Ousmane Sembène, often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane which he seemed to favor as a way to underscore the "colonial imposition" of this naming ritual and subvert it, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "father of African film". Descended from a Serer family through his mother from the line of Matar Sène, Ousmane Sembène was particularly drawn to Serer religious festivals especially the Tuur festival.
The cinema of Madagascar refers to the film industry in Madagascar.
Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar is the only film festival in Madagascar.
Alain Gomis is a French-Senegalese film director and screenwriter. His 2017 film Félicité was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.
Caroline Kamya is a British Ugandan film director and producer.
Moussa Touré, is a Sénégalese filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed films Toubab Bi, TGV and La Pirogue. Apart from direction, he is also a technician, writer, producer and actor.
Gahité Fofana is a Guinean film director, producer, editor, actor and screen writer who studied literature and filmmaking in Paris. Starting out as a creator of documentary films, he later wrote, directed and produced feature films.
Ababacar Samb Makharam was a Senegalese filmmaker, actor, screen writer and film producer with his own company Baobab Films.
Moustapha Ndoye was a Senegalese photographer, film director and screen writer.
Thierno Faty Sow was a Senegalese filmmaker, screenwriter and actor.
Pierre Ernest Rouamba was a Burkinabe film director and (co-)producer.
Moussa Bathily is a Senegalese history teacher, journalist, film director and producer, screen writer, and novelist.
Mama Keïta is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi.
Clarence Thomas Delgado is a Senegalese film director, film producer, screenwriter and camera operator.
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal is a French animation producer, author and gallery owner. He is mostly known for producing the Palme d'Or-winning short film 27 (2023), the feature film Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022), winner of the Grand Prix at Anima Brussels, and the feature film Chicken for Linda! (2023), winner of the Cristal Award at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Nina Khada is a French born Franco-Algerian film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Karim Moussaoui is an Algerian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and actor born in Jijel, Algeria, in 1976.
Anis Lassoued is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Many of his films feature young actors.
Mehdi Ben Attia is a Tunisian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Malek Bensmaïl is an Algerian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer.
