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🎬 Catch Black Burns Fast BlackBurnsFast by Sandulela Asanda at Goethe-Institut Nairobi this Saturday! Goethe-Institut Kenya

📍 Goethe-Institut Nairobi
🗓️ Sat, 20 June
⏱️ 2:30 - 4:15 PM

At an elite boarding school, scholarship student Luthando’s routine year is disrupted when a new classmate awakens hidden feelings, challenging her identity and connections with others.

📰 Kikuyu Land – film review by Michelle Abuti

“We cut away to b-roll shots of Kenya’s breathtaking landscape, depicting lush highlands dotted with tea plantations, Kenya’s most important agricultural product.” - Michelle Abuti

Catch the film at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival: https://encounters.co.za/film/kikuyu-land/

🎥Screening Schedule:
6 June 20:30 Rosebank Nouveau (Johannesburg)
9 June 18:30 Ster-Kinekor V&A (Cape Town)
10 June 18:00 The Bioscope (Johannesburg)
14 June 18:30 L***a (Cape Town)

Read here👉 https://www.moderntimes.review/kikuyu-land/

This review emanates from the Talent Press programme, an initiative of Talents Durban in collaboration with the Durban FilmMart SA and FIPRESCI.

🎉 Congratulations to Jigar Ganatra Jigar Ganatra and Emanuel Musa Marco, co-directors of Children of Honey, on being named this year’s Whicker Winner and receiving the £120,000 Film & TV Funding Award. The Whickers

Children Of Honey follows three young Hadza friends at a critical crossroads of their once-peaceful hunter-gatherer community.
With 90% of their ancestral land lost and modern pressures mounting, they must decide whether to hold onto their ancient traditions or be pulled into modernity.
As the community faces climate change, land loss and internal collapse, the three youngsters must navigate an uncertain future. The decisions they make over the next two summers will shape not only their own lives but the future of the Hadza people.

Deadline extended for the Red Sea Souk Project Market! ⏳

There’s still time to submit your project in development or production for Red Sea Souk 2026. Selected projects will have the opportunity to compete for Red Sea Fund awards, as well as additional prizes presented by Red Sea Souk partners and sponsors.

Submit your project by June 14 via the link Red Sea Film Foundation bio.
🔗 redseafilmfest.com

🎬 Catch You Will Die at Twenty You Will Die At Twenty by Amjad Abu Alala Amjad Abu Alala at Hayy Cinema this June. Hayy Cinema | سينما حي

Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village’s holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil’s father can’t stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.

We are pleased to announce the lineup of participants for the 19th edition of Talents Durban.

The 2026 edition reflects the diversity of African storytelling, bringing together participants from 17 African countries, 25 participants, and 6 film critics selected across fiction features, documentaries, short films, episodic content, animation, and film criticism.

2026 Official selection:

Fiction Features
Meekaaeel Adam – The Violent Type (South Africa)
Russell Oru – The Things We Leave Behind (Nigeria)
Kelvin Kagambo – Dogi Dogi (Tanzania)
Shandra Apondi – The Words I Do Not Have (Kenya)
Lawrencia Aphua Larbi-Amoah – Bare Feet (Ghana)
Mélanie K. ZAWADI – THE BASEMENT (DRC)


Documentaries
Junior Mozese – ABÉTI (DRC)
Hussein Eddeb – The birth of Derna (Libya)
Sarra El Abed – Goodbye Party (Tunisia)
Michelle Simon – Rivers: Under Threat (South Africa)
Ramaroson Razafimbelo Anatole – Fitampoha, the return of the king of Menabe (Madagascar)
Ahmed Shams Nagm Eldin – SABARY (Sudan)


Fiction Shorts
Ghazzal Abdullah – Facing the Sun (Egypt)
Tendaiishe Chitima – The Last Tree on Kilimanjaro (Zimbabwe)
Moso Sematlane – Nightbirds (Lesotho)
Xola Limba – Only We Remain (South Africa)
Sarah Abena Adjei – Awake (Ghana)
Daisy Masembe – Rukia (Uganda)


Episodic
Cheyi Okoaye – Cause, Effect & Maybe Consequences? (Nigeria)
Des Dlamini – Slightly Awkward (South Africa)
Rudo Furusa – Borrowed Skin (Botswana)
SOGOBA Hawa – The Eleventh Year (Mali)


Animation
P**e Mohotsi – Amandla (South Africa)
Jack Machiridza – All You Sheep (Zimbabwe)
Kirollos George – Alexandria forever (Egypt)


Talent Press
Elijah Oluwanisola (Nigeria)
NEYA Harouna (Burkina Faso)
Hlumela Luvuno (South Africa)
Michelle Abuti (Kenya)
Wilfred Okiche (Nigeria) – Alumni
Domoina Ratsara (Madagascar) – Alumni

Explore the full list of official participants here: https://durbanfilmmart.co.za/news/

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