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After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
Two brothers — one a narcotics agent and the other a general — finally discover the identity of the drug lord who murdered their parents decades ago. They may kill each other before capturing the bad guy
A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.
In 2012, Deon Steenkamp was murdered along with his wife, Christel, and their teenage daughter Marthella on their farm, Naauwhoek. Griekwastad tells the story of the search to find the truth surrounding these murders.
Following Souad’s suicide, her younger sister embarks on a journey in search for answers. The film seeks to present an ultra-realistic cinematic experience revealing the harsh social dynamics’ weaknesses, which have led to the suicide of a young girl.
An intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete and the female weightlifting community of Alexandria. For 4 years, Zebiba goes through victories and defeats, including major losses that shape her, as she finds her way from dust to gold.
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A young Zimbabwean refugee strives to win a BMX riding competition with hopes in finding his identity, safety, happiness and love.
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An intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete and the female weightlifting community of Alexandria. For 4 years, Zebiba goes through victories and defeats, including major losses that shape her, as she finds her way from dust to gold.
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
Based on the Elsa Joubert novel, The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena, Poppie Nongena follows the life of a South African woman as she is declared an illegal immigrant in her own country
A Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Nigeria in a quest to locate her missing sister. But efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated
Nnamdi Okeke, son of Andy Okeke, is an ambitious young man who wants more out of life. The problem is, he can’t afford the kind of life he wants with his current station in life.
A son needs a transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011.
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
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The Godfather
The series revolves around a large family dominated by Father Zain Al Attar, who embodies the course of the artist Mahmoud Hamida, and has a large number of children who live with him in the house except two, one of them lives in a shelter and the other an aggressive person, and recounts the relationship of this father with gangs of arms and smugglers.
Secret of the Nile
In a quest to investigate the strange disappearance of his sister, Ali gets a job at The Grand Hotel where she worked before her disappearance
Trackers is a South African crime series based on the Deon Meyer’s novel of the same name. It delves into the world of organized crime, smuggling, terrorism and the operations of the CIA in Cape Town, South Africa
Castle and Castle
Castle & Castle Is a legal drama surrounding the professional and personal lives of Remi and Tega Castle. As the couple decide to capitalize on their different strengths when it comes to the law, will the marriage and the law firm they built together survive?
An African City
After years of living in New York, Nana Yaa returns to Accra, Ghana, where she is welcomed by her best friends Sade, Ngozi, Makena and Zainab.
In Johannesburg, tough ex-cop Shadow pursues justice on his own terms and seeks to help those who are powerless to protect themselves.
Queen Sono
South African spy, Queen Sono, finds herself in an intricate web of business and politics as she sets out to find the truth behind her mother’s death
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African Movies And The 93rd Academy Awards
African movies, The Man Who Sold His Skin and My Octopus Teacher, featured at the just concluded 93rd Academy Awards ceremony 2021
Based on the true events of the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon in South Africa, Beyond the River is a story about the triumph of the human spirit.
A young girl, who dreams of becoming a superhero, falls terminally ill, inspiring her village to rally together to make her dream come true
When 3 boys are invited to the beach-house of their new friend, they step into a world previously closed to them.
After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.
In 1997, there is a frenzied hunt for women unveiled in Algiers. Nedjma, a young student passionate about fashion, is determined to organize a campus fashion show against all odds.
A high school teacher flees his war-torn country in Africa for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a home to him and his family.
A passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an epic, four-month expedition across three African countries, through unexplored and dangerous landscapes, in order to save the Okavango Delta, one of our planet’s last pristine wildernesses
In a racially-charged and violent 1950’s rural South Africa, a liberal journalist recounts the epic pursuit, capture and intriguing trial of a flamboyant, native “Robin Hood”.
Based on the Elsa Joubert novel, The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena, Poppie Nongena follows the life of a South African woman as she is declared an illegal immigrant in her own country
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives — which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith — abruptly disturbed.
A man has a recurring dream of being pursued by an ancestral masquerade until he wakes up to find himself transformed.
A daughter sets out on a mystical journey to rescue her father after being trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother.
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
The streets of Casablanca provide the centerpiece for five separate narratives that all collide into one.
A young man who works in his father’s fabric shop has to decide between following the family tradition by taking over the family business or following his dreams of making people laugh.
South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson Mandela, imprisoned since 1962, are charged with serious crimes —and threatened with the death penalty— for their radical activism against the apartheid regime.
A young man from a Kenyan village dreams of becoming an actor someday. He makes his way to Nairobi where he finds himself living a double life to make his dream come true
What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation?
