List of African films
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The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin.
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | comedy | the first of The Gods Must Be Crazy film series |
| 1989 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | comedy | part of The Gods Must Be Crazy film series |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gito l'ingrat | Léonce Ngabo |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Amílcar Cabral | Ana Ramos Lisoba | documentary | |
| 2024 | Hanami | Denise Fernandes | Drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Laan = girls, friends = Les copines | Lula Ali Ismail | drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Aricó caliente | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama | |
| 2016 | Desamparad@s | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | White Hotel | Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Boy Kumasenu | Sean Graham | ||
| 1980 | Love Brewed in the African Pot | Kwaw Ansah | ||
| 1987 | Zinabu | William Akuffo and Richard Quartey | ||
| 1993 | Sankofa | Haile Gerima | drama | This film is Burkinabé,[clarification needed] but shot in Ghana. |
| 2005 | Emmanuel's Gift | Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern | documentary | |
| 2006 | Run Baby Run | Emmanuel Apea | action | |
| 2006 | A Goat's Tail | Julius Amedume | ||
| 2007 | Princess Tyra | Frank Rajah Arase | drama | |
| 2009 | A Sting in a Tale | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | thriller | |
| 2010 | Coz Ov Moni | King Luu | musical | |
| 2010 | Sinking Sands | Leila Djansi | drama | |
| 2011 | An African Election | Jarreth and Kevin Merz | documentary | |
| 2011 | Ties That Bind | Leila Djansi | drama | |
| 2012 | Contract | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | ||
| 2013 | Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge) | King Luu | musical | |
| 2015 | Heaven | Abu Idi - Haus of Euphorium | thriller | |
| 2021 | Borga | York-Fabian Raabe | drama | German-Ghanaian co-production |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Mortu Nega | Flora Gomes | historical drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | When Fate Hardens (also known as Destiny is Very Hard) |
Abdella Zarok | feature film | [4] |
| 1974 | The Road | Mohamed Shaaban | feature film | [4] |
| 1976 | Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known as The Message) |
Moustapha Akkad | biographical adventure drama | |
| 1977 | Les Ambassadeurs | Naceur Ktar | drama | |
| 1977 | The Green Light (al-Daw’ al-Akhdar) | Abedalla Mushbahi | [4] | |
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | biographical war drama | |
| 1983 | Battle of Tagrift (Ma’rakat Taqraft) | Mushafa Kashem and Mohamed Ayad Driza | war drama | [4] |
| 1985 | The Bomb Shell (al-Shaziya) (also known as The Splinter) |
Mohamed Ferjani | [4] | |
| 1986 | Love in Narrow Alleys (Hub fi al-aziqa al-dayiqa) | Muhamad Abd al-Jalil Qanidi | [5] | |
| 1993/4 | Symphony of Rain (Ma’azufatu al-matar) | Abdella Zarok | [4] |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tabataba | Raymond Rajaonarivelo | ||
| 2004 | Souli | Alexander Abela | drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi | Sierra Bellows, Doug Karr | documentary |
- Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | action adventure | |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Charles Burnett | drama | |
| 2009 | Rider without a Horse | Tim Huebschle | short film | |
| 2011 | Looking for Iilonga | Tim Huebschle | short film | |
| 2015 | Katutura | Florian Schott | drama | |
| 2019 | Hairareb | Oshoveli Shipoh | drama | |
| 2019 | #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm | Tim Huebschle | thriller | |
| 2020 | Walking Forward | Tim Huebschle, Ndinomholo Ndilula | web series |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 100 Days | Nick Hughes | drama | |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Terry George | historical drama war | |
| 2005 | Sometimes in April | Raoul Peck | historical drama war television film | |
| 2007 | Munyurangabo | Lee Isaac Chung | ||
| 2012 | Ibara | Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana | action |
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| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Cry Freetown | Sorious Samura | documentary | |
| 2012 | SALAY | Ali Kamanda | short-film |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Geedka nolosha | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said | ||
| 1992 | La Conchiglia | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | God Grew Tired of Us | Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker | documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | drama | |
| 2003 | Bongoland | Josiah Kibira |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Kouami | Metonou Do Kokou | short | |
| 1979 | Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti | Kodjo Goncalves | short documentary | |
| 1986 | The Blooms of Banjeli | Carlyn Saltman | short documentary | |
| 1988 | Bawina | Minza Bataba | short | |
| 1991 | Ashakara | Gérard Louvin | ||
| 1994 | Femmes aux yeux ouverts | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary | |
| 1996 | Les Oubliées | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary | |
| 1999 | Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary | |
| 2002 | Le Dilemme d'Eya | Adjiké Assouma | short drama |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Guns for Sale | Richard Alwyn | documentary | |
| 2001 | ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | documentary | |
| 2006 | Invisible Children | short documentary | ||
| 2010 | Who Killed Captain Alex? | Nabwana IGG | action film | |
| 2010 | Yogera | Donald Mugisha | drama film | |
| 2011 | Hello | Usama Mukwaya | short | |
| 2011 | State Research Bureau | |||
| 2012 | The Life | Nana Kagga | drama film | |
| 2013 | In Just Hours | Usama Mukwaya | short | [6] |
| 2013 | The Route | |||
| 2014 | Bala Bala Sese | |||
| 2015 | Tiktok | Usama Mukwaya | short | |
| 2015 | Sipi | |||
| 2016 | Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | sports drama | |
| 2016 | Bad Black | Nabwana IGG | action film | |
| 2017 | Kony: Order from Above | Steve T. Ayeny | war film | |
| 2018 | Veronica's Wish | Rehema Nanfuka | feature film | Drama film |
| 2018 | BreadWinner | Ochwo emmax | short film | Drama film |
| 2021 | Black Glove | Angella Emurwon | Mystery-thriller |
Produced at Sebamala Arts in conjunction with SOLOFX in Uganda. |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide? | Collective direction | documentary | [7] |
| 2011 | Wilaya | Pedro Pérez Rosado | drama | |
| 2012 | La Badil (No Other Choice) | Dominic Brown | short documentary |
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Macadam tribu | José Zeka Laplaine |
- Forbidden Fruit (2000)
See also
References
- ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ^ a b c d e f Hans-Christian Mahnke and Ramadan Salim, On Film and cinema in Libya – Interview with Libyan film critic and festival director Ramadan Salim, African Film Festival, Inc., 2014.
- ^ Film in Libya, in Annette Kuhn & Guy Westwell, A Dictionary of Film Studies, Oxford University Press, online version, 2012.
- ^ "In Just Hours | Ugscreen | Ugandan Movies, Actors, Movie News". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "SAHARA OCCIDENTAL INDÉPENDANCE OU GÉNOCIDE ? - Bruno MUEL - 1976". Ciné-Archives (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links
- African Media Program Database, Michigan State University - comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos