PANEL AFRICAN? AFRODIASPORIC? PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK CINEMA BETWEEN CONTINENT AND DIASPORA
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PANEL AFRICAN? AFRODIASPORIC? PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK CINEMA BETWEEN CONTINENT AND DIASPORA
What defines an African film? Is it the origin of the director, the location, the subject, or the perspective? And how is an Afro-diasporic film different? While African cinema is often associated with productions from the continent itself, Afro-diasporic films are made in contexts of migration, uprooting and cultural hybridity – often in Western production landscapes, but with a view to African identities, history and visions of the future. Who has the power to define these categories? What role do they play in international film festivals, in funding structures, in visibility? And how do they influence the artistic freedom of filmmakers of African origin worldwide?
Cooperation: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), DW Akademie, KIOSK – Arts Exchange e. V.
Language: English
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Guests
She has worked as a freelance curator for the Cambridge African Film Festival and the Festival do Rio. She was co-director and curator of the African film festival UHURU in Rio de Janeiro and programmer for Film Africa in London. She has been a member of the Berlinale Selection Committee since 2023 and is curator of the AFFK.
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese is a filmmaker and artist based in Berlin. His works are a complex investigation of identity and its amorphous quality in relation to time. His visual essay film MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING, THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2019, was selected for the Final Cut in Venice and won six awards. His second feature film THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION won over 30 awards, including the Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. His new film premiered at the Berlinale 2025. As a visual artist, Mosese has created installations for various art institutions. He has also been invited as a guest lecturer at Cambridge University, the Dutch Film Academy, the German Film and Television Academy Berlin and the Konrad Wolf Film University in Babelsberg.
Rungano Nyoni is a director and screenwriter who first gained recognition with her early short films, including THE LIST (2009), which won a BAFTA Cymru Award, and MWANSA THE GREAT (2011), which was BAFTA-nominated and selected for over 100 international film festivals. Her debut feature, I AM NOT A WITCH (2017), won her the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), where she also won Best Director. Her follow-up, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (2024), premiered at Cannes, where it received the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director. She went on to win Best Director at BIFA once again—making her a two-time recipient of the award for both of her feature films.
Ibrahim Snoopy, a Sudanese filmmaker, storyteller and cinematographer, focuses on themes of identity, displacement and resilience. His debut feature film KHARTOUM was the first Sudanese film to premiere at Sundance and at the Berlinale, where it won the Peace Prize. He has also mentored filmmakers across East Africa, leading workshops on mobile filmmaking, storytelling, and production techniques, particularly in refugee communities and high-risk areas that are rich in stories but lack exposure. He is committed to sustainable, community-led film production and advocating for the next generation of storytellers, especially those without access to formal education.