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)

2022

2022 poster

2022 CFAF poster

2021

2021 poster and animation

2020 festival poster by Max Tobler

Poster by Max Tobler

2021 films

Air Conditioner, Fradique (Angola)
Arab Blues, Manele Labidi (Tunisia)
Blood Rider, Jon Kasbe (Nigeria)
Desrances, Apolline Traore (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast)
Dhalinyaro (Youth), Lula Ali Ismail (Djibouti)
Downstream To Kinshasa, Dieudo Hamadi (DRC)
Farewell Amor, Ekwa Msangi (Tanzania, United States)
Finding Sally, Tamara Mariam Dawit (Canada, Ethiopia)
Hero – Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross, Frances-Anne Solomon (Trinidad and Tobago)
Hyphen, Laura Kamugisha (Canada)
Lusala, Mugambi Nthiga (Kenya)
Minga and the Broken Spoon, Claye Edou (Cameroon)
Nafi’s Father, Mamadou Dia (Senegal)
Patois, Andre Muir (United States)
Pumzi, Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
Softie, Sam Soko (Kenya)
Subira, Ravneet Sippy Chadha (Kenya)
The Ghost and the House of Truth, Akin Omotoso (Nigeria)
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho, South Africa)
When We’re Born, Tamer Ezzat (Egypt)
Whispering Truth to Power, Shameela Seedat (South Africa)
You Will Die At Twenty, Amjad Abu Alala (Sudan)

2020

2020 poster and animation

2020 poster

Poster by A.J. Reid.

2020 visiting artists

Blitz Bazawule (Ghana, USA)
Sephora Woldu (Eritrea, USA)
Ifrah Mansour (Somalia, USA)

2020 films

Adam, Maryam Touzani (Morocco)
Alyam, Alyam / Oh the Days!, Ahmed El Maanouni (Morocco)
Beles, Sam Gebremiche (Short, Eritrea)
Belly Flop, Jeremy Collins (South Africa)
Boxing Libreville, Amedée Pacôme Nkoulou (Gabon)
Electricity, Miklas Manneke (South Africa)
Everything Must Fall, Rehad Desai (South Africa)
Fatwa, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)
Freedom Fields, Naziha Arebi (Libya)
Gao, Resistance of a People, Kassim Sanogo (Mali)
How to Have Fun in a Civil War, Ifrah Mansour (Theatre, Somalia, USA)
Ishaba, Yuhi Amuli (Short, Rwanda)
Kanye Kanye, Miklas Manneke (South Africa)
La Femme au Couteau / The Woman with the Knife, Timité Bassori (Côte d’Ivoire)
Life is Fare, Sephora Woldu (Eritrea, USA)
Mabata Bata, Sol de Carvalho (Mozambique)
Mama Bobo, Robin Andelfinger and Ibrahima Seydi (Senegal)
Muna Moto / The Child of Another, Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa (Cameroon)
Nigerian Prince, Faraday Okoro (Nigeria, USA)
Papicha, Mounia Meddour (Algeria)
Photocopy, Tamer Ashry (Egypt)
Sega, Idil Ibrahim (Senegal)
Sela, Rafieka Davis (South Africa)
SenCinema, Amadou Fofana and Josh Gibson (Senegal, USA)
Soleil Ô, Med Hondo (France, Mauritania)
Talking About Trees, Suhaib Gasmelbari (Sudan)
The Burial of Kojo, Blitz Bazawule (Ghana)
The Mercy of the Jungle, Joël Karekezi (Rwanda)
The Shadow of Cairo, Tara Shehata (Egypt)
Woven, Salome Mulugeta and Nagwa Ibrahim (Ethiopia, USA)
Zombies, Baloji (Short, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

2019

2019 poster and animation

2019 poster

Poster by Yumi Moon.

2019 visiting artist

Abu Bakr Shawky (Egypt and Austria)

2019 films

Akasha, Hajooj Kuka (Sudan)
Arthur’s Bike, Tafadzwa Chiriga (Short, Zimbabwe)
Beauty and the Dogs, Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Chez Jolie Coiffure & The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman, Rosine Mbakam (Cameroon)
Essebat, Amira Ghehanne Khalfallah (Short, Algeria, Morocco)
Fig Tree, Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian, (Ethiopia, Israel)
Five Fingers for Marseilles, Michael Matthews (South Africa)
Hathor Stone, Gasser Gado (Short, Egypt)
I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni (Zambia)
Keteke, Peter Sedufia (Ghana)
Little Fiel, Irina Patkanian (Short, Mozambique, Russia)
Liyana, Aaron & Amanda Kopp (Eswatini)
Marie-Madeleine: A Female Chief, Florence Ayisi (Cameroon)
New Plays from African Writers, Bobby Bermea (Theatre, Nigeria)
Rafiki, Wanuri Kahui (Kenya)
Razzia, Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
Restoring Focus, Sue-Ellen Chitunya (Short, Zimbabwe)
Sayeda, Nesma Zazou (Short, Egypt)
Shorts from Emerging African Filmmakers
Silas, Hawa Essuman and Anjali Nayar (Liberia)
Supa Modo, Likarion Wainaina (Kenya)
The African Storm / L’Orage Africain, Sylvestre Amoussou (Benin)
Uncertain Future / Lendemains Incertains, Eddy Munyaneza (Burundi)
Wallay, Berni Goldblat (Burkina Faso)
Winnie, Pascale Lamche (France, South Africa)
Yomeddine, Abu Bakr Shawky (Egypt)

2018

2018 poster and animation

2018 Poster by Christi D’Zurilla
Poster by Christi D’Zurilla

2018 visiting artists

Izu Ojukwu (Nigeria)
Bassem Youssef (Egypt)

2018 films

’76, Izu Ojukwu (Nigeria)
A Season in France, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France, Chad)
A Stray, Musa Sayed (USA/Somalia)
Anger in the Wind, Amina Weira (Niger)
Borders/Frontières,* Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
Coz Ov Moni 1 & 2, King Luu (Ghana)
Foreign Body, Raja Amari (Tunisia)
Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu, Mandla Walter Dube (South Africa)
Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta, Ousmane William Mbaye (Senegal, France)
Kindil el Bahr, Damien Ounouri (Algeria)
Mawlana/The Preacher, Magdi Ahmed Ali (Egypt)
Queen of Katwe, Mira Nair (Uganda, USA)
The African Who Wanted to Fly,*Samantha Biffot (Gabon, China)
The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta (Niger)
Tickling Giants,*Sara Taksler (USA, Egypt)
Vaya, Akin Amotoso (South Africa)
Wúlu, Daouda Coulibaly (Mali)
Zaineb Hates the Snow,* Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, Canada)

2017

2017 poster

2017 visiting artists

Mdou Moctar (Niger)
Christopher Kirkley

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

2016 Poster by Aren Moffatt
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

2015 Festival Poster by Chouchou Lam
Poster by Chouchou Lam

2015 visiting directors

Biyi Bandele (Nigeria)
Chika Anadu (Nigeria)
Peres Owino (Kenya)
Kenneth Gyang (Nigeria)
Penda Diakitè (USA, Mali)
Ron Bourke (USA)
Ekwa Msangi (Kenya, USA)
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

2014 Festival Poster by Miguel Moreno
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

2013 Festival Poster by Seth Nickeson
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

2012 Festival Poster by Cindy Sullivan
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

2011 Festival Poster by Russell Callison
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

2010 Festival Poster by Kirsten Sorenson
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

2009 Festival Poster by Dat Le
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

2008 Festival Poster by Sara Southey
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

2007 Festival Poster by Tabatha Nethken
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

2006 Festival Poster by Cédric Rougier
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

2005 Festival Poster by Braulio Garcia
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

2004 Festival Poster by Vanessa Benn
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

2003 Festival Poster by Laura Reese
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

2002 Festival Poster by Carol Zielinski
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)