Roll Call Africa
Theatrical releases, production intelligence, distribution, and the business of African film.
Lola Shoneyin’s novel moved through translations, theatre and radio before reaching Daniel Oriahi’s TIFF-bound film. This RollCallAfrica public-record profile follows the sixteen-year journey and the women at its…
TIFF’s ten African selections connect nine countries on the continent to at least eight outside partners. RollCallAfrica audits…
Netflix has attached 8,000 jobs and more than 300 titles to its first South African decade. Those figures…
The Polygamist’s global Netflix run is evidence that cultural specificity can travel when format, theme and distribution make…
Two Nigerian thrillers reach cinemas on September 11. Their first competition is not simply each other, but the…
Kava’s catalogue ambition, Showmax’s closure and Netflix’s latest South African success point to the same conclusion: the streaming…
Ahmed Hatem and Jamila Awad’s Red Flag arrives in Egypt on 9 September. Its relationship-comedy pitch faces the…
East West Love’s Australian festival screening raises a practical question: how does a Nigeria–Kenya production build audiences across…
A RollCall Africa cover story on the language versions, sound materials and release economics needed to take African…
Africa is mobilising up to $1 billion for film, but banks still need a reason to trust production…
May el-Toukhy is the only solo woman directing a fiction film in Venice’s 21-title competition. The imbalance begins…
The Odyssey earned $2.59 million in South Africa but only $46,109 in Kenya. One film’s results expose why…
