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African cinema is enjoying an exciting period of growth and recognition. The BFI recently launched Black Star, its season of iconic black screen talent, and just opened its annual London Film Festival with Amma Asante’s historical drama A United Kingdom...

The sixth annual Film Africa festival will open in London on 28 October with a homegrown South African film about struggle icon and freedom fighter Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu. The biopic, Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu, is director Mandla Dube...

Priscilla Anany address the Film Africa gala (Ivan Gonzalez) Palesa Nomanzi Shingle’s uNomalanga and the Witch won the 6th Baobab Award, which was presented at the Film Africa 2016 in London this month. The Royal African Society’s annual 10-day film...

Our own Sam Carey has been nestled in the Odeon Leicester Square for the last hour and a half where the full line-up for the 57th BFI London Film Festival has been revealed (you can see his live tweets over at the @thncom twitter feed). We can now provide...

Now entering its third year, Film Africa, the Royal African Society’s film festival showcases the latest film talent from the continent this November, with everything from drama, comedy and family films representing life in Africa today. African...