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TorinoFilmLab
French-Senegalese Project, “Lucky Girl”, Wins Big at TorinoFilmLab 2025 + Full List of Winners

Lucky Girl continues its strong festival-market momentum after winning the Atlas Prize at the 2024…

3 Cold Dishes
“3 Cold Dishes” Review: Asurf Oluseyi’s Cold Revenge Thriller Arrives Lukewarm

What ultimately undermines much of 3 Cold Dishes’ emotional promise is the patchwork of acting…

Fuji Moto
“Fuji Moto” Review: Seyi Vibez’s Ambitious Album Lacks Coherence

More problematically, for a project ostensibly designed as homage to Fuji, Fuji Moto is curiously…

Enugu Photo Festival
Enugu Photo Festival: Architectural Ruins and the Death of Preservation

One of the benefits of architectural preservation is not only to safeguard the timeless aesthetics…

Memories of Love Returned
“Memories of Love Returned” Review: Ntare Mwine Explores Photography, Memory, and Mortality in Uganda

Memories of Love Returned is a fugue in which the town of Mbirizi, Uganda’s preserved…

Ghizlane Chebbak
Ghizlane Chebbak and the CAF Awards Debate: Was Merit Ignored?

The circumstances surrounding the awards raise the possibility that factors beyond on-field performance—including hosting influence…

Fractured
AFRIFF 2025: Atlanta Bridget Johnson Has More to Give Than Kayode Kasum’s “Fractured” Has to Offer

Most of Fractured is a tedious stretch of dreary events that are only mildly bearable…

Honey & Spice
Bolu Babalola Set to Make Feature Debut With “Honey & Spice” Film Adaptation

Honey & Spice is being produced by Working Title, the British production company behind romance…

Together Apart, Jumbi, I Can Smell a Rat
AIFF 2025: “Together Apart”, “Jimbi”, and “I Can Smell a Rat” Navigate the Edges of Humanity

Three films — from Nigeria, Uganda, and Egypt — stood out for their attempts to…

Véronique Tadjo
Ivorian-French Writer, Véronique Tadjo, Wins 2025 Prix Ivoire for Francophone African Literature

Véronique Tadjo’s win carries a cash award of two million CFA Francs (approximately 3,000 euros),…