Africa Movies

The sixth short opener for the Annecy Festival, produced in collaboration with our African partners "The Animation School" and "Tshimologong...

A cutting edge voice in comedy, Kenyan-British comic McGrath offers acerbic takes on living in a white neighborhood, the British Empire, and more.

A young man sits at a local restaurant with his friend: but he isn't paying attention to her as she speaks. This film visualizes his chaotic state of...

Lesego's Story is a short film about the struggles of a young girl in Gaborone, Botswana.

Short Belgian documentary on volcanos in the former Belgian Congo

At an archaeological dig outside of Cairo, 1920, an amazing discovery is made, that could turn all previous knowledge of the pyramids on it's head,...

The story of an outsider seducing Ethiopian women.

Rwanda was once a country of peace, beauty and fabulous wildlife. Romain Baertsoen arrived there in 1966 and started to film two of Rwanda's secrets,...

A race is on to save Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and the silverback gorillas that call it home. Once, this area was protected by a...

A mystical performance about the sea and the earth based on a Yoruba folk tale.

Communities in Rwanda have come together every last Saturday of month since the 11th century to build, clean, and plant.

The plains of Africa have always been a hotbed of predator action, but lurking in its rivers is perhaps its most elusive killer: the Goliath...

Gugu is being thrown out by her husband Themba, who is apparently having an affair with an ex-girlfriend. She crashes at a friend’s house,...

Documentary on Mozambican music, and the role it played in the country's rediscovering its national identity after centuries of colonial rule.

The film is taken from a comedy theatrical play and it shows the customs of the traditional society in Seychelles.

At a dusty crossroads in the desert city of Niamey, Niger, a crippled beggar is sitting in his wheelchair. He is Philippe Koudjina, who was once a...

Mariama is the best student in her village and has a bright future. Her parents dream of sending her to America. But a predatory teacher and the...

Directed by François Woukoache.

A young student from a family which considers itself "progressive" cannot marry the boy she loves as he comes from the caste of the smiths who are...