Can Africa Hope for an Oscar?
Nine films have been sent to the 2025 Oscars by African countries. Will any one get a nomination?
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Author: Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
An Interview with Toby Schmutzler and Milcah Cherotich
TFV spoke with Milcah Cherotich and Toby Schmutzler, two of the persons behind ‘Nawi’, Kenya’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
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“This film disproves the supremacy of Global North academic institutions”: an interview with ‘The Shadow Scholars’ director Eloise King
British director Eloise King discusses her documentary ‘The Shadow Scholars’, showing at the 2024 edition of IDFA, and what it says about the intellectual capacities of the Global South.
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Writing Hawa
The unpredictable nature of conflict robs ‘Writing Hawa’ of much of its compelling titular character, but Najiba Noori’s pro-feminist and anti-Taliban project emerges unscathed in ideological terms.
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