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Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Selections, Including Titles from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa

Three African features from Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa will screen across competitive and non-competitive…

Jumai Yusuf
Jumai Yusuf Selected for the Sundance Institute | The Walt Disney Company Muslim Artist Fellowship

Yusuf’s project Layla and the Starship Afrotopia will be funded and developed by the fellowship…

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Sundance 2024: In Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi’s “The Battle for Laikipia”, Climate Change Adds Salt to Festering Sociopolitical Wounds

When a severe drought strikes one of Kenya’s wildlife conservation havens, the ripple effect triggers…

Girls Will Be Girls - 2024 - Afrocritik
Sundance 2024: Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls” Is a Scintillating Coming-of-Age Debut

For Girls Will Be Girls, her first feature film, Shuchi Talati brilliantly explores the intricacies…

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Sundance 2024: Bruno Mourral’s Dark Comedy “Kidnapping Inc” Flatters to Deceive

In trying to do too much, Kidnapping Inc falls apart at the seams. The plot…

Zippy Kimundu recieves funding from Sundance Institute Grant 2023 (Afrocritik)
Kenyan Filmmaker, Zippy Kimundu, to Receive Funding as Sundance Institute Announces 2023 Documentary Fund Grantees

The initiative by Sundance Institute supports works of nonfiction filmmakers from around the globe, with…

“Mami Wata” Sets Milestone, Wins Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Jury applauds Obasi’s Mami Wata for its impressive black and white imagery, outstanding performances,…

Berlinale Talents
Ryan Kruger, Dika Ofoma, Ibrahim Snoopy, Tobi Kyeremateng Among Africans Selected for 2026 Berlinale Talents

The participating African film professionals are among 200 participants selected from 3,438 applications across 120…

Afrocritik’s 20 Remarkable African Short Films of 2025
Afrocritik’s 20 Remarkable African Short Films of 2025

African filmmakers have continued to take advantage of the short film form, and the most…

Afrocritik’s 30 Remarkable African Feature Films of 2025
Afrocritik’s 30 Remarkable African Feature Films of 2025

This year, African filmmakers tested the boundaries of filmmaking, deepened the aesthetic and thematic language…