List of African films

The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin.

## Algeria

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Main article: List of Algerian films

## Angola

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Main article: List of Angolan films

## Benin

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Main article: List of Beninese films

## Botswana

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1980 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | comedy | the first of The Gods Must Be Crazy film series
1989 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | comedy | part of The Gods Must Be Crazy film series

## Burkina Faso

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Main article: List of Burkinabé films

## Burundi

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1992 | Gito l'ingrat | Léonce Ngabo |  |

## Cameroon

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Main article: List of Cameroonian films

## Cape Verde

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2000 | Amílcar Cabral | Ana Ramos Lisoba | documentary |
2024 | Hanami | Denise Fernandes | Drama |

## Central African Republic

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Main article: List of Central African films

## Chad

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Main article: List of Chadian films

## Congo, Democratic Republic of

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Main article: Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

## Congo, Republic

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Main article: List of Republic of Congo films

## Djibouti

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2011 | Laan = girls, friends = Les copines | Lula Ali Ismail | drama |

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## Egypt

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Main article: List of Egyptian films

## Equatorial Guinea

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2015 | Aricó caliente | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama |

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2016 | Desamparad@s | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama |

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## Eritrea

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2001 | White Hotel | Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang | documentary |

## Ethiopia

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Main article: List of Ethiopian films

## Gabon

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Main article: List of Gabonese films

## Gambia

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* Welcome to the Smiling Coast: Living in the Gambian Ghetto
* Jaha's Promise

## Ghana

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1952 | The Boy Kumasenu | Sean Graham |  |
1980 | Love Brewed in the African Pot | Kwaw Ansah |  |
1987 | Zinabu | William Akuffo and Richard Quartey |  |
1993 | Sankofa | Haile Gerima | drama | This film is Burkinabé,[clarification needed] but shot in Ghana.
2005 | Emmanuel's Gift | Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern | documentary |
2006 | Run Baby Run | Emmanuel Apea | action |
2006 | A Goat's Tail | Julius Amedume |  |
2007 | Princess Tyra | Frank Rajah Arase | drama |
2009 | A Sting in a Tale | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | thriller |
2010 | Coz Ov Moni | King Luu | musical |
2010 | Sinking Sands | Leila Djansi | drama |
2011 | An African Election | Jarreth and Kevin Merz | documentary |
2011 | Ties That Bind | Leila Djansi | drama |
2012 | Contract | Shirley Frimpong-Manso |  |
2013 | Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge) | King Luu | musical |
2015 | Heaven | Abu Idi - Haus of Euphorium | thriller |
2021 | Borga [de] | York-Fabian Raabe [de] | drama | German-Ghanaian co-production

## Guinea

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Main article: List of Guinean films

## Guinea-Bissau

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1988 | Mortu Nega | Flora Gomes | historical drama |

## Ivory Coast

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Main article: List of Ivorian films

## Kenya

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Main article: List of Kenyan films

## Lesotho

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* Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991

## Libya

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1972 | When Fate Hardens
(also known as Destiny is Very Hard) | Abdella Zarok | feature film | [4]
1974 | The Road | Mohamed Shaaban | feature film | [4]
1976 | Mohammad, Messenger of God
(also known as The Message) | Moustapha Akkad | biographical adventure drama |
1977 | Les Ambassadeurs | Naceur Ktar | drama |
1977 | The Green Light (al-Daw’ al-Akhdar) | Abedalla Mushbahi |  | [4]
1981 | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | biographical war drama |
1983 | Battle of Tagrift (Ma’rakat Taqraft) | Mushafa Kashem and Mohamed Ayad Driza | war drama | [4]
1985 | The Bomb Shell (al-Shaziya)
(also known as The Splinter) | Mohamed Ferjani |  | [4]
1986 | Love in Narrow Alleys (Hub fi al-aziqa al-dayiqa) | Muhamad Abd al-Jalil Qanidi |  | [5]
1993/4 | Symphony of Rain (Ma’azufatu al-matar) | Abdella Zarok |  | [4]

## Madagascar

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1988 | Tabataba | Raymond Rajaonarivelo |  |
2004 | Souli | Alexander Abela | drama |

## Malawi

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2003 | Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi | Sierra Bellows, Doug Karr | documentary |

## Mali

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Main article: List of Malian films

## Mauritania

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Main article: List of Mauritanian films

## Mauritius

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Main article: List of Mauritian films

## Morocco

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Main article: List of Moroccan films

* Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)

## Mozambique

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Main article: List of Mozambican films

## Namibia

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1989 | Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | action adventure |
2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Charles Burnett | drama |
2009 | Rider without a Horse | Tim Huebschle | short film |
2011 | Looking for Iilonga | Tim Huebschle | short film |
2015 | Katutura | Florian Schott | drama |
2019 | Hairareb | Oshoveli Shipoh | drama |
2019 | #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm | Tim Huebschle | thriller |
2020 | Walking Forward | Tim Huebschle, Ndinomholo Ndilula | web series |

## Niger

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Main article: List of Nigerien films

## Nigeria

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Main article: List of Nigerian films

## Rwanda

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2001 | 100 Days | Nick Hughes | drama |
2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Terry George | historical drama war |
2005 | Sometimes in April | Raoul Peck | historical drama war television film |
2007 | Munyurangabo | Lee Isaac Chung |  |
2012 | Ibara | Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana | action |

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## Sierra Leone

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2000 | Cry Freetown | Sorious Samura | documentary |
2012 | SALAY | Ali Kamanda | short-film |

## Somalia

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Main article: List of Somali films

Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1987 | Geedka nolosha | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said |  |
1992 | La Conchiglia | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said |  |

## South Africa

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Main article: List of South African films

## South Sudan

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* Jebel Nyoka
* The Nuer

## Sudan

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2005 | God Grew Tired of Us | Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker | documentary |

## Tanzania

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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2001 | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | drama |
2003 | Bongoland | Josiah Kibira |  |

## Togo

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1972 | Kouami | Metonou Do Kokou | short |
1979 | Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti | Kodjo Goncalves | short documentary |
1986 | The Blooms of Banjeli | Carlyn Saltman | short documentary |
1988 | Bawina | Minza Bataba | short |
1991 | Ashakara | Gérard Louvin |  |
1994 | Femmes aux yeux ouverts | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
1996 | Les Oubliées | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
1999 | Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie | Anne-Laure Folly | documentary |
2002 | Le Dilemme d'Eya | Adjiké Assouma | short drama |

## Tunisia

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Main article: List of Tunisian films

## Uganda

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1998 | Guns for Sale | Richard Alwyn | documentary |
2001 | ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | documentary |
2006 | Invisible Children |  | short documentary |
2010 | Who Killed Captain Alex? | Nabwana IGG | action film |
2010 | Yogera | Donald Mugisha | drama film |
2011 | Hello | Usama Mukwaya | short |
2011 | State Research Bureau |  |  |
2012 | The Life | Nana Kagga | drama film |
2013 | In Just Hours | Usama Mukwaya | short | [6]
2013 | The Route |  |  |
2014 | Bala Bala Sese |  |  |
2015 | Tiktok | Usama Mukwaya | short |
2015 | Sipi |  |  |
2016 | Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | sports drama |
2016 | Bad Black | Nabwana IGG | action film |
2017 | Kony: Order from Above | Steve T. Ayeny | war film |
2018 | Veronica's Wish | Rehema Nanfuka | feature film | Drama film
2018 | BreadWinner | Ochwo emmax | short film | Drama film
2021 | Black Glove | Angella Emurwon | Mystery-thriller |

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## Western Sahara

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1976 | Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide? | Collective direction | documentary | [7]
2011 | Wilaya | Pedro Pérez Rosado | drama |
2012 | La Badil (No Other Choice) | Dominic Brown | short documentary |

## Zaire

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Notes

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1996 | Macadam tribu | José Zeka Laplaine |  |

## Zambia

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Main article: List of Zambian films

## Zimbabwe

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Main article: List of Zimbabwean films

* Forbidden Fruit (2000)

## See also

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* Africa portal
* Film portal
* Lists portal

* Cinema of Africa
* Lists of films

## References

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1. ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
2. ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
3. ^ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
4. ^ a b c d e f Hans-Christian Mahnke and Ramadan Salim, On Film and cinema in Libya – Interview with Libyan film critic and festival director Ramadan Salim, African Film Festival, Inc., 2014.
5. ^ Film in Libya, in Annette Kuhn & Guy Westwell, A Dictionary of Film Studies, Oxford University Press, online version, 2012.
6. ^ "In Just Hours | Ugscreen | Ugandan Movies, Actors, Movie News". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
7. ^ "SAHARA OCCIDENTAL INDÉPENDANCE OU GÉNOCIDE ? - Bruno MUEL - 1976". Ciné-Archives (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2023.

## External links

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* African Media Program Database, Michigan State University \- comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos

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