Africa: How Creators Pivoted to YouTube And What It Means for African Film and TV: [InfoWire] Over the years, African film and television have undergone a significant trend: filmmakers are shifting away from conventional distribution avenues and streaming platforms. They are increasingly embracing YouTube as a primary distribution channel. As streaming platforms reduce their investments in… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNTH9v #AfricanFilm #YouTubeCreators #FilmIndustry #StreamingPlatforms #AfricanCinema

This evening's viewing: Zero, a Senagalese film by Jean Luc Herbulot. Caught his previous African film, Saloum, at the #Edinburgh Film Festival a couple of years ago, so interested to watch this.

Review will follow on @PhilEdwards 's Live For Films in due course

#film #AfricanFilm #Zero #JeanLucHerbulot

Africa: Netflix Gives African Film a Platform - but the Cultural Price Is High: [The Conversation Africa] Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media audiences were jubilant. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLb20d #Africa #Netflix #AfricanFilm #FilmIndustry #CulturalImpact

AMVCA 2025: Daniel Oriahi and Bolanle Austen-Peters Nominated for Best Director https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/amvca-2025-daniel-oriahi-and-bolanle.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #AMVCA2025 #DanielOriahi #BolanleAustenPeters #BestDirector #AfricanFilm

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #AfricanFilm #Ballet #Madu For folks in the DMV there is one more screening of the film #Madu, Tuesday, March 27th as part of the New African Film Festival at AFI Silver theaters. Madu is the story of a Nigerian boy who learned ballet by watching YouTube and became an internet sensation. https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000070
Worth seeing on the big screen.

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #AfricanFilm #DMV #diaspora @blackmastodon

If you are in the DMV area, there is a full featured animated film made in Cameroon being shown this weekend as part of an animated film fest. I have a conflict and can't attend, but it looks interesting.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/billets-animation-first-dc-film-festival-788535289277

If you'd like to support an absolutely awesome Nigerian speculative fiction film, please head over here to check out the kickstarter for On Our Skin: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/androidpress/on-our-skin

#indiefilm #africanspecfic #africanfilm

I just shared a film to my ko-fi page. Cursed Widow Blues. A short horror about a dead man who won't let his wife love another man.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Cursed-Widow-Blues-S6S3ROEL3

#film #shortfilm #horror #sff #scifi #fantasy #africa #africanfilm #DilmanShortFilms

We just watched the first film at #MastodonMovieClub and this was the beautiful The Burial Of Kojo, and enchanting and visually exciting masterpiece set in Ghana, by the Ghanaian filmmaker Blitz. I look forward to seeing more from this director, especially the new film he is doing, a musical version of The Color Purple.

#film #review #africa #africanfilm

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #AfricanFilm #diaspora @blackmastodon
I'm a couple of days late on this but if you are into African film, the Film Forum in NYC is doing a two week retrospective on the works of the father of African cinema: Ousmane Sembène. They are shining light on the way he highlights the strength and intelligence, and power of African women, Sept 8 -21.
https://filmforum.org/series/sembene

@eneh @Oktopus @giantspecks

yes, the #WorldCinema fund has a specific definition - but the term is still used as opposed to the mainstream (english) #film industry

however, you are also right, that the term #InternationalFilm makes often more sense - or even the more narrow groupings #EuropeanFilm (I gave a seminar about this topic in NY 20 years ago) and also #AsianCinema or #AfricanFilm

@RickiTarr

there is a variety of wonderful #films from #Africa - many slow paced, but very original & strong, including:

“Guelwaar” by the grand master Ousmane Sembene (actually, all of his movies are good)

“Hyènes” by Djibril Diop Mambéty

& definitely #Kirikou by Michel Ocelot

for a few more tips, see my list on IMDB
👇🏽 #AfricanFilm
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005462833

@nadinmai @film @art_film … love #WorldCinema, e.g. some #AfricanFilm classics from #Sembène or #Mambéty; #EuropeanFilm (e.g.: #Almodovar, #Truffaut …) so, yes : 🙋🏻‍♂️

#NAFF #diaspora #AfricanFilm #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackTwitter Sunday took in THE BLUE CAFTAN. Fascinating sad and lyrical film about a tailor, his wife and their new apprentice.
That was followed by FAR FROM THE NILE, a group of musicians from all 11 of the countries touching the Nile, go on tour to show audiences that collaboration, like what they are doing, can help solve the water crisis. They are looking for festivals or places that would like to see the film.
More later! 5/5