STORY: For photographer Amy Saar, a roll of film and her vintage Pentax camera are the best way to capture Senegal's capital city. "I find that Dakar looks great with certain colored films because ...

As the 30th edition of the Cascade Festival of African Films winds down, the annual celebration of art from the world’s second-most populous continent is spending its final days showcasing female ...

Kino Lorber has acquired from Best Friend Forever all North American distribution rights to Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s directorial debut “Banel & Adama,” a beautifully haunting story of young love and ...

Jean Luc Herbulot’s cool, kinetic thriller is a slick advertisement for a new brand of African cinema: "Maybe this will inspire future filmmakers to follow us and tell stories on this continent that ...

Senegal has selected Mati Diop's debut feature 'Atlantics' to be its 2020 Oscar contender in the best international feature film category. By Scott Roxborough Senegal has picked Mati Diop‘s Cannes ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - To capture the harsh reality of life in Senegal, film director Mati Diop chose young people she met at building sites, bars and in Dakar's poorer suburbs as the stars of 'Atlantics', ...

The PCC Cascade Festival of African Films (CFAF) will close their 30th festival with the zany, zestful film-cum-musical, Life is Fare, the first Eritrean film to be shown at CFAF. They are delighted ...