African cinema tends to sort of fly under the radar compared to Hollywood. That's honestly a shame because there are plenty of really good African movies out there, exploring various genres and ...

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who earned international acclaim for his role in the Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, the first South African movie to win an Oscar, has died. He was 40.

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, many west African film-makers, writers, artists and media ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A low-budget movie no one in South Africa is allowed to see has become the most talked-about film of the year. For the first time since apartheid ended in 1994, regulators ...

Very few films from Africa have been presented at the Venice Film Festival since its inception. This year, running from 28 August to 7 September, is sadly no exception. Films from sub-Saharan Africa ...

One of Netflix's hottest and sassiest new dramas has not only South Africa but the world talking about marriage, betrayal, ...

Muneera Sallies’ drama follows a young man who tries to unite his fractured community by restoring a blues Christmas choir band. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief South Africa’s National Film ...