• Katarina Hedrén

The Congolese cites the crime film, 'Carlito's Way,' starring Al Paciono, as a project he wished he had made. You can see the inspiration in "Viva Riva," his breakout film.

• Katarina Hedrén

The legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani is considered the bridge between the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers and Nollywood.

• Katarina Hedrén

Essuman believes that confining any storyteller to labels like "African stories" is a disservice to the story and the one telling it.

• Katarina Hedrén

The Nairobi-based filmmaker and musician aims to bring stories, pictures and sound together to create something immutable on the screen.

• Katarina Hedrén

For Aduaka, cinema is important if it illuminates or resonates something that makes up the essence of this thing called human nature.

• Katarina Hedrén

Okpako wants to show people as they see themselves but in a way that others can recognize themselves as well.

• Katarina Hedrén

The Ivorian filmmaker wished he had made Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, based on the filmmaker’s own dreams, when the fantastical infiltrates the real.

• Katarina Hedrén

Ruhorahoza wished he made "Sans Soleil" by Chris Marker: "The film is a good example of the work of a filmmaker who has reached maturity and an artist who is truly free."

• Katarina Hedrén

• Katarina Hedrén

• Katarina Hedrén

Filmmaker Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann sees film as a powerful tool to inspire compassion by briefly letting us live another’s life and expand our understanding.

• Katarina Hedrén

• Katarina Hedrén

The filmmaker considers himself to be a filmmaker who happens to be African: He is driven by the art of storytelling; so his context is African but his film language is global.

• Katarina Hedrén

• Katarina Hedrén

As a filmmaker, Matsetela wants to be an alternative voice, in a topography that’s filled with stories by others, like Django Unchained, defining black people.

• Katarina Hedrén

• Katarina Hedrén