List of African films

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

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

Burundi

Year	Title	Director
	Ni nde?
1980	Ni-Ni
1992	Gito l'ingrat	Ngabo Leonce
2010	Mugisha

Cape Verde

Year	Title	Director	Genre
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		documentary
2005	Siza, l'architecte et la vieille ville
2006	A Ilha dos Escravos

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Main article: Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic

Main article: List of Republic of Congo films

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

Ghana

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1952	The Boy Kumasenu	Sean Graham
1980	Love Brewed in the African Pot	Kwan Ansah
1987	Zinabu	William Akuffo and Richard Quartey
1993	Sankofa	Haile Gerima	drama	This film is Burkinabé, but shot in Ghana.
2005	Emmanuel's Gift		documentary
2006	Run Baby Run	Emmanuel Apea	action
2006	A Goat's Tail	Julius Amedume
2007	Princess Tyra	Frank Rajah Arase	drama
2009	A Sting in a Tale	Shirley Frimpong-Manso	thriller
2010	Coz Ov Moni	King Luu	musical
2010	Sinking Sands	Leila Djansi	drama
2011	An African Election	Jarreth and Kevin Merz	documentary
2011	Ties That Bind	Leila Djansi	drama
2012	Contract	Shirley Frimpong-Manso
2013	Coz Ov Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge)	King Luu	musical

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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

Liberia

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

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

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

Malawi

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

Morocco

Main article: List of Moroccan films

Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan (2006)

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

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
2007	Munyurangabo
2008	Ikigeragezo cy' ubuzima 2
2008	Kanyombya
2010	Ay'urukundo
2010	Impact !The Impact	Peter Karanganwa	Drama
2010	Kanyombya 2
2010	Mayibobo
2011	Amapingu y'urukundo
2011	Gibraltar		documentary
2011	Zirara zishya	Habyarimana charles	Drama/comedy
2012	Ibara	Tom Nkusi/Emmy Ruzindana	Action
2013	Rwasa	Theo Bizimana
2013	Ibara 2	Tom Nkusi	Action
2013	Serwakira	Theo Bizimana

Sierra Leone

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
2000	Cry Freetown	Sorious Samura	documentary

2005 Blood Diamond Edward Zwick documentary

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

South Africa

Main article: List of South African films

Sudan

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

Tanzania

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
2001	Maangamizi: The Ancient One	Martin Mhando, Ron Mulvihill	Drama
2003	Bongoland	Josiah Kibira
2004	Joto la roho (by Jennifer Mgendi)	Chrissant Mhengga	Drama	Joto la roho is a Christian themed drama centered on Datty, a young woman who insisted on marrying Micah against the wish of her parents, only to realize later Micah was not even Christian as he pretended and she ended up contacting HIV.
2005	Maisha Mapya
2006	Johari

Togo

Year	Title	Director	Genre
1972	Kouami		short
1979	Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti		short documentary
1986	The Blooms of Banjeli		short documentary
1988	Bawina		short
1991	Ashakara	Gérard Louvin
1994	Femmes aux yeux ouverts	Anne-Laure Folly	documentary
1996	Les Oubliées	Anne-Laure Folly	documentary
1999	Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie	Anne-Laure Folly	documentary

Uganda

Year	Title	Director	Genre
2015	Outed - The Painful Reality	Hassan Kamoga	Drama
2001	ABC Africa	Abbas Kiarostami	documentary
2006	Invisible Children		short documentary
2007	Divizionz
2010	Who Killed Captain Alex?		action film
2011	Hello (2011 film)		short
2014	Bala Bala Sese
2015	Tiktok		short
2013	In Just Hours		short

Western Sahara

Year	Title	Director	Genre	Notes
1976	Sahara Occidental indépendance ou génocide?	Collective direction	documentary	link
1992	Goulili dis-moi ma Soeur	Collective direction	documentary
1999	Lalia	Silvia Munt	short film
2003	Cuentos de la Guerra Saharaui	Pedro Pérez Rosado	drama
2011	Wilaya	Pedro Pérez Rosado	drama
2012	La Badil (No Other Choice)	Dominic Brown	short documentary
2012	Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony	Alvaro Longoria	documentary

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

Zimbabwe

Main article: List of Zimbabwean films

Forbidden Fruit (2000)

References

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

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