It’s a strange but perhaps fitting paradox of these uncertain times that while African cinema is enjoying greater visibility than ever before, the market for that output could very well be shrinking. For the continent’s industry professionals taking part in this year’s European Film Market, the hope in a frosty Berlin is that they won’t be…well, left out in the cold.
First, the good news: From a creative standpoint, African cinema is thriving, with premieres at top-shelf film festivals now the norm for the continent’s filmmakers. This year’s Berlinale will see both Chadian auteur Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (“Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars”) and Silver Bear-winning French Senegalese filmmaker Alain
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