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PLANET AFRICA | FILM INDEX 

This directory is a comprehensive listing of the films from TIFF’s renowned Planet Africa programme (1995 - 2004), dedicated to cinema from Africa and the African Diaspora, including shorts, documentaries, features, and world premieres. 

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One of the most influential decades of Black Film History, the program showcased over 150 films representing the diversity of Pan-African perspectives and the art of storytelling.​

  • 40 Years A Prisoner | Tommy Oliver | USA 2020 *(Planet Africa 25)

  • 100 Days | Nick Hughes | RWA/UK | 2001

  • Abouna | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | FRA/TCD | 2002

  • Above & Beneath (short) | René Alberta  | USA | 2004

  • Adanggaman | Roger Gnoan M'Bala | CIV | 2000

  • L'Afrance (As a Man) | Alain Gomis | FRA | 2001

  • Afrique, Afrique, mon Afrique... | Idrissa Ouedraogo | FRA | 1995

  • Afropunk: The "Rock n Roll Nigger" Experience | James Spooner | USA | 2003

  • After the Rain | Ross Kettle | USA/ZAF | 1999

  • Aïcha (short) | Newton I. Aduaka | SEN/NGA |  2004

  • Ainsi Soit Il (So Be It) (short) | Joseph Gaï Ramaka | SEN | 1998

  • Akilla’s Escape | Charles Officer | Canada | 2020 *(Planet Africa 25)

  • Alexei and the Spring | Seiichi Motohashi | 2002

  • Ali Zaoua | Nabil Ayouch | MAR | 2000

  • All About Darfur | Taghreed Elsanhouri | SDN/UK |  2004

  • Are You Cinderella? (short) | Charles Hall | USA | 2000

  • Aristotle’s Plot | Jean-Pierre Bekolo | FRA/ZWE | 1996

  • Asientos (short doc) | François Woukoache | SEN/BEL | 1996

  • Ataklan | Naked Walk (short) | Walt Lovelace | TTO | 2002

  • Auguy (short) | Munga Tunda Do | COG/BEL | 2000

  • L’autre (The Other) (* Masters Screening) | Youssef Chahine | EGY | 1999 

  • Babymother | Julian Henriques | UK | 1998

  • Bàttu | Cheick Oumar Sissoko | SEN/FRA/UK | 2000

  • Black Attack | Walt Lovelace | TTO | 2002

  • Bent Familia | Nouri Bouzid | TUN | 1998

  • The Best Man (* Special Presentation) | Malcolm D. Lee | USA |  1999 

  • Bintou (short) | Fanta Regina Nacro | BFA | 2001

  • Breeze | Barbara Sanon | USA | 1997

  • Bullet Boy | Saul Dibb | UK |  2004

  • Buud Yam | Gaston Kaboré | BFA/FRA | 1997

  • Bye Bye Africa | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | TCD/FRA | 2000

  • Chef! | Jean-Marie Teno | FRA/CMR | 1999

  • Les Chemins de l'Oued | Gaël Morel | FRA | 2002

  • Christmas With Granny (short) | Dumisani Phakathi | ZAF | 2000

  • Compensation | Zeinabu irene Davis | USA | 1999

  • Corps Plongés (It's Not About Love) | Raoul Peck | FRA/HTI | 1998

  • Cry Me a Baby (short) | Tamsin McCarthy | ZAF | 1999

  • Dancehall Queen | Rick Elgood & Don Letts | JAM | 1997

  • Dark | D.A. Bullock | USA | 2003

  • Destiny (Al Massir) | Youssef Chahine | EGY/FRA | 1997

  • La Damier | Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda | GA | 1997

  • Downstream to Kinshasa (En route pour le milliard) | Dieudo Hamadi | The Democratic Republic of the Congo/France/Belgium | 2020 *(Planet Africa 25)

  • Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland | Charles Burnett | USA | 1998

  • The Elevator (short) | Alrick Riley | UK | 2000

  • El Medina (La Ville) | Yousry Nasrallah | FRA/EGY | 2000

  • É Minha Cara | Thomas Allen Harris | USA | 2001

  • En Face | Zina Modiano & Mehdi Ben Attia | FRA | 2000

  • Everyone’s Child | Tsitsi Dangarembga | ZWE | 1996

  • The Father (short) | Ermias Woldeamlak | ETH | 2001

  • Fools | Ramadan Suleman | ZAF/FRA | 1997

  • Le Franc | Djibril Diop Mambéty | SEN | 1995

  • G | Christopher Scott Cherot | USA | 2002

  • Gardiens de la Mémoire (Keepers of Memory) | Eric Kabera | RWA |  2004

  • La Genèse | Cheick Oumar Sissoko | MLI/FRA | 1999

  • George and the Bicycle Pump (Jorge la bombs) (short) | Asha Lovelace | CUB | 2002 

  • Le Goût des jeunes filles (On the Verge of a Fever) | John L'Écuyer | CAN |  2004

  • Le Grand Voyage | Ismaël Ferroukhi | FRA/MAR |  2004

  • Guimba (The Tyrant) | Cheick Oumar Sissoko | MLI/BFA/DEU | 1995

  • Haramuya | Drissa Touré | BFA/FRA | 1995

  • Harlem Aria | William Jennings | USA | 1999

  • Hav Plenty | Christopher Scott Cherot | USA | 1997

  • The Hero | Zézé Gamboa | AGO/PRT/FRA |  2004

  • Hijack Stories | Oliver Schmitz | DEU/UK | 2000

  • His/Herstory (short) | Nzinga Kemp | USA | 2003

  • Histoire de Tresses | Jacqueline Kalimunda | RWA/FRA | 2003

  • Honey and Ashes (Miel et cendres) | Nadia Farès​ | TUN/CHE | 1997

  • How to Get the Man's Foot Out of Your Ass (aka. Baadasssss!) | Mario Van Peebles | USA | 2003

  • Hot-Irons | Andrew Dosunmu | USA | 1999

  • I Bring You Frankincense | Ngozi Onwurah | UK | 1996

  • I Have a Dream (short) | Zak Ove | USA | 2002​

  • Inch'Allah Dimanche | Yamina Benguigui | FRA | 2001

  • John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk | St. Clair Bourne | USA | 1996

  • Karmen | Joseph Gaï Ramaka | FRA/SEN/CAN | 2001

  • The Keeper | Joe Brewster | USA | 1995

  • Khorma, Enfant Du Cimetiere | Jilani Saadi | FRA/TUN/BEL |  2002

  • The Killers (short) | Tanya Hamilton | USA | 1995

  • The Killing Yard | Euzhan Palcy​​​ | USA | 2001

  • Kounandi | Apolline Traoré | BFA | 2004

  • The Last Angel of History | John Akomfrah | UK | 1996

  • Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100 | Yvonne Welbon | 1999

  • ​Love and Action in Chicago | Dwayne Johnson-Cochran​​ | USA | 1999

  • ​Lumumba | Raoul Peck | FRA/BEL/HTI/DEU | 2000 *(Special Presentation)

  • Macadam Tribu | José Laplaine (Zeka Laplaine) | FRA/ZR/MLI | 1996

  • Malunde | Stefanie Sycholt | ZAF/DEU | 2001

  • Martin Luther King: Days of Hope | John Akomfrah | UK | 1997

  • Mille Mois (A Thousand Months) | Faouzi Bensaïdi | FRA/MAR/BEL | 2003

  • Mixing Nia | Alison Swan | USA | 1998

  • Moi et mon blanc | S. Pierre Yaméogo | BFA | 2003

  • Mossane | Safi Faye | SEN | 1997

  • Mouka (short) | Adama Roamba | BFA | 2001

  • Mud Madness (short) | Walt Lovelace | TTO | 2002

  • Now Jimmy! (short) | Mary Wells | JAM | 2002

  • La Nuit de la vérité | Fanta Régina Nacro | FRA/BFA |  2004

  • Off Duty (short) | Buboo Kakati | USA |  2004

  • Olivia's Story (short) | Charles Burnett | ZAF | 1999

  • On The Edge (short) | Newton I. Aduaka | UK | 1998

  • One Flight Stand (short) | Saladin Patterson | USA |  2004

  • One Love | Rick Elgood & Don Letts | NOR/UK | 2003

  • One Week | Carl Seaton | USA | 2000

  • L'Onzième Commandement | Mama Keïta​​ | FRA | 1998

  • Outcry | Destau Damtu | IL | 2003

  • Paris: XY | José Laplaine (aka Zeka Laplaine) | FRA | 2001

  • Passage du Milieu | Guy Deslauriers | MTQ | 2000

  • Pièces D'identités (Pieces of Identity) | Mwezé Ngangura | COD/FRA/BEL | 1998

  • Puk Nini (short) | Fanta Nagro | BF | 1996

  • La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil | Djibril Diop Mambety | SEN | 1999

  • Portrait of a Young Man Drowning (short) | Teboho Mahlatsi | ZAF | 1999

  • Promised Land | Jason Xenopoulos | ZAF | 2002

  • Rage | Newton I. Aduaka | UK | 1999

  • Rendez-Vous by Mariette Monpierre | 2002

  • Rituals (short) | Carol Mayes | ZAF | 1999

  • Royal Bonbon | Charles Najman | FRA/CAN/HTI | 2002

  • Sabriya (short) | Abderrahmane Sissako | TUN | 1997

  • La saison des hommes | Moufida Tlatli | TUN/FRA | 2000

  • Secrets | Sheryl Lee Ralph | 1998

  • Short on Sugar (short) | Joseph Anaya | USA | 2003

  • Shottas | Cess Silvera | USA/JAM | 2002

  • Sidney's Chair (short) | Roberto Bangura | UK | 1995 

  • Silmandé (Tourbillon) | S. Pierre Yameogo | BFA/FRA | 1998

  • Le Silence de la forêt | Didier Ouénangaré & Bassek ba Kobhio | CMR/GAB/CAF | 2003

  • The Sky in Her Eyes | Ouida Smit & Madoda Ncayiyana | ZAF | 2003

  • Slam | Marc Levin | USA | 1998

  • Snipes | Richard Murray | USA | 2001

  • Soldiers of the Rock | Norman Maake | ZAF | 2003

  • Souko Camera Box (short) | Issiaka Konaté | BFA | 1998

  • Speak Like A Child | John Akomfrah | UK | 1998

  • Spiders and Flies (short) | Danny Thompson | UK | 1996

  • A Spoonful of Sugar (short) | Andrea Williams | USA | 2004

  • La Squale | Fabrice Genestal | FRA | 2000

  • The Station (short) | Aaron Woolfolk | USA/JPN | 2000

  • Strange & Charmed | Shari Frilot | USA | 2003

  • A String of Pearls | Camille Billops & James V. Hatch | USA | 2002

  • A Summer In La Goulette | Ferid Boughedir | TN/FR/BB | 1996

  • Surrender (short) | Celine Gilbert​ | USA | 2001

  • Taafé Fanga | Adama Drabo | MLI | 1997

  • Take Your Bags (short) | Camille Billops | USA | 1998

  • Time Out (short) | Xelinda Yancy | USA | 2004

  • Third World Cop | Chris Browne | JAM | 1999

  • Through the Door of No Return | Shirikiana Aina | USA | 1997

  • To Be a Black Man | Nelson George​ | USA | 1997

  • Tourbillons | Alain Gomis | SEN | 2000

  • Ubuntu's Wounds | Sechaba Morojele | USA/ZAF | 2002

  • Un été à La Goulette | Férid Boughedir | TUN/FRA/BEL | 1996

  • Vacances Au Pays | Jean-Marie Teno​​ | CMR/FRA/DEU | 2000

  • Valley of the Innocent, Tal der Ahnungslosen (original title) | Branwen Okpako | DEU | 2003

  • La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) | Abderrahmane Sissako | FRA/MLI | 1998

  • Vintage: Families of Value | Thomas Allen Harris | USA | 1995

  • Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) | Abderrahmane Sissako | FRA/MRT | 2002

  • The Watermelon Woman | Cheryle Dunyne | USA | 1996

  • The Way I See It | Dawn Porter | USA | 2020 *(Planet Africa 25)

  • W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices | Louis J. Massiah | USA | 1996

  • What My Mother Told Me (short) | Frances-Anne Solomon | UK | 1995

  • When the Stars Meet the Sea/ Quand les étoiles rencontrent lamer |
    Raymond Rajaonarivelo | MG/FR |     1996

  • Les Yeux secs (Cry No More) | Narjiss Nejjar​ | FRA/MAR | 2003

Click here for a list of the Planet Africa Filmmakers. 

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