Projects / Films
Each project connects title, year, country, director, locations and main crew members into one clear reference page.
122 projects found
Uganda
Nile Shadows
Feature film · 2025
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Samuel Okello
A young archivist follows a forgotten family recording across Kampala and Jinja, uncovering a quiet political memory.
Locations: Kampala Blackbox Studio, Jinja Nile Warehouse, Old Kampala Courtyard
Main crew: Ivan Mugisha, Esther Mbabazi, Isaac Mugisha, Miriam Akello
Uganda
Kampala After Rain
Series · 2025
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Samuel Okello
A restrained city drama following three creative workers rebuilding their careers after a production collapses.
Locations: Kampala Blackbox Studio, Nakasero Rooftop Grid, Old Kampala Courtyard
Main crew: Ivan Mugisha, Esther Mbabazi, Lilian Namakula, Noah Kato
Uganda
Entebbe Line
Commercial · 2026
Entebbe, Uganda · Directed by Samuel Okello
A premium travel and telecom campaign built around Entebbe, Lake Victoria and polished urban interiors.
Locations: Entebbe Lake Villa, Wakiso Studio Compound
Main crew: Miriam Akello, Jacob Lwanga, Doreen Nansubuga
Uganda
Gulu Night Unit
Documentary · 2024
Gulu, Uganda · Directed by Lilian Namakula
A documentary following technicians building temporary broadcast infrastructure for regional cultural events in northern Uganda.
Locations: Gulu Transit Yard, Kampala Blackbox Studio
Main crew: Esther Mbabazi, Brian Ocen, Noah Kato, Brian Ocen
Nigeria
Lagos Signal
Music video · 2024
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by Chioma Adekunle
A kinetic performance film using industrial textures and city movement to connect Lagos nightlife with regional screen culture.
Locations: Lagos Industrial Yard
Main crew: Jacob Lwanga, Doreen Nansubuga
Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa Electric
Music video · 2025
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo · Directed by Jean Makabu
A nocturnal performance film built around rooftops, reflective city surfaces and kinetic street movement.
Locations: Kinshasa Rooftop Grid
Main crew: Jean Makabu
Uganda
Mbale Cutaway
Short film · 2026
Mbale, Uganda · Directed by Lilian Namakula
A short film about an editor returning to Mbale to rebuild a family archive before a mountain road closes.
Locations: Mbale Highland House
Main crew: Isaac Mugisha, Patience Atum, Doreen Nansubuga
Uganda
Golden Hour Kampala
Branded content · 2026
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Samuel Okello
A premium beauty and lifestyle campaign shot across controlled studio interiors and warm Kampala exteriors.
Locations: Kampala Blackbox Studio, Nakasero Rooftop Grid
Main crew: Brian Ocen, Patience Atum, Ronald Kasule, Chioma Adekunle
Uganda
Source of the Nile
Documentary · 2025
Jinja, Uganda · Directed by Lilian Namakula
A compact documentary about river guides, aerial crews and the logistics of filming along the Nile corridor.
Locations: Jinja Nile Warehouse, Jinja Riverside Market
Main crew: Jacob Lwanga, Esther Mbabazi, Doreen Nansubuga
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo Tide
Short film · 2025
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea · Directed by Marisol Ndong
A short film about a costume designer returning to her coastal home while preparing an international shoot.
Locations: Malabo Coastal Hotel
Main crew: Miriam Akello
Uganda
The Girl in the Yellow Jumper
Feature film · 2020
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Loukman Ali
A kidnapped man tells an improbable story after escaping his captors.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Kony: Order from Above
Feature film · 2017
Gulu, Uganda · Directed by Steve T. Ayeny
Two children separated by the LRA insurgency see their love broken by war in northern Uganda.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Tembele
Feature film · 2022
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Morris Mugisha
A Kampala garbage collector begins to collapse psychologically after the death of his newborn child.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Rain
Feature film · 2016
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Daniel Mugerwa
A young woman travels from Masaka to Kampala dreaming of a music career, only to face exploitation and illness.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Who Killed Captain Alex?
Feature film · 2010
Kampala, Uganda · Directed by Nabwana I.G.G.
After a Ugandan commando is assassinated, an explosive battle erupts between security forces and a local gang.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Lionheart
Feature film · 2018
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by Genevieve Nnaji
A woman takes over the family business and has to prove herself in a male-dominated environment.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Eyimofe
Feature film · 2020
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
In Lagos, two working-class people dream of building a better life in Europe.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Mami Wata
Feature film · 2023
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi
In a coastal village, devotion to the goddess Mami Wata is threatened by forces from inside and outside the community.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
The Black Book
Feature film · 2023
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by Editi Effiong
A former agent launches a quest for justice after his son is framed and killed.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Feature film · 2022
Lagos, Nigeria · Directed by Biyi Bandele
An adaptation of Wole Soyinka's play about a royal ritual disrupted under colonial administration.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Tsotsi
Feature film · 2005
Johannesburg, South Africa · Directed by Gavin Hood
A young Johannesburg gang leader becomes responsible for a baby after a carjacking.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
District 9
Feature film · 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa · Directed by Neill Blomkamp
In Johannesburg, aliens confined to a township become targets of political and military exploitation.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Inxeba
Feature film · 2017
Johannesburg, South Africa · Directed by John Trengove
A Xhosa initiation ritual exposes tensions around tradition, masculinity and secret desire.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Moffie
Feature film · 2019
Johannesburg, South Africa · Directed by Oliver Hermanus
A young white conscript tries to hide his homosexuality during military service under apartheid.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Silverton Siege
Feature film · 2022
Johannesburg, South Africa · Directed by Mandla Dube
Three anti-apartheid fighters take refuge in a bank after a sabotaged mission.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
Cairo Station
Feature film · 1958
Cairo, Egypt · Directed by Youssef Chahine
A newspaper seller at Cairo's railway station develops a dangerous obsession with a soft-drink vendor.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
The Night of Counting the Years
Feature film · 1969
Cairo, Egypt · Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam
In nineteenth-century Upper Egypt, a clan survives by looting ancient tombs until a moral rupture emerges from within.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
Yomeddine
Feature film · 2018
Cairo, Egypt · Directed by A.B. Shawky
A man cured of leprosy leaves his colony and sets out to find his origins.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
Clash
Feature film · 2016
Cairo, Egypt · Directed by Mohamed Diab
After Mohamed Morsi is removed from power, people from opposing camps are locked inside the same police van.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
Feathers
Feature film · 2021
Cairo, Egypt · Directed by Omar El Zohairy
When a magic trick transforms an authoritarian father into a chicken, his wife must carry the family's survival alone.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Ghana
The Burial of Kojo
Feature film · 2018
Accra, Ghana · Directed by Blitz Bazawule
A girl crosses a magical landscape to save her father after he is abandoned in an illegal gold mine.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Ghana
Azali
Feature film · 2018
Accra, Ghana · Directed by Kwabena Gyansah
A teenage girl from northern Ghana is pushed into Accra's poorer districts and tries to find her way home.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Ghana
Keteke
Feature film · 2017
Accra, Ghana · Directed by Peter Sedufia
In 1980s Ghana, a couple misses the train as childbirth approaches.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Ghana
Children of the Mountain
Feature film · 2016
Accra, Ghana · Directed by Priscilla Anany
A Ghanaian mother is rejected after giving birth to a disabled child and searches her community for answers.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Ghana
Sidechic Gang
Feature film · 2018
Accra, Ghana · Directed by Peter Sedufia
Three women launch a profitable business exposing male infidelity.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Nairobi Half Life
Feature film · 2012
Nairobi, Kenya · Directed by David 'Tosh' Gitonga
A young man leaves the countryside for Nairobi to become an actor, but is pulled into urban crime.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Rafiki
Feature film · 2018
Nairobi, Kenya · Directed by Wanuri Kahiu
Two young Kenyan women fall in love despite family rivalry and social pressure.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Supa Modo
Feature film · 2018
Nairobi, Kenya · Directed by Likarion Wainaina
A Kenyan village helps a seriously ill girl live out her dream of becoming a superhero.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Subira
Feature film · 2018
Nairobi, Kenya · Directed by Ravneet Sippy Chadha
A young woman from Lamu wants to swim freely despite local customs and an arranged marriage.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Lusala
Feature film · 2019
Nairobi, Kenya · Directed by Mugambi Nthiga
A young mechanic tries to rebuild his life while confronting childhood trauma.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Tug of War
Feature film · 2021
Zanzibar, Tanzania · Directed by Amil Shivji
In British-ruled Zanzibar, a romance unfolds against a backdrop of anti-colonial struggle.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Binti
Feature film · 2021
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Directed by Seko Shamte
Four women in Dar es Salaam face social and family pressures tied together by a search for dignity.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
T-Junction
Feature film · 2017
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Directed by Amil Shivji
After her father's death, a young woman encounters another life trajectory in Dar es Salaam.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Fatuma
Feature film · 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Directed by Jordan Riber
A Tanzanian farmer carries the burden of family labor and resists her husband's destructive decisions.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Bahasha
Feature film · 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Directed by Jordan Riber
An elected official accepts an easy bribe and watches his family, friends and community pay the price.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Morocco
The Blue Caftan
Feature film · 2022
Salé, Morocco · Directed by Maryam Touzani
In a caftan shop in Salé, a couple's balance is disrupted by the arrival of a young apprentice.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Morocco
Adam
Feature film · 2019
Casablanca, Morocco · Directed by Maryam Touzani
In Casablanca, a widowed baker shelters a young unmarried pregnant woman.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Morocco
Casablanca Beats
Feature film · 2021
Casablanca, Morocco · Directed by Nabil Ayouch
In a Sidi Moumen cultural center, a former rapper helps teenagers find their voices.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Morocco
Horses of God
Feature film · 2012
Casablanca, Morocco · Directed by Nabil Ayouch
Inspired by the 2003 Casablanca attacks, the film follows young men from Sidi Moumen drawn into radicalization.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Morocco
Much Loved
Feature film · 2015
Marrakech, Morocco · Directed by Nabil Ayouch
In Marrakech, four sex workers confront marginalization, violence and social hypocrisy.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Black Girl
Feature film · 1966
Dakar, Senegal · Directed by Ousmane Sembène
A young Senegalese woman goes to work in France and discovers a new form of domestic and colonial confinement.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Touki Bouki
Feature film · 1973
Dakar, Senegal · Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Two young Dakar residents dream of leaving Senegal for an imagined France.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Moolaadé
Feature film · 2004
Dakar, Senegal · Directed by Ousmane Sembène
A woman offers ritual asylum to girls refusing excision, provoking a community confrontation.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Atlantics
Feature film · 2019
Dakar, Senegal · Directed by Mati Diop
In Dakar, the disappearance of workers who left by sea haunts the women who stayed behind.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Xalé
Feature film · 2022
Dakar, Senegal · Directed by Moussa Sène Absa
Continuing his trilogy about women, Moussa Sène Absa explores violence and broken destinies among Senegalese youth.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Night of the Kings
Feature film · 2020
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Philippe Lacôte
Inside MACA prison, a new inmate must tell a story throughout the night in order to survive.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Run
Feature film · 2014
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Philippe Lacôte
A man on the run moves through his memories after assassinating his country's prime minister.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Aya of Yop City
Feature film · 2013
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie
In 1970s Yopougon, Aya and her friends navigate studies, family, love and social pressure.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Visages de femmes
Feature film · 1985
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Désiré Ecaré
Two stories connected through song and dance explore Ivorian women's economic, emotional and sexual emancipation.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Bal Poussière
Feature film · 1988
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Henri Duparc
A wealthy polygamous villager wants to take a sixth wife, but Binta's arrival disrupts the family balance.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Algeria
The Last Queen
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Algeria · Directed by Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri
The Last Queen is a 2022 film from Algeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Black Tea
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Black Tea is a 2024 film from Côte d’Ivoire. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
The Grave Digger's Wife
Feature film · 2021
Location to be confirmed, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
The Grave Digger's Wife is a 2021 film from Côte d’Ivoire. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
A Lagos Love Story
Feature film · 2025
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by To be announced
Promise est engagée pour organiser un grand festival à Lagos, mais son travail se complique lorsqu’elle commence à tomber sous le charme de la star afrobeats placée au centre de l’événement. La romance exploite le décor de l’industrie musicale lagosienne, entre spectacle, ambition et attirance imprévue.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Lisabi: A Legend Is Born
Feature film · 2025
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by To be announced
Lisabi: A Legend Is Born is a 2025 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
House of Ga'a
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters
Au sommet de l’empire d’Oyo, Bashorun Ga’a acquiert un pouvoir si grand qu’il impose et défait les rois. Le drame historique met en scène l’ascension d’un faiseur de monarques, les mécanismes de domination politique et le retournement intime qui finit par le faire chuter.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Lisabi: The Uprising
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by To be announced
Lisabi: The Uprising is a 2024 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Water and Garri
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Meji Alabi
Water and Garri is a 2024 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
A Sunday Affair
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Walter Taylaur
A Sunday Affair is a 2023 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
A Tribe Called Judah
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Adeoluwa Owu
A Tribe Called Judah is a 2023 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Gangs of Lagos
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Jade Osiberu
Gangs of Lagos is a 2023 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Jagun Jagun
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Adebayo Tijani, Tope Adebayo
Jagun Jagun is a 2023 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Aníkúlápó
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Kunle Afolayan
Aníkúlápó is a 2022 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by To be announced
Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke is a 2022 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Glamour Girls
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Bunmi Ajakaiye
Glamour Girls is a 2022 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Man of God
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters
Man of God is a 2022 film from Nigeria. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Senegal
Sira
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Senegal · Directed by Apolline Traoré
Sira is a 2023 film from Senegal. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Meet the Khumalos
Feature film · 2025
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Jayan Moodley
Meet the Khumalos is a 2025 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Heart of the Hunter
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Mandla Dube
Heart of the Hunter is a 2024 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Lobola Man
Feature film · 2024
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Thabang Moleya
Lobola Man is a 2024 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Kandasamys: The Baby
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Jayan Moodley
Kandasamys: The Baby is a 2023 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Love, Sex and 30 Candles
Feature film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Stephina Zwane
Love, Sex and 30 Candles is a 2023 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Amandla
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Nerina De Jager
Amandla is a 2022 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Wild Is the Wind
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Fabian Medea
Wild Is the Wind is a 2022 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Angeliena
Feature film · 2021
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Uga Carlini
Angeliena is a 2021 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
I Am All Girls
Feature film · 2021
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Donovan Marsh
I Am All Girls is a 2021 film from South Africa. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Seal Team
Feature film · 2021
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Greig Cameron, Kane Croudace
After losing a friend to sharks, Quinn the seal assembles a group of misfit marine recruits to fight back and reclaim the ocean. Produced by Triggerfish and distributed on Netflix, the film transforms Cape Town’s Seal Island setting into an action-comedy adventure about underdogs, teamwork and turning fear into organized resistance.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Documentary · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Uganda · Directed by Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp
Bobi Wine: The People's President is a 2022 film from Uganda. Story details are being verified for this Unga record.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
27 Guns
Feature film · 2018
Location to be confirmed, Uganda · Directed by Natasha Museveni Karugire, Sharpe Ssewali
Inspired by Uganda's Bush War, the film follows a young Yoweri Museveni and a small group of idealists who choose armed struggle against the political order of their time. It portrays the formation of a military and political movement presented as foundational to the country's modern history, documenting how Ugandan cinema interprets national history, political figures and liberation narratives.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
Queen of Katwe
Feature film · 2016
Location to be confirmed, Uganda · Directed by Mira Nair
Inspired by the life of Phiona Mutesi, the film follows a child living in Kampala's Katwe neighborhood who discovers chess through Robert Katende. While her family struggles to survive, training and competition offer Phiona a path toward opportunity and independence. The story foregrounds Kampala, female perseverance and Ugandan sporting intelligence.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
The Last King of Scotland
Feature film · 2006
Location to be confirmed, Uganda · Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Adapted from Giles Foden's novel, the film presents Idi Amin's dictatorship through Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor who moves to Uganda after medical school. Initially captivated by the new leader's charisma, Garrigan becomes his personal physician before confronting the violence, paranoia and political crimes of the regime.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Uganda
War Dance
Documentary · 2007
Location to be confirmed, Uganda · Directed by Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
Set in Patongo in northern Uganda, a region marked by war and violence from the Lord's Resistance Army, this documentary follows Nancy, Rose and Dominic Akena as they prepare for the National Music Competition in Kampala. Their journey connects memories of conflict and displacement with Acholi identity, music, song and traditional dance as forms of resilience and recovery.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Democratic Republic of Congo
Félicité
Feature film · 2017
Location to be confirmed, Democratic Republic of Congo · Directed by Alain Gomis
Félicité works as a singer in a Kinshasa bar. When her teenage son is injured in an accident, she begins an urgent search for the money needed for his treatment. The film combines urban realism, nocturnal movement and Congolese music in the portrait of an independent woman whose strength is tested by precarity and grief.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
Feature film · 2004
Location to be confirmed, Rwanda · Directed by Terry George
Inspired by the story of Paul Rusesabagina, the film depicts the protection of Tutsi and Hutu refugees at Kigali's Hôtel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide. Structured as a historical thriller for an international audience, it portrays moral dilemmas, diplomatic abandonment and the violence surrounding the city while remaining one of the most widely viewed films about the genocide's memory.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Iwájú
Series · 2024
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Olufikayo Adeola
Set in a futuristic Lagos split between wealth and hardship, Iwájú follows Tola, a privileged girl from the island, and Kole, a self-taught tech prodigy from the mainland. Their friendship exposes hidden dangers and class tensions while celebrating Lagos design, food, language, music and speculative technology through a Disney/Kugali Afrofuturist lens.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
Series · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Shofela Coker, Raymond Malinga, Ahmed Teilab
An anthology of ten short animated films imagining African futures through science fiction, fantasy, spirits, monsters, advanced technology and local mythology. Curated through Triggerfish and released on Disney+, the project functions as a showcase for directors from several African countries and is important for mapping a new generation of African animation talent.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Mkhuzi: The Spirit Racer
Short film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Simangaliso 'Panda' Sibaya, Malcolm Wopé
In a future Soweto racing circuit, a half-human, half-alien boy takes up his mother’s masked-racer legacy to protect his neighbourhood from an intergalactic developer. The film mixes street-racing energy, Zulu heritage, gentrification anxiety and superhero transformation into a compact South African sci-fi action story.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Moremi
Short film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Shofela Coker
A mysterious scientist from a future Nigeria rescues a lost spirit boy from soul-stealing monsters and helps him reconnect with memories of sacrifice and family. Drawing on Yoruba legend while pushing into dimensional science fiction, the short reframes the Moremi myth through grief, motherhood and the cost of protecting a community.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Surf Sangoma
Short film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Nthato Mokgata, Catherine Green
In a flooded Durban where the sea is controlled and surfing is banned, two friends chase freedom through dangerous waves and spiritual initiation. The film combines climate anxiety, coastal youth culture, music and sangoma imagery, turning surfing into a rite of memory, survival and self-knowledge.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
First Totem Problems
Short film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Tshepo Moche
A young South African girl meets a magical totem system at precisely the moment she would rather be seen, heard and treated as her full self. The short uses comedy and fantasy to look at identity, family expectations and the confusing social rules that children inherit from adults.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Twende
Series · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Kenya · Directed by Greig Cameron
Twende follows a relaxed pangolin boda-boda driver whose philosophy that life is about the journey constantly clashes with impatient passengers in a bustling fictional East African city. Built as Showmax’s first original 2D animated series, it combines road-comedy, conservation-adjacent character design and a distinctly East African sense of rhythm and humour.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Iyanu
Series · 2025
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Roye Okupe
Based on Roye Okupe’s graphic novels, Iyanu follows a teenage orphan in a Yoruba-inspired world who discovers powers connected to an ancient age of wonders. The series combines fantasy adventure, Nigerian mythology, music and superhero coming-of-age storytelling, with an African voice cast and distribution across Cartoon Network, Max and Showmax for African audiences.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes
Series · 2023
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Robert Vargas, Marc Dey, Kelly Dillon
Kiya is a seven-year-old African girl whose love of ballet and martial arts becomes the basis for superhero adventures with her friends in Kimoja City. The series is designed for younger children and presents community protection, friendship and creative movement through a brightly coloured action-adventure world inspired by Southern African creators and produced with Triggerfish.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Garbage Boy and Trash Can
Series · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Ridwan Moshood, Nick Wilson
Garbage Boy, a self-declared superhero, patrols his community with his sidekick Trash Can, fighting bullies and comic villains despite having no real superpowers. The show is significant because Cartoon Network Africa commissioned it as an African superhero animated comedy, built from Nigerian and South African creative collaboration and targeted to kids through short episodes.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Bino and Fino
Series · 2010
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Adamu Waziri
Bino and Fino follows a brother and sister living in Nigeria as they learn about African history, geography, culture, science and everyday life with help from family and Zeena the Butterfly. It is an important early Nigerian children’s cartoon because it offers African-centred educational content for local and diaspora audiences in multiple languages and platforms.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
Super Sema
Series · 2021
Location to be confirmed, Kenya · Directed by Claudia Lloyd, Kukua team
Super Sema centres on Sema, a brilliant young African girl who uses science, creativity and technovation to protect her community of Dunia. With Lupita Nyong’o attached as an executive producer and voice talent, the series promotes STEM confidence, problem-solving and girl-led heroism while giving African children a futuristic local superhero of their own.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Akili and Me
Series · 2016
Location to be confirmed, Tanzania · Directed by Ubongo
Akili and Me follows a curious preschool girl from the Kilimanjaro region who enters the magical world of Lala Land to learn letters, numbers, language, kindness and emotions with animal friends. Produced by Ubongo, the series is a cornerstone of African edutainment because it translates early childhood learning into locally grounded songs, stories and colourful animation.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Tanzania
Ubongo Kids
Series · 2014
Location to be confirmed, Tanzania · Directed by Nisha Ligon, Rajab Semtawa, Ubongo team
Ubongo Kids follows five curious friends in Kokotoa Village who use science, technology, engineering, mathematics and life skills to solve mysteries and community problems. As Tanzania’s homegrown educational cartoon, it has become a pan-African edutainment success, distributed in several languages and countries while keeping African children, songs and problem-solving at the centre.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Jabu's Jungle
Series · 2016
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Roger Hawkins
Jabu’s Jungle follows a fearless nine-year-old boy and his magic talking drum as they explore the jungle and help animals in need. Designed for children aged roughly four to seven, the series uses adventure, animal encounters and light moral lessons to create a South African-produced animated world built around curiosity, kindness and playful environmental care.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Jungle Beat
Series · 2003
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Brent Dawes, Sunrise Productions
Jungle Beat is a dialogue-light South African CG comedy series built around animals encountering strange, slapstick situations in the wild. Its global accessibility comes from visual humour rather than spoken language, and it became the foundation for Munki and Trunk and the later Jungle Beat feature films, making it a core African animation franchise.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Jungle Beat: Munki and Trunk
Series · 2016
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Sunrise Productions
Munki and Trunk follows a mischievous monkey and a gentle elephant whose friendship powers a string of energetic jungle adventures. The series expands the Jungle Beat universe with more character-led comedy, using physical gags, visual storytelling and bright 3D animation to reach young audiences without relying heavily on dialogue.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Jungle Beat 2: The Past
Feature film · 2025
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Sam Wilson, Brent Dawes
Munki, Trunk and their friends fall through a time portal and must work with dinosaurs to return home and repair history before alien chaos rewrites their jungle world. This sequel expands the South African franchise into a bigger time-travel adventure, with theatrical release, official trailer, poster and direct family-market positioning.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Adventures in Zambezia
Feature film · 2012
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Wayne Thornley
A young falcon leaves his isolated home to discover Zambezia, a dazzling bird city near Victoria Falls, and learns that courage also means protecting community. Triggerfish’s first major theatrical feature helped place South African CG animation on the global family-film map, combining aerial adventure, comedy and an ensemble of bird characters.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Khumba
Feature film · 2013
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Anthony Silverston
Born with only half his stripes, a young zebra is blamed for drought by his superstitious herd and sets out across the Great Karoo to find a mythical waterhole. The journey becomes a story of self-acceptance, disability-coded difference and courage, while showing Triggerfish’s ability to build South African landscapes into exportable family animation.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Nigeria
Ajaka: Lost in Rome
Short film · 2023
Location to be confirmed, Nigeria · Directed by Spoof Animation team
Inspired by the history of the Oyo Empire, Ajaka: Lost in Rome imagines the dethroned Alaafin Ajaka surviving enslavement, exile and gladiatorial spectacle before seeking a path back home. The short uses 2D animation and historical fantasy to translate Yoruba imperial memory into action-driven African anime language.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Egypt
The Knight and the Princess
Feature film · 2019
Location to be confirmed, Egypt · Directed by Bashir El Deek
A fictionalized seventh-century knight undertakes heroic quests that include rescuing hostages from pirates and confronting tyranny. The film is an important Egyptian/Arab animated feature because it was built around regional artists, music and voice stars while pursuing the scale of a classical adventure musical for family audiences.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Cameroon
Minga and the Broken Spoon
Feature film · 2017
Location to be confirmed, Cameroon · Directed by Claye Edou
Minga, an orphaned girl mistreated by her stepmother, is chased away after accidentally breaking a spoon and must find the only identical spoon hidden by her late mother. Adapted from a well-known Cameroonian children’s book, the film turns a household punishment into a forest journey of courage, friendship and family memory.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Pokou, Princesse Ashanti
Feature film · 2013
Location to be confirmed, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Abel Kouamé
Inspired by the legend of Queen Abla Pokou, the film follows a royal woman whose political intelligence, spiritual power and sacrifice shape the destiny of the Baoulé people. As the first Ivorian animated feature, it is a foundational Afrikatoon title and a key West African example of animation used to retell epic history.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Côte d’Ivoire
Aya de Yopougon
Feature film · 2013
Location to be confirmed, Côte d’Ivoire · Directed by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie
In late-1970s Yopougon, Abidjan, serious 19-year-old Aya dreams of studying medicine while her friends navigate romance, pregnancy, family pressure and urban youth life. Adapted from Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie’s graphic novels, the film is valuable for Unga because it gives animated form to everyday Ivorian neighbourhood culture rather than myth alone.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
South Africa
Moosebox
Series · 2018
Location to be confirmed, South Africa · Directed by Mike Scott
Moosebox is an 8-bit-inspired comedy about Moose and Catbox, a chaotic duo who save Princess Burger from Dr Hipster and other strange threats. Created by South African animator Mike Scott through Nickelodeon’s shorts pipeline, it gives Unga a useful example of African animation talent entering global children’s comedy through game-like visual language.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
My Better World
Series · 2020
Location to be confirmed, Kenya · Directed by Impact(Ed) International, CAMFED
My Better World follows six African teens as they navigate school, friendship, family and personal challenges while building confidence, problem-solving and wellbeing. The series is pan-African in tone and educational mission, using animated drama to connect life-skills curriculum with stories about adolescents trying to make choices in recognizable African settings.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed
Kenya
TeraStorm
Feature film · 2022
Location to be confirmed, Kenya · Directed by Andrew Kaggia
Set in a fictional Nairobi, TeraStorm brings together African superheroes who must stop an ancient wizard from destroying the Earth with a mysterious artifact. Written, directed and animated by Andrew Kaggia using Unreal Engine, it is a landmark Kenyan feature because it represented Kenya for Oscar consideration and placed African superheroes in a locally imagined city.
Locations: To be confirmed
Main crew: To be confirmed