List of African films

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The following is a list of African films, arranged alphabetically by country of origin.

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[edit] Algeria

Main article: List of Algerian films

[edit] Angola

Main article: List of Angolan films

[edit] Benin

Main article: List of Beninese films

[edit] Botswana

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1980	Gods Must Be Crazy !The Gods Must Be Crazy	Jamie Uys	comedy	the first of the The Gods Must Be Crazy film series
1989	Gods Must Be Crazy II !The Gods Must Be Crazy II	Jamie Uys	comedy	part of the The Gods Must Be Crazy film series

[edit] Burkina Faso

Main article: List of Burkinabé films

[edit] Burundi

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
	Ni nde?
1980	Ni-Ni
1992	Gito, l'ingrat
2010	Mugisha

[edit] Cameroon

Main article: List of Cameroonian films

[edit] Cape Verde

Year	Title	Director
1988	Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (film)	António Faria
1994	Longshots
1996	Ilhéu da Contenda
1997	O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno
1998	Fintar o Destino
2000	Amílcar Cabral
2005	Siza, l'architecte et la vieille ville
2006	A Ilha dos Escravos

[edit] Central African Republic

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1981	Un homme est un homme
1985	Lengue	Léonie Yangba Zowe	documentary short
1985	Nzale
1985	Yangba bolo
2003	Le Silence de la forêt

[edit] Chad

Main article: List of Chadian films

[edit] Congo

Main article: List of Congolese films

[edit] Djibouti

[edit] Egypt

Main article: List of Egyptian films

[edit] Eritrea

Year	Title	Director	Genre
	Dagmay Hiwet
	Fetihe do KimrAweki
	Hidrido hadar
	Maebel
	meAnta
	Wetoto
	Siqta semayat
2001	White Hotel	Dianne Griffin, Tobi Solvang	documentary

[edit] Ethiopia

Year	Title	Director	Genre
	Selanchi		romantic comedy
1972	Child of Resistance
1972	Hour Glass Hour Glass
1975	Gouma
1975	Mirt Sost Shi Amit
1976	Mirt Sost Shi Amit (also known as Harvest: 3,000 Years)
1978	Wilmington 10—U.S.A. 10,000
1979	Bush Mama	Haile Gerima	drama
1982	Ashes and Embers	Haile Gerima	drama
1985	After Winter: Sterling Brown
1993	Sankofa	Haile Gerima	drama
1994	Imperfect Journey	Haile Gerima	documentary
1995	Ye Wonz Maibel
1997	Blood Is Not Fresh Water	Theo Eshetu	documentary
1997	Gir-gir
1999	Adwa	Haile Gerima	documentary
2003	Mogzitwa
2006	Menged
2007	Thirteen Months of Sunshine
2008	Aldewolem
2008	Teza	Haile Gerima	drama

[edit] Gabon

Main article: List of Gabonese films

[edit] Ghana

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1993	Sankofa	Haile Gerima	drama

[edit] Guinea

Main article: List of Guinean films

[edit] Guinea-Bissau

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1984	Fanado
1986	N'tturudu
1988	Mortu Nega	Flora Gomes	historical drama
1992	Udju Azul di Yonta
1994	Xime
1995	A Mascara
1996	Po di Sangui

[edit] Ivory Coast

Main article: List of Ivorian films

[edit] Kenya

Main article: List of Kenyan films

[edit] Liberia

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1995	The Word Universe: A Journey to West Africa

[edit] Libya

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1972	Lorsque le destin s'acharne
1975	Al Tariq
1976	Al-Risâlah
1976	Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known at The Message)	Moustapha Akkad	biographical adventure drama
1976	Pustinjska ladja
1977	Les Ambassadeurs	Naceur Ktar	drama
1981	Lion of the Desert	Moustapha Akkad	biographical war drama
2007	Last Jews of Libya !The Last Jews of Libya	Vivienne Roumani-Denn	documentary

[edit] Madagascar

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1974	Very Remby
1980	Fitampoha
1983	Dahalo, Dahalo
1987	Ilo Tsy Very
1987	Le Prix de la paix
1988	Tabataba
1989	Angano... Angano...
1996	Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer
2004	Souli	Alexander Abela	drama
2005	Mahaleo

[edit] Malawi

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
2003	Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi	Sierra Bellows, Doug Karr	documentary

[edit] Mali

Main article: List of Malian films

[edit] Mauritania

Main article: List of Mauritanian films

[edit] Mauritius

Main article: List of Mauritian films

[edit] Morocco

Main article: List of Moroccan films

Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)

[edit] Mozambique

Main article: List of Mozambican films

[edit] Namibia

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1969	An Argument About a Marriage
1971	Baobab Play
1971	Bitter Melons
1989	Red Scorpion	Joseph Zito	action adventure
2000	Leni Riefenstahl im Sudan
2001	Diamonds and Rust	Adi Barash, Ruthie Shatz	documentary
2001	Imiti ikula
2001	Uno's World
2004	Bonnie's Momentum
2007	Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation	Charles Burnett	drama

[edit] Niger

Main article: List of Nigerien films

[edit] Nigeria

Main article: List of Nigerian films

[edit] Rwanda

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1986	Manirafashwa
1987	Rwanda, les collines de l'effort
2001	100 Days	Nick Hughes	drama
2003	Histoire de tresses
2004	Gardiens de la mémoire
2005	Sometimes in April	Raoul Peck	historical drama war	television film
2007	Ikigeragezo cy' ubuzima
2008	Ikigeragezo cy' ubuzima 2
2008	Kanyombya
2010	Ay'urukundo
2010	Impact !The Impact
2010	Kanyombya 2
2010	Mayibobo
2011	Amapingu y'urukundo
2011	Gibraltar		documentary

[edit] São Tomé and Príncipe

[edit] Sierra Leone

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
2000	Cry Freetown	Sorious Samura	documentary

[edit] Somalia

Main article: List of Somalian films

Year	Title	Director
1961	Love Does Not Know Obstacles	Hussein Mabrouk
1984	The Somali Darwish	Said Salah
1987	Geedka nolosha	Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
1992	La Conchiglia	Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
2003	Rajo	Abdisalam Aato
2006	Xaaskayga Araweelo	Abdisalam Aato

[edit] South Africa

Main article: List of South African films

[edit] Sudan

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
2005	God Grew Tired of Us	Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker	documentary

[edit] Tanzania

Year	Title	Director	Genre
2001	Maangamizi: The Ancient One	Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill	drama
2003	Bongoland	Josiah Kibira
2005	Maisha Mapya
2006	Johari

[edit] Togo

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1972	Kouami
1979	Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti
1988	Bawina
1991	Ashakara
1994	Femmes aux yeux ouverts
1999	Sarah Maladoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie
2000	The Blooms of Banjeli
2000	Gobal Player
2002	Le Dilemme d'Eya

[edit] Tunisia

Main article: List of Tunisian films

[edit] Uganda

Year	Title	Director	Genre
2001	ABC Africa	Abbas Kiarostami	documentary
2004	Full of Energy
2006	Invisible Children		short documentary
2006	Pretty Dresses
2007	Divizionz

[edit] Western Sahara

[edit] Zaire

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1987	La Vie est belle
1990	Burndown
1992	Le Crapaud chez ses beaux-parents
1994	Perle noire
1996	Le Damier
1996	Macadam tribu

[edit] Zambia

Main article: List of Zambian films

[edit] Zimbabwe

Main article: List of Zimbabwean films

Forbidden Fruit (2000)

[edit] See also

	Africa portal
	Film portal
	Lists portal

[edit] 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