Interviews

Nora Awolowo
In Conversation with Nora Awolowo and Damilola Osikoya on Setting a Guinness World Record with “Black Market” Screening

“We didn’t have that kind of infrastructure readily available. We basically had people who believed…

Kamel Laaridhi
Venice 2026: In Conversation with Kamel Laaridhi on “The H@llow Man” and the Dystopian Character of Our Times

“Right now, there is a big, big, big change in the world. I think it’s…

Ashgan El-Hamus
Venice 2026: In Conversation with Ashgan El-Hamus on Making the Case for Small, Collective Living in Debut Feature, “Al Baraneya”

“We’ve lost the capacity, I think, to just spend time together without doing anything, and…

Kaelo Iyizoba
TIFF 2026: In Conversation With Kaelo Iyizoba, Director Of “The Spectacular Death of Prisca”

“I hope that more film festivals start to see the fullness of the African experience.…

Merit Gogo-fyneface
“Writing Is an Educational Tool to Showcase Complex, Unspoken Experiences”: An Interview With Merit Gogo-fyneface

“I wanted Church Girl and Other Short Stories to make readers feel seen. Many people…

Matt B
Matt B: The Water Remembered Him First

“When they found my living ancestral line, I said that it’s not enough for me…

Andy Mundy-Castle
“Hope is a Tool of Resistance”: In Conversation with Andy Mundy-Castle on “Shoot the People” and the Ethics of Bearing Witness

“I just think it is vitally important not to forget the past if we want…

Zipporah Nyaruri
In Conversation with Zipporah Nyaruri on the Road Behind “Truck Mama”

“I would wish that people have appreciation for women doing these kinds of jobs or…

Pietra Brettkelly
Tribeca Festival 2026: In Conversation with Pietra Brettkelly and The Critics’ Raymond Yusuff on Making “Crocodile” and Rising Above Constraints

“‘Twenty children playing in the same place will not play in the same place for…