2017 Statement
The Peoples’ Revolution The urge to reclaim stolen images and voices has been a motto for African filmmakers and artists since the 60s. Cinema has served as a megaphone for …
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2019 Statement
Presented under the banner Beyond Borders: Storytelling Across Time, the 26th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) reaches back into the past and forward into the unknown, weaving a story of the …
About the NYAFF
AFF’s flagship program, the annual New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) is curated around a timely theme and presented in collaboration with Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Cinema in Harlem, …
An SLCCP Update
Since completing training, the following SLCCP participants have gone on to work in various roles in media, production and education. Read about their experiences below. Fouad Kargbo – Participant and …
Maria Varela: Beloved Chariot
Pickering, Bridget
Speight, A. Rico
Films shown in AFF, Inc. Programs:Who’s Gonna Take the Weight? (?)Where Are They Now? (?)
Where Are They Now?
Karekezi, Joël
Souaré, Djaka
Submissions
Submissions for the 2024 New York African Film Festival are now open. Deadlines & Fees Earlybird Deadline: December 20, 2023 Short Film: $15Feature Film: $30 Regular Deadline: January 15, 2024 …
2020 Statement
The 27th New York African Film Festival “Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present” This year’s New York African Film Festival (NYAFF), returns virtually for its 27th edition. Presented by …
Educational Resources
AFF is happy to support families and students who are learning remotely by providing learning resource materials and activities!
Made to Move
Image above: Wunmi in her Brooklyn studio where she sews costumes for the stage and works on new designs for her Wow Wow fashion line, produced in partnership with artisans …
12th Annual Family Day Celebration
Our annual Family Day Celebration is back for its 12th edition! Join the Trust for Governors Island and AFF for this highly anticipated day of enjoyment! Fun-seeking individuals of all …
Joseph Gaï Ramaka
The interview that follows with the veteran and noted Senegalese filmmaker Joseph Gaï Ramaka addresses two issues of importance to political film practice. The first concerns the deployment of the …
Benm’Barek-Aloïsi, Meryem
The Sierra Leone-United States Connection
Amended from a speech given by Melbourne Garber, Chairman of the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America and President of the Krio Descendants Union Northeast region, at the …
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925 – 1987)
The oldest of eight children, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was born in Porto Novo, Benin (former Dahomey) on January 30, 1925, His great-grandfather, a Muslim Yoruba, was a member of a …
Farewell Meu Amor
Mwine, Ntare Guma Mbaho
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Anton (2016) Filmography: Anton (2015)
Notes from the 23rd New York African Film Festival
Each year, attending the African Film Festival feels like embarking on a journey across the heart of Africa. I am a comfortable traveler though, and from my seat at Lincoln …
Zeleke, Yared
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Lamb (2016). Filmography: Full (2009); Housewarming (2009); The Quiet Garden (2009); Lamb (2015).
Peters, Clarence
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Hex (2016). Filmography: Hex (2015).
Reding, Nick
Biography: Nick Reding was born in 1962 in the UK. He had already built up a substantial career in acting such as The Constant Gardener and Blood Diamond, when he founded Nairobi Sponsored Arts …
2016 Statement
Modern Days, Ancient Nights: 50 Years of African Filmmaking When Senegalese pioneer Ousmane Sembène premiered his masterpiece Black Girl at Cannes in 1966, it was the first time a Sub-Saharan feature film …
Perkin, Deborah
(Source: http://www.deborahperkin.com) Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Bastards (2014). Filmography: Out of the Doll’s House: Breaking Free (1988); Taking Liberties: Trooping the Colour (1989); Taking Liberties: Positive Discrimination (1989); Taking Liberties: …
Nwanguma, Omelihu
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Area Boys (2010).
The Sierra Leone CCP Oral History Project Pt. 2
As a part of CCP training, participants receive interviewing instructions and interview various members of Sierra Leone society. As a collection, these interviews provide a diverse overview of various segments …
When Film Is a Festival
While millions of Americans experience the rise and fall of summer blockbusters, enthusiastic audiences see radically different movies in jam-packed theaters. I’m not thinking of your local multiplex, where the …
Raíces- Rediscovered: They Are We
Fasasi, Dare
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Head Gone (2015, 2016).
McKenzie, Carey
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Cold Harbour (2015) Heartspace (1997 – South Africa Program)
2015 Statement
Loyal to its mission, the New York African Film Festival returns with the most thrilling and multifaceted annual selection of African films from the continent and the Diaspora to NYC …
My FESPACO Diary: One Filmmaker's Journey to Africa's Oscars
Above Photo: FESPACO Headquarters (Iquo B. Essien) After an October 2014 coup toppled the 27-year presidency of Blaise Compaoré, most thought the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) …
Ndiaye, Cheikh
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: Wrestling Grounds / L’Appel des Arènes (2009). Filmography: Toumouranke (1993) Mousso (1996) Dipri la puissance du séké (1999) Myaé (2002) Wrestling Grounds / L’Appel …
Selma and the American-ness of the Academy
Last week, I attended a screening of Ava DuVernay’s Selma about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1965 voting rights marches of Alabama. Desperate for inspiration, fresh off my second rejection …
Review of “Little John”
Shot in video, in the style of a news report, the film begins with the arrival of refugees in a UN camp. But very quickly, the camera becomes more fictional …
They Are We
Christopher, Emma
Films Shown in AFF, Inc. Programs: They Are We (2014).