Roll Call Africa
Theatrical releases, production intelligence, distribution, and the business of African film.
MultiChoice’s new call for unscripted projects is more than an opportunity notice. It indicates the type of African television the group may find commercially useful.
Durban FilmMart has put equitable coproduction into its training programme. The real measure will be who owns the…
Red Flag opened with EGP 15.3 million while Mahmoud El Tany held second place, giving Egyptian comedies the…
Africa’s expanding network of pitch forums promises access to commissioners and financiers. It is also pushing more development…
The Tehran International Short Film Festival has selected 16 African films for African Horizons. The real opportunity is…
MAD Solutions and IRTH are building a development-to-market route for Arab film and television. Its real value will…
Kaelo Iyizoba’s The Spectacular Death of Prisca reaches TIFF with a Nigerian fantasy language that refuses to simplify…
Jabu Nadia Newman reached TIFF’s Directors’ Lab as its only African filmmaker. The important measure now is whether…
South African cinemas are benefiting from major imported releases, but local films are not leading the recovery. A…
Olu Jacobs’ death leaves Nigeria with more than a cultural loss. It exposes an urgent question about who…
Olu Jacobs did more than create memorable characters. Across British television, Nigerian theatre and Nollywood, he helped establish…
African films are increasingly visible at major festivals. RollCallAfrica investigates the harder question: which titles secure sales, release…
