMargaret AdewunmiRahila AhmedAlter Ego tells the story of Ada Igwe "played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde" who is bent on bringing child molesters and sexual offenders to justice. But she has her own demons, an insatiable desire for sexual escapades.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsSchalk BezuidenhoutHannes OttoGermandt GeldenhuysDrafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's travelling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity.
- DirectorJean-Pierre Dikongue-PipaStarsPhilippe AbiaArlette Din BeliGisèle Dikongue-PipaNgando and Ndomé; are in love. Ngando wishes to marry Ndomé; but her family reminds him that the traditional dowry must be settled. Unfortunately, Ngando is poor and unable to fulfill the tradition. Ndomé; is pregnant and bears his child. According to the village tradition, she must take a husband, at least one who can afford to pay the dowry. The villagers decide that Ndomé; should marry Ngando's uncle, who has already three sterile wives. In despair, the young man kidnaps his daughter upon the day of the traditional feast. An African Romeo and Juliet story.
- DirectorEuzhan PalcyStarsGarry CadenatDarling LégitimusDouta SeckSet in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
- DirectorIdrissa OuedraogoStarsRasmané OuédraogoIna CisséRoukietou BarrySet in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in love with each other, the two begin an affair, although it would be considered incestuous. When the liaison is discovered, Saga's brother, Koudri, pretends to kill Saga for the honor of the family and village. Saga and Nogma flee to another village, but when Nogma's birth mother dies, he returns home. Having brought ruin on the family, Saga is shot by Koudri, who walks off into exile and probable death.
- DirectorArie EsiriChuko EsiriStarsJude AkuwudikeKemi Lala AkindojuKelechi UdegbeIn Lagos, Nigeria, tragedy and fate intervene as two people try to better the lives of their families.
- DirectorAnisia UzeymanSaul WilliamsStarsCheryl IshejaElvis NgaboDiogène NtarindwaAn intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsLy AbdoulayAlbourahBoron Sarret is arguably the first film made by a black African. It illustrates poverty in Senegal, particularly for the working man.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneThierno Faty SowStarsSidiki BakabaHamed CamaraIsmaila CisséIn this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsAbou CamaraMarie Augustine DiattaYama DiedhiouBurial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. A satiric portrayal of religion and politics, sometimes humorous, sometimes deadly serious.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsAndongo DiabonRobert FontaineMichel RenaudeauAs World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsVenus SeyeMame NdoumbéAwa Sene SarrA forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.
- DirectorPeter SedufiaStarsBenjamin AdaleteyAaron AdatsiNgozi Viola AdikwuIn a land where the people have divided themselves because of a disagreement long ago, a man and woman from the different sides fall in love. Despite the efforts of their families to keep them apart, they eventually become the reason the community becomes one again.
- DirectorBiyi BandeleStarsOdunlade AdekolaShaffy BelloOlawale-Brymo OlofooroAfter his king dies, a horseman must sacrifice himself to serve his ruler in the afterlife but sudden distractions lead to unexpected tragedy.
- DirectorMugambi NthigaStarsBrian OgolaStycie WaweruAlan OyugiLusala, adopted by an affluent Nairobi family a decade ago is imposed on to leave home and start on his own. Eager and willing at first, he makes the most of his life, until the demons from his past return, and he faces them on his own.
- DirectorJahmil X.T. QubekaStarsTumie NgumlaAwethu HleliNiza JayOn the last day of their high school career, 4 friends from Duncan Village go on a life-defining road trip, by stealing a taxi and heading to the remote landmark of 'Hole in the Wall', where Xhosa legend has it you can talk to the dead.
- DirectorLoukman AliStarsJide Kene AchufusiAdetayo AdebowaleAdebowale AdedayoAfter years of fighting to survive on the streets of Lagos, two brothers fall on opposite sides of the law. The bonds of brotherhood are put to the ultimate test as one joins a Taskforce that hunts down the other and his gang.
- DirectorNacer KhemirStarsNavin ChowdhryWalid ArakjiNinar EsberThis second feature in Nacer Khemir's "Desert Trilogy". The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming across a fragment of manuscript, Hassan goes in search of the missing pieces, believing that once he finds them, he will learn the secrets of love. With the help of Zin, a lovers' go-between, he meets the beautiful Aziz, Princess of Samarkand. After encountering wars, a battle between false prophets and an ancient curse, he learns that an entire lifetime would not suffice for him to learn the many dimensions of love.
- DirectorNacer KhemirStarsDorra ZarroukHichem RostomAn encounter in the desert between a lady brought by the tragic past of her family and a guide who discovers, at the end, the dark future of his family...
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsIsaach De BankoléGiulia BoschiFrançois CluzetA French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon - formerly a colonial outpost - where she's flooded by memories, particularly of Protée, her servant.
- DirectorSeyi SiwokuStarsDamilola AdegbiteNengi AdokiOjo AgboworinWhen Temi, the gorgeous wife of a high-profile senator is robbed, four suspects are quickly apprehended and arrested. Senior detective, on the eve of his retirement, risks his reputation when he suspects there is more to the story.
- DirectorFunke AkindeleTobi MakindeStarsPat AdamsBimbo AdemoyeVictor AdesokanAfter a lifetime of rivalry, two half-sisters find themselves at loggerheads once again when they set up food businesses on the same street.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsTabata NdiayeAlioune FallMoustapha YadeIn protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.
- DirectorNabwana I.G.G.StarsKakule WilliamSserunya ErnestG. PuffsUganda's president gives Captain Alex an assignment to defeat the Tiger Mafia, but he gets killed in the process. Upon hearing the tragic news, his brother investigates to avenge Alex's death.