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The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) returns for its 13th edition 3-8 November 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria. Headless, a thriller by Michael Ndiomu, starring Gideon Okeke, Uzoamaka Anuinoh and Baaj Adebule that unfolds at the nexus of politics, crime and Nollywood, will open the festival while Obi Emelonye’s latest film, Out of Breath, will close out the festival. The Igbo-language epic film received nine 2024 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominations.
The 18th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) took place October 25th and 26th. Shaka iLembe, the 2023 TV series retelling of the Shaka, the iconic Zulu King, picked up 12 awards, including for Best TV drama, the most of any nominee. Netflix's Yoh!, Christmas, a romantic comedy, and Outlaws, South Africa's first contemporary western series, both won eight Golden Horns each.
The seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival takes place October 24 to November 1 in the Red Sea Egyptian resort town. More than 80 features and shorts from over 30 countries will screen. Among the feature films in competition include Meryam Joobeur’s Who Do I Belong To, a Tunisian drama; Nabil Ayouch’s musical drama, Everybody Loves Touda, which premiered at Cannes; and Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir’s The Brink Of Dreams, which won the Golden Eye Award for best documentary at Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
Algeria celebrates Revolution Day on 1st of November, marking the start of the Algerian Revolution and the armed fight for independence from France in 1954. Watch Outside the Law a 2010 film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. The story takes place between 1945 and 1962, and focuses on the lives of three Algerian brothers in France, set against the backdrop of the Algerian independence movement and the Algerian War. The film represented Algeria at the 83rd Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.