Born in Kinshasa, Djo Tunda wa Munga left the Democratic Republic of Congo for Belgium at

Living legend, award-winning filmmaker and storyteller Tunde Kelani’s (a.k.a. TK) grew up in the town of

Kenyan-Ghanaian filmmaker and actress Hawa Essuman’s fascination with telling stories with pictures and sound led her

Hyper creative visual artist, filmmaker Jim Chuchu lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was

Acclaimed Paris-based Nigerian filmmaker Newton I. Aduaka started his film career in the UK in the

Gender and African-Diasporic identity in Germany are recurring themes in Lagos-born, Nigerian/Welsh filmmaker, video artist, theatre

Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan, next to a movie theater named The Magic. After linguistic

Kivu Ruhorahoza, from Rwanda, made two award-winning short films (Confession and Lost in the South) before

Teddy Goitom is a Swedish-Ethiopian/Eritrean content producer and the founder of Stocktown (1998), “a cultural movement celebrating

Legendary documentarian Jihan El-Tahri started her career as a journalist, working as a news agency correspondent

Born in Bonn in 1985, Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann is a Kenyan and German photographer and filmmaker. She is intrigued

In 1995 filmmaker and griot Dani Kouyaté won the Golden Stallion – The award for Best

The South African filmmaker and screenwriter Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, who made his feature film directorial debut

Moussa Sene Absa is a Senegalese filmmaker, artist and songwriter. What is your first film memory?

Lodi Matsetela is a former copywriter cum a seasoned scriptwriter, director and a partner in Puo Pha

Taghreed Elsanhouri directed the first Sudanese film to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,

Award-winning South African/Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso is the director of the feature films “Man on Ground”