Filmography
Below are all the films shown at CFAF in the past, including festival posters and animations for each year. The posters were designed by graphic design students at Portland Community College. Felipe Mirez, a local digital artist and animator, develops a 3-D animation for the festival each year.
Films with an asterisks (*) are available in the PCC Library’s African Film Collection. If you are not a PCC student, inquire about a guest library card.
Key: Film Title, Director (Country)
2017
2017 poster and animation
Poster by Lauren Johnson
2017 visiting artists
- Mdou Moctar (Niger)
- Christopher Kirkley (USA)
2017 films
- Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai / Rain the Color Blue With a Little Red in It, Christopher Kirkley (Niger)
- As I Open My Eyes, Layla Bouzid (Tunisia)
- Black Barbie (Short), Comfort Arthur (Ghana)
- Checks and Balances, Malek Bensmail (Algeria)
- Community Voices of Lake Turkana (Short), Narissa Allibhai (Kenya)
- Dry, Stephanie Okereke Linus (Nigeria)
- Dummy Team (Short), George Stanley Nsamba (Uganda)
- Fishers of Hope / Tawaret (Theater), Lara Foot (South Africa)
- Got Flowers Today (Short), Jibril Mailafia (Nigeria)
- Green White Green, Abba T. Makama (Nigeria)
- Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- K3NT & KAT3, Jayant Maru (Uganda)
- Kati Kati, Mbithi Masya (Kenya)
- La Isla, Ahmed Boulane (Morocco)
- Let’s Rock (Short), Younes Yousfi (Morocco)
- L’oeil du cyclone / Eye of the Storm, Sékou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Miners Shot Down, Rehad Desai (South Africa)
- Nawara, Hala Khalil (Egypt)
- Onions Make Us Cry (Theater), Zainabu Jallo (Nigeria)
- Price of Love, Hermon Hailay (Ethiopia)
- Red Leaves, Bazi Gete (Ethiopia, Israel)
- The Cursed Ones, Nana Obirir Yeboah (Ghana)
- The Shoe Maker Pages (Short), Girum Ermyas Gebereselassie (Ethiopia)
- They Will Have to Kill Us First, Johanna Schwartz (Mali, UK)
- While You Weren’t Looking, Catherine Stewart (South Africa)
2016
2016 poster and animation
Poster by Aren Moffatt
2016 visiting artists
- Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
- Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia)
- Shirley Neil (USA)
2016 films
- Beats of The Antonov, Hajooj Kuka (Sudan)
- Boda Boda Thieves*, Donald Mugisha (Uganda)
- Cairo Time*, Amir Ramses (Egypt)
- Evelyn and Tipiwa, Samantha Nel (South Africa)
- The Fall of Ganesh, Sheetal Megan (South Africa)
- Fevers, Hicham Ayouch (Morocco)
- Flower Girl, Michelle Bello (Nigeria)
- The Initiate, Keitumetsi Quali (South Africa)
- Intore, Eric Kabera (Rwanda)
- Kirikou and The Men and Women, Michel Ocelot (West Africa/France)
- Lamb*, Yared Zaleke (Ethiopia)
- Les Petit Chats*, Sherif Nakhla (Egypt)
- Pirates of Sale*, Merriam Addou and Rosa Rogers (Morocco)
- The Rooftops, Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
- Run, Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast)
- Stories of Our Lives, Jim Chuchu (Kenya)
- Unomalanga and the Witch, Palesa Shingle (South Africa)
- Tell me Sweet Something, Akin Omotoso (South Africa)
2015
2015 poster and animation
Poster by Chouchou Lam
2015 visiting directors
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Biyi Bandele (Nigeria)
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Chika Anadu (Nigeria)
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Peres Owino (Kenya)
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Kenneth Gyang (Nigeria)
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Penda Diakitè (USA, Mali)
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Ron Bourke (USA)
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Ekwa Msangi (Kenya, USA)
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Dr. Onookome Okome (visiting professor for Nollywood symposium) (Nigeria, Canada)
2015 films
- A Screaming Man, Mahamat-saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Afronauts, The, Frances Bodomo (Ghana, USA)
- Aissa’s Story, Iquo B. Essien (Nigeria, USA)
- B For Boy, Chika Anadu (Nigeria)
- Bab El-oued City, Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
- Beautiful Game, The, Victor Buhler (USA, Uk)
- Beleh, Eka Christa Assam (Cameroon)
- Bound: Africans Versus African Americans, Peres Owino (USA, Kenya)
- Camp At Thiaroye, The, Ousmane Sembène And Thierno Faty Sow (Senegal)
- Confusion Na Wa, Kenneth Gyang (Nigeria)
- Difret, Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (USA, Ethiopia)
- Electro Chaabi, Hind Meddeb (Egypt)
- Felix, Roberta Durrant (South Africa)
- Finding Fela, Alex Gibney (Nigeria, USA)
- Forgotten Kingdom, The, Andrew Mudge (Lesotho, South Africa)
- Half Of A Yellow Sun, Biyi Bandele (Nigeria)
- Horses Of God, Nabil Ayouch (France, Morocco, Belgium)
- Hyenas, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Kwaku Ananse, Akosua Adoma Owusu (Ghana, Mexico)
- La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Rosy, Mweze Ngangura And Benoit Lamy (Democratic Republic Of The Congo)
- Lessons Of Basketball And War, Ron Bourke (USA)
- Living In Bondage, Part I, Chris Obi Rapu (Nigeria)
- Of Good Report, Jahmil X. T. Qubeka (South Africa)
- Osuofia In London, Part I, Kingsley Ogoro (Nigeria)
- Sankofa, Haile Gerima (Ghana, USA, Jamaica)
- Sarraounia – The Warrior Queen, Med Hondo (Mauritania)
- Silences Of The Palace, The, Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia)
- Soko Sonko / The Market King, Ekwa Msangi (USA, Kenya)
- Tilai / The Law, Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Tsotsi, Gavin Hood (South Africa)
- Under The Starry Sky, Dyana Gaye (Senegal)
- Wooden Hand, Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia)
- Words From A Silence, Penda Diakité (Mali, USA)
- Yeelen / Brightness, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Nollywood For Beginners Symposium, (Nigeria)
2014
2014 poster and animation
Poster by Miguel Moreno
2014 visiting directors
- Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Obi Emelonye (UK/Nigeria)
2014 films
- African Drum, Beyond the Beat*, Tariq Richards (West African Countries/South Africa/UK)
- Borom Sarret*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Dear Mandela*, Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza (South Africa/USA)
- Faat Kine*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, Henk Pretorius (South Africa)
- God Loves Uganda, Roger Ross Williams (Uganda/USA)
- Grigris*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad/France)
- Khumba*, Anthony Silverstein (South Africa)
- La Pirogue*, Moussa Touré (Senegal/France/Germany)
- Last Flight to Abuja*, Obi Emelonye (Nigeria/UK)
- Man on Ground*, Akin Omotoso (South Africa)
- Moi Zaphira!*, Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Mother of George*, Andrew Dosunmu (USA/Nigeria)
- Nairobi Half-Life, David Tosh Gitonga (Kenya/Germany)
- On the Edge, Leila Kilani (Morocco/France/Germany)
- Sand Fishers*, Samouté Andrey Diarra (Mali/France)
- Soul Boy, Hawa Essuman (Kenya/Germany)
- The Square / Al Midan, Egypt/USA (Egypt/USA)
- Virgin Margarida*, Licinio Azevedo (Mozambique)
2013
2013 poster and animation
Poster by Seth Nickeson
2013 visiting directors
- Eliaichi Kimaro (USA/Tanzania)
- Penda Diakité (USA/Mali)
- Philippe Niang (France/Haiti)
2013 films
- A Lot Like You*, Eliaichi Kimaro (Tanzania/USA)
- An African Election*, Jarreth Merz (Ghana)
- Benda Bilili!*, R. Barret, F. de la Tullaye (Congo DRC)
- Black Mozart in Cuba, The*, Steve James (Guadeloupe)
- Education of Auma Obama, The*, Branwen Okpako (Kenya/Germany/Nigeria)
- Elza*, Mariette Monpierre (Guadeloupe)
- Grey Matter, Kivu Ruhorahoza (Rwanda)
- Inside Story, Rolie Nikiwe (South Africa)
- Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend*, Raymond Saint-Jean (Canada)
- Maami*, Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
- Microphone*, Ahmad Abdallah (Egypt)
- Mwansa the Great*, Rungano Nyoni (Zambia)
- Otelo Burning*, Sarah Blecher (South Africa)
- Pegasus, Mohamed Mouftakir (Morocco)
- Playing Warriors*, Rumbi Katedza (Zimbabwe)
- Rouge Parole*, Elyes Baccar (Tunisia)
- Stockton X: South Africa*, T. Goitom, B. Taft (South Africa/Ethiopia/Sweden)
- Tanti and the Neighborhood Kids, Penda Diakité (Mali/USA)
- Tey*, Alain Gomis (Senegal)
- Ties That Bind*, Leila Djansi (Ghana)
- Toussaint Louverture*, Philippe Niang (France/Haiti)
- Zarafa*, Rémi Bezançon (France/Belgium)
2012
2012 poster and animation
Poster by Cindy Sullivan
2012 visiting directors
- Fathia Absie (Somalia/USA)
- Andrew Dosunmu (Nigeria/USA)
2012 films
- Broken Dreams*, Fathia Absie (Somalia/USA)
- Faro, Goddess of the Waters*, Salif Traoré (Mali/Burkina/Canada/France)
- For the Best and for the Onion!*, Elhadj Magori Sani (Niger)
- Hopeville*, John Trengove (South Africa)
- I Sing of a Well*, Leila Djansi (Ghana)
- Kinshasa Symphony*, C. Wischmann, M. Baer (Congo DRC/Germany)
- Letter: An American Town & “The Somali Invasion,” The* , Ziad H. Hamzeh (USA)
- Manuscripts of Timbuktu, The*, Zola Maseko (Mali/South Africa)
- Perfect Picture*, Shirley Frimpong-Manso (Ghana)
- Restless City*, Andrew Dosunmu (USA/Nigeria)
- Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story*, Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt)
- Seasons of a Life*, Charles Shemu Joyah (Malawi)
- Sleepwalking Land / Terra Sonambula*, Teresa Prata (Mozambique)
- State of Violence, Khalo Matabane (South Africa)
- Tinga Tinga Tales*, Tinga Tinga Arts Coop (Kenya/UK)
- Viva Riva!*, Djo Tunda Wa Munga (Congo DRC)
- War Don Don*, Rebecca Richman Cohen (Sierra Leone/USA)
- Why Are They Here? Chinese Stories in Africa, Yara Costa (Ghana/Lesotho/Mozambique)
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz & More Stories from Africa, Gene Deitch (USA)
- Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children*, Jezza Neuman (Zimbabwe/UK)
2011
2011 poster and animation
Poster by Russell Callison
2011 visiting directors
- Demetrius Wren (USA)
- Cambria Matlow (USA)
2011 films
- A Screaming Man*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Abouna/Our Father*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Arugba*, Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
- Athlete, The, R. Lakew, D. Frankel (Ethiopia)
- Burning in the Sun*, C. Matlow, M.Robinson (Mali/USA)
- Fantan Fanga/Power of the Poor, A. Drabo, L. Diakité (Mali)
- Imani, Caroline Kamya (Uganda)
- In My Genes*, Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya)
- Les Saignantes/The Bloodettes*, Jean-Pierre Békolo (Cameroon)
- Masquerades*, Lyès Salem (Algeria)
- Me Broni Ba/My White Baby*, Akosua Adoma Owusu (Ghana)
- Ousmane/Deweneti*, Dyana Gaye (Senegal)
- Pumzi, Wanuri Kahui (Kenya)
- Saint Louis Blues*, Dyana Gaye (Senegal)
- Sotigui Kouyaté: A Modern Griot*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France/Mali)
- Stolen*, V. Ayala, D. Fallshaw (Algeria/Australia)
- Streetball*, Demetrius Wren (South Africa/USA)
- Waliden/Children of Others*, Awa Traoré (Mali)
- White Lion, Michael Swan (South Africa)
- White Wedding*, Jann Turner (South Africa)
2010
2010 poster and animation
Poster by Kirsten Sorenson
2010 visiting directors
- Joséphine Ndagnou (Cameroon)
- George Amponsah (UK/Ghana)
- John Kani (South Africa)
- Haile Gerima (Ethiopa/USA)
2010 films
- Adieu Mères/Goodbye Mothers*, Mohamed Ismail (Morocco)
- Adios Momo*, Leonardo Ricagni (Uruguay)
- Behind the Rainbow, Jihan El-Tahri (S. Africa/Egypt/France)
- Coming of Age*, Judy Kibinge (Kenya)
- Democracy in Dakar*, Herson et al. (Senegal/USA)
- Divizionz*, Yes! That’s Us (Uganda)
- Fighting Spirit, The*, George Amponsah (Ghana/UK)
- From a Whisper*, Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
- Movement (R)Evolution Africa, Joan Frosch (African countries/USA)
- My Neighbor, My Killer*, Anne Aghion (Rwanda/France)
- Nora, A. Kovgan, D. Hinton (Mozambique/USA)
- Nothing But the Truth*, John Kani (South Africa)
- Obara & the Merchants, Manauvaskar Kublall (USA)
- Paris or Nothing, Joséphine Ndagnou (Cameroon/France)
- Princess of the Sun, Philippe Leclerc (France)
- Sankofa*, Haile Gerima (Ghana/Jamaica/USA)
- Senegalese Women & Islam*, Angèle Diabang Brener (Senegal)
- Sex, Okra & Salted Butter, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad/France)
- Teza, Haile Gerima (Ethiopia/Germany)
- Water First*, Amy Hart (Malawi/USA)
- Wrestling Grounds*, Cheikh A. Ndiaye (Senegal)
- Yacoubian Building, The, Marwan Hamed (Egypt)
- Yandé Codou*, Angèle Diabang Brener (Senegal)
2009
2009 poster
Poster by Dat Le
2009 visiting directors
- Charles Burnett (USA)
- Alrick Brown (USA)
- Kevin Arkadie (USA)
2009 films
- A Love During the War, Osvalde Lewat-Hallade (Congo DRC/Cameroon)
- Abeni*, Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
- Africa Paradis, Sylvestre Amoussou (Benin/France)
- As Old As My Tongue – Bi Kidude*, Andy Jones (Tanzania/UK)
- Awaiting for Men*, Katy Léna N’Diaye (Mauritania/Belgium)
- Azur & Asmar*, Michel Ocelot (France)
- Bab’Aziz*, Nacer Khemir (Tunisia)
- Clouds Over Conakry, Cheick F. Camara (Guinea)
- Cuba: An African Odyssey, Jihan El-Tahri (France/Egypt)
- Death of Two Sons*, Micah Schaffer (USA/Guinea)
- Enough!/Barakat!*, Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
- Fallen Beats, The*, Dhaba Wayessa (Ethiopia/USA)
- FESPACO*, Kevin Arcadie (Burkina Faso/USA)
- Iron Ladies of Liberia*, S. S. Johnson, D. Junge (Liberia/USA)
- Menged*, Daniel Taye Workou (Ethiopia)
- Meokgo & the Stick Fighter*, Teboho Mahlatsi (South Africa/Lesotho)
- Meteni The Lost One*, Wondwossen Deress (Ethiopia)
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation, Charles Burnett (Namibia)
- Nightjohn*, Charles Burnett (USA)
- No Time To Die, King Ampaw (Ghana)
- Taarab: An Ocean of Melodies*, Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (Tanzania/South Africa)
- World Unseen, The, Shamim Sarif (South Africa)
- Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas, Bourlem Guerdjou (Morocco)
2008
2008 poster
Poster by Sara Southey
2008 visiting directors
- Sandy Cioffi (USA)
- Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
2008 films
- 34 South*, Maganthrie Pillay (South Africa)
- Alex’s Wedding, Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
- Bamako*, Abderrahmane Sissako (Mali)
- Black Girl/La Noire de…*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Borom Sarret*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Colonial Misunderstanding*, Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
- Daratt/Dry Season*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Days of Glory/Indigènes, Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria)
- Devil Came on Horseback, The, Sundberg,Stern (Sudan/USA)
- Ezra*, Newton Aduaka (Nigeria)
- Guelwaar*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- In the Shadow of Hollywood*, Brad Osborne (USA)
- Kinshasa Palace, Zeka Laplaine (Congo DRC/France)
- Legend of the Sky Kingdom, The*, Roger Hawkins (Zimbabwe)
- Lion Mountains, The*, Louis Buckley (Sierra Leone/UK)
- Masaï : The Rain Warriors*, Pascal Plisson (Kenya)
- Moving to the Beat, Heymann, Fofanah (Sierra Leone/USA)
- Narrow Path, The*, Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
- Red Glasses, The, Yinka Djin (Ghana)
- Sweet Crude, Sandy Cioffi (Nigeria/USA)
- This Is Nollywood*, Franco Sacchi (Nigeria)
- Under the Moonlight*, Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Wooden Camera, The, Ntshavheni wa Luruli (South Africa)
- Zanzibar Soccer Queens*, Florence Ayisi (Zanzibar)
2007
2007 poster
Poster by Tabatha Nethken
2007 visiting directors
- Thomas Allen Harris (USA)
- Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
2007 films
- A Child’s Love Story*, Ben Diogaye Beye (Senegal)
- Al’lèèssi…An African Actress*, Rahmatou Keita (Niger)
- Bedwin Hacker*, Nadia El Fani (Tunisia)
- Black Gold*, M. Francis, N. Francis (UK/Ethiopia)
- Borders/Frontières*, Mostefa Djadjam (Algeria)
- Crossroads of People*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Delwende*, S. Pierre Yameogo (Burkina Faso)
- Drum*, Zola Maseko (South Africa)
- Golden Stool, The*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, M. Ocelot, B. Galup (France)
- Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema*, Margarida Cardoso (Mozambique)
- Love Brewed in the African Pot*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Nha Fala/My Voice*, Flora Gomes (Guinea Bissau)
- Night of Truth, The*, Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)
- Ochre and Water*, C. Matthew, J Chesselet (Namibia)
- Scent of Oak/Roble de Olor, Rigoberto López Pego (Cuba)
- Sisters In Law*, K. Longinotto, F. Ayisi (Cameroon)
- That’s My Face/É Minha Cara*, Thomas Allen Harris (USA/Brazil)
- Tsotsi*, Gavin Hood (South Africa)
- Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela*, Thomas Allen Harris (USA/South Africa)
2006
2006 poster
Poster by Cédric Rougier
2006 visiting directors
- Sara Rashad (USA/Egypt)
- Eric Kabera (Rwanda)
- Rafael Rebollar Corona (Mexico)
2006 films
- Africa: Open for Business, Carol Pineau (Various African countries)
- All About Darfur*, Taghreed Elsanhouri (Sudan/UK)
- Ball, The*, Orlando Mesquita (Mozambique)
- Coming to England, Keith Taylor (Trinidad/UK)
- Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper (Tanzania/Austria/France)
- Forgotten Root, The*, Raphael Rebollar (Mexico)
- From Florida to Coahuila*, Raphael Rebollar (Mexico)
- Heritage*, Ladi Ladebo (Nigeria)
- Hero / O Heroi, The*, Zézé Gamboa (Angola)
- Hollow City*, Maria João Ganga (Mozambique)
- Hot Chili*, Moabi Mogorosi (Botswana)
- In Rwanda We Say…*, Anne Aghion (Rwanda)
- Kare Kare Zvako*, Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
- Keepers of Memory*, Eric Kabera (Rwanda)
- Ko-Falen/The Gift Exchange, Baba Wagué Diakité (USA/Mali)
- Kuxa Kanema/The Birth of Cinema*, Margarida Cardoso (Mozambique)
- Living with Slim: Kids Talk about AIDS*, Sam Kauffmann (Uganda)
- Maluala*, Sergio Giral (Cuba)
- Other World, The*, Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
- Sky in Her Eyes, The*, O. Smit, M. Ncayiyana (South Africa)
- Sometimes in April*, Raoul Peck (Rwanda)
- Sophia’s Homecoming*, Richard Pakleppa (Namibia)
- State of Denial*, Elaine Epstein (South Africa)
- Tahara*, Sara Rashad (USA/Egypt)
- Tasuma, The Fighter*, Daniel Kollo Sanou (Burkina Faso)
- Welcome to Mali, Penda Diakité (USA/Mali)
- Yesterday, Darrell Roodt (South Africa)
2005
2005 poster
Poster by Braulio Garcia
2005 visiting directors
- Beti Ellerson (USA)
- Norman Maake (South Africa)
- Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
2005 films
- Afro@Digital*, Bakupa-Kanyinda (Congo DRC/France)
- Baara/The Porter*, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Cosmic Africa*, Craig & Damon Foster (South Africa)
- Daughters of the Dust*, Julie Dash (USA)
- Dôlè/Money*, Imunga Ivanga (Gabon)
- Father, The *, Ermias Woldeamlak (Ethiopia)
- Finye/The Wind*, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Forest, The*, B. Kobhio, Ouénangaré (CAR/Cameroon/Gabon)
- Life & Times of Sara Baartman, The*, Zola Maseko (South Africa)
- Madame Brouette, Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal)
- Marriage of Mariamu, The*, R. Mulvihill, N. Ng’oge (Tanzania/USA)
- Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom*, L. Demoz, E. Simonson (South Africa)
- Rachida*, Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
- Return of Sara Baartman, The*, Zola Maseko (South Africa)
- Shanda*, John & Louise Riber (Zimbabwe)
- Sisters of the Screen*, Beti Ellerson (West Africa/USA)
- Soldiers of the Rock*, Norman Maake (South Africa)
- Surrender*, Celine Gilbert (Tanzania)
- Waati/Time, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Yeelen/Brightness*, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
2004
2004 poster
Poster by Vanessa Benn
2004 films
- A Summer in La Goulette*, Férid Boughedir (Tunisia)
- Abouna/Our Father*, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Stree, Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
- Amandla! Revolution in Four-Part Harmony*, Lee Hirsch (South Africa)
- Beat of Distant Hearts, The*, Danielle Smith (Western Sahara/Algeria)
- Benjamin & His Brother*, Arthur Howes (Sudan/UK/USA)
- Bitter Cane*, Jacques Arcelin (Haiti)
- Haiti: Dreams of Democracy*, Jonathan Demme (Haiti/UK)
- Imperfect Journey*, Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)
- Inch’Allah Dimanche*, Yamina Benguigui (Algeria)
- Little Senegal*, Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria/Senegal/USA)
- Mama Africa, Part II*, Fanta Nacro et al. (B.F./Zimbabwe/Tunisia)
- Man by the Shore, The*, Raoul Peck (Haiti)
- Nightjohn*, Charles Burnett (USA)
- Price of Forgiveness, The*, Mansour Sora Wade (Senegal)
- Song of Umm Dalaila, The*, Danielle Smith (Western Sahara/Algeria)
- Waiting for Happiness*, Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)
2003
2003 poster
Poster by Laura Reese
2003 visiting directors
- Aminah Abdul-Jabbaar (USA)
- Haile Gerima (Ethiopa/USA)
2003 films
- Adwa: An African Victory*, Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)
- Bilalian, Aminah AbdulJabbaar (USA/Senegal/Gambia)
- Camp at Thiaroye*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Christopher Changes His Name, Cilia Sawadogo (Burkina Faso/Canada)
- Closed Doors, The*, Atef Hetata (Egypt)
- Cora Player, The, Cilia Sawadogo (Burkina Faso/Canada)
- Daresalam*, Issa Serge Coelo (Chad)
- It’s My Life*, Brian Tilley (South Africa)
- Karmen Geï*, Joseph Gaï Ramaka (Senegal)
- Kirikou & the Sorceress*, Michel Ocelot (France)
- Mama Africa, Pt. I*, Pickering et al. (Namibia/Nigeria/S. Africa)
- Middle Passage*, Guy Deslauriers (Martinique)
- Naguib Mahfouz*, Francka Mouloudi (Egypt)
- Nelio’s Story*, Solveig Nordlund (Mozambique/Sweden)
- Sankofa*, Haile Gerima (Ghana/Jamaica/USA)
- Satin Rouge, Raja Amari (Tunisia)
- Scenarios from the Sahel*, West African directors (Mali/Senegal/B. Faso)
- Sia, The Myth of the Python*, Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
- Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt*, Michal Goldman (Egypt)
2002
2002 poster
Poster by Carol Zielinski
2002 films
- A Door to the Sky*, Farida Ben Lyzaid (Morocco)
- Adanggaman, Roger Gnoan M’Bala (Ivory Coast)
- Boesman and Lena*, John Berry (South Africa/USA)
- Bopha!, Morgan Freeman (South Africa/USA)
- Dakan/Destiny*, Mohamed Camara (Guinea)
- Diamonds, Guns…Sierra Leone & Women’s Peace Movement*, Jan Haaken (Sierra Leone/USA)
- Endurance, Leslie Woodhead (Ethiopia/USA)
- Faat Kine*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Lumumba*, Raoul Peck (Congo DRC/Haiti)
- Naked Spaces: Living Is Round*, Trinh T. Minh-ha (West Africa/USA)
- Our Friends at the Bank*, Peter Chappell (Uganda/France)
- Out in Africa*, Johnny Symons (South Africa/Zim/USA)
- Season of Men, The, Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia)
- Sirga: The Lion Child, Patrick Grandperret (Ivory Coast/Mali/France)
- Steve Biko: Beacon of Hope*, Nkosinathi Biko (South Africa)
- T.G.V., Moussa Touré (Senegal)
- Thunderbolt*, Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
- Woubi Cheri*, P. Brooks, L. Bocahut (Ivory Coast/France)
2001 poster
2001
Poster by Tina Block
2001 visiting director
- Safi Faye (Senegal)
2001 films
- Battle of the Sacred Tree, The*, Wanjiru Kinyanjui (Kenya)
- Bye Bye Africa*, Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Chef/Chief*, Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
- Dolly and The Inkspots*, Jurgen Schadeberg (South Africa)
- Family Across the Sea*, Tim Carrier (Sierra Leone/USA)
- Fintar O Destino*, Fernando Vendrell (Cape Verde)
- Genesis*, Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
- Halfaouine*, Ferid Boughedir (Tunisia)
- Head in the Clouds*, Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
- Hyenas*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Jim Comes to Jo’burg*, Donald Swanson (South Africa)
- Kafi’s Story*, Arthur Howes (Sudan/UK)
- Kirikou and the Sorceress*, Michel Ocelot (France)
- Language You Cry In, The*, A. Toepke, Serrano (Sierra Leone/Spain)
- Le Franc*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, The*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Long Night’s Journey into Day*, F. Reid, D. Hoffmann (South Africa/USA)
- Mossane, Safi Faye (Senegal)
- Nuba Conversations*, Arthur Howes (Sudan/UK)
- Sambizanga, Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
- Touki Bouki*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Yellow Card*, John Riber (Zimbabwe)
2000
2000 poster
Poster by Shawn Jones
2000 visiting directors
- Ron and Queenae Taylor Mulvihill (USA/Tanzania)
- Yemane Demisse (Ethiopia/USA)
- Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
2000 films
- Bab El-Oued City*, Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
- Crossroads of People*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Destiny*, Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
- Fools, Ramadan Suleman (South Africa)
- Heritage Africa*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Honey and Ashes*, Nadia Fares (Tunisia)
- Kirikou & the Sorceress*, Michel Ocelot (France)
- Last Angel of History, The*, John Akomfrah (Ghana/UK)
- Life on Earth*, Abderrahmane Sissako (Mali)
- Love Brewed in the African Pot*, Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana)
- Maangamizi*, Mulvihill, Mhando (Tanzania)
- Pièces d’Identités/ID*, Mweze Ngangura (Congo DRC)
- Saikati the Enkabaani*, Anne G. Mungai (Kenya)
- Tumult/Gir-Gir, Yemane I. Demissie (Ethiopia)
1999
1999 poster
Poster by Christian Messer
1999 films
- Aristotle’s Plot*, Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon/Zimbabwe)
- Everyone’s Child*, Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
- Faraw! Mother of the Dunes*, Abbdoulaye Ascofaré (Mali)
- Fary, L’Anesse*, Mansour Sora Wade (Senegal)
- Kini and Adams, Idrissa Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso/Zimbabwe)
- Land/Al-Ard, The*, Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
- Mortu Nega*, Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
- My Dinner With the Devil Snake*, Jim Blashfield (USA)
- Oggun: An Eternal Presence*, Gloria Rolando (Cuba)
- Picc Mi/Little Bird*, Mansour Sora Wade (Senegal)
- Taafe Fanga*, Adama Drabo (Mali)
- Tableau Ferraille*, Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal)
1998
1998 poster
Poster by Bart Betz
1998 visiting directors
- Taale Laafi Rosellini (USA/Burkina Faso)
- Shirikiana Aina (USA)
1998 films
- Adama, the Fulani Musician*, Taale Laafi Rosellini (Burkina Faso)
- Clando*, Jean-Marie Teno (Cameroon)
- Deluge*, Salem Mekuria (Ethiopia/USA)
- Flame*, Ingrid Sinclair (Zimbabwe)
- Great Great Grandparents’ Music*, Taale Laafi Rosellini (Burkina Faso)
- Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné*, Bassek ba Kobhio (Cameroon/Gabon)
- Sankofa*, Haile Gerima (Ghana/Jamaica/USA)
- Through the Door of No Return*, Shirikiana Aina (USA/Ghana)
- When the Stars Meet the Sea*, Raymond Rajaonarivelo (Madagascar)
1997
1997 poster
Poster by Karen Beck
1997 films
- Ça Twiste à Poponguine*, Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal)
- Ceddo, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Guimba the Tyrant*, Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
- Sarraounia, Med Hondo (Mauritania)
- Silences of the Palace, The, Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia)
- You Africa!*, Ndiouga Moctar Bâ (Senegal)
1996
1996 poster
Poster by Lydia Cooper
1996 films
- Blue Eyes of Yonta, The*, Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
- From Sun-Up*, Flora M’mbugu-Schelling (Tanzania)
- Gito the Ungrateful*, Leonce Ngabo (Burundi)
- Hyenas*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Keita*, Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
- Monday’s Girls*, Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria)
1995
1995 poster
Poster by Justyne Glenn
1995 visiting director
- Haile Gerima (Ethiopa/USA)
1995 films
- Mandabi, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- More Time, Isaac Mabhikwa (Zimbabwe)
- Samba Traoré, Idrissa Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Sankofa*, Haile Gerima (Ghana/Jamaica/USA)
- These Hands*, Flora M’mbugu-Schelling (Tanzania)
- Women with Open Eyes*, Anne-Laure Folly (Togo)
1994
1994 poster
Poster by Sanjana Kapur
1994 films
- Guelwaar*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Kasarmu Ce*, Saddik Balewa (Nigeria)
- Neria*, Godwin Mawuru (Zimbabwe)
- Nightmare in Paradise, Hilton Fyle (Sierra Leone)
- Touki Bouki*, Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
1993
1993 poster
Poster by Melinda Harvey
1993 films
- Harvest 3000 Years, Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)
- Sango Malo*, Bassek ba Kobhio (Cameroon)
- Tilai/The Law*, Idrissa Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Wend Kuuni*, Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
- Zan Boko*, Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
1992
1992 poster
Poster by Marlys Weber
1992 films
- Angano Angano*, César Paes (Madagascar)
- Finzan*, Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
- My Dinner With the Devil Snake*, Jim Blashfield (USA)
- Xala, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Yaaba*, Idrissa Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
1991
1991 poster
Poster by Edina Sagert
1991 films
- Camp at Thiaroye*, Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
- Faces of Women, Désiré Ecaré (Ivory Coast)
- La Vie Est Belle*, Mweze Ngangura (Congo DRC)
- Yeelen*, Souleymane Cissé (Mali)