List of African films
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin.
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Burundi
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Gito l'ingrat | Ngabo Leonce |
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Amílcar Cabral | documentary |
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Republic
Djibouti
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Laan = girls, friends = Les copines | Lula Ali Ismail | drama |
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Aricó caliente | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama | |
2016 | Desamparad@s | Raimundo Bernabé Nnandong | drama |
Eritrea
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | White Hotel | Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang | documentary |
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | The Boy Kumasenu | Sean Graham | ||
1980 | Love Brewed in the African Pot | Kwan Ansah | ||
1987 | Zinabu | William Akuffo and Richard Quartey | ||
1993 | Sankofa | Haile Gerima | drama | This film is Burkinabé, but shot in Ghana. |
2005 | Emmanuel's Gift | 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 |
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Mortu Nega | Flora Gomes | historical drama |
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Libya
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known at The Message) | Moustapha Akkad | biographical adventure drama | |
1977 | Les Ambassadeurs | Naceur Ktar | drama | |
1981 | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | biographical war drama |
Madagascar
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Tabataba | |||
2004 | Souli | Alexander Abela | drama |
Malawi
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi | Sierra Bellows, Doug Karr | documentary |
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
- Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)
Mozambique
Namibia
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | action adventure | |
2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Charles Burnett | drama |
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 100 Days | Nick Hughes | drama | |
2005 | Sometimes in April | Raoul Peck | historical drama war | television film |
2007 | Munyurangabo | |||
2012 | Ibara | Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana | action |
Sierra Leone
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Cry Freetown | Sorious Samura | documentary | |
2005 | Blood Diamond | Edward Zwick | documentary | |
2012 | SALAY | Ali Kamanda | short-film |
Somalia
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Geedka nolosha | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said | ||
1992 | La Conchiglia | Abdulkadir Ahmed Said |
South Africa
Sudan
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | God Grew Tired of Us | Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker | documentary |
Tanzania
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Maangamizi: The Ancient One | Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill | drama | |
2003 | Bongoland | Josiah Kibira |
Togo
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | Kouami | short | ||
1979 | Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti | short documentary | ||
1986 | The Blooms of Banjeli | short documentary | ||
1988 | Bawina | 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 | |
Tunisia
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | ABC Africa | Abbas Kiarostami | documentary | |
2006 | Invisible Children | short documentary | ||
2010 | Who Killed Captain Alex? | Nabwana IGG | action film | |
2011 | Hello | short | ||
2011 | State Research Bureau | |||
2012 | The Life | Nana Kagga | Drama, Feature film | |
2013 | In Just Hours | Usama Mukwaya | short | [4] |
2013 | The Route | |||
2014 | Bala Bala Sese | |||
2015 | Tiktok | short | ||
2015 | Sipi | |||
2016 | Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | Biographical sports Drama, film |
Uganda
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide? | Collective direction | documentary | [5] |
2011 | Wilaya | Pedro Pérez Rosado | drama | |
2012 | La Badil (No Other Choice) | Dominic Brown | short documentary |
Zaire
Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Macadam tribu |
Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Forbidden Fruit (2000)
See also
References
- ↑ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ↑ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ↑ "Catalogue African Studies Centre". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ↑ Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide?
External links
- African film at the Internet Movie Database
- African Media Program Database, Michigan State University - comprehensive database of more than 14,000 African films and videos
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