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PLANET AFRICA | FILMMAKER INDEX 

This directory is a comprehensive listing of the remarkable filmmakers featured in TIFF’s renowned Planet Africa program (1995 - 2004), 

a decade of Black film history. Click here for a complete list of the Planet Africa Films.

The Planet Africa programme showcased over 150 films representing a wide variety of genres from emerging to established filmmakers from across the globe. This collection of storytelling highlighted the breadth of talent from the African diaspora.

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FILMMAKERS and the films that appeared in the Planet Africa Program.

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  1. Aaron Woolfolk | The Station (2000)

  2. Abderrahmane Sissako | Sabriya (1997), La Vie Sur Terre /Life on Earth (1998) and Waiting for Happiness (2002)

  3. Adama Drabo | Taafé Fanga (1997) 

  4. Adama Roamba | Mouka (2001)

  5. Alain Gomis | L'Afrance (2001) and Tourbillons (2002) 

  6. Alison Swan | Mixing Nia (1998)

  7. Alrick Riley | The Elevator (2000)

  8. Andrea Williams | A Spoonful of Sugar (2004) 

  9. Andrew Dosunmu | Hot-Irons (1999)

  10. Apolline Traoré | Kounandi (2004) 

  11. Asha Lovelace | George and the Bicycle Pump (2002)

  12. Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda | The Draughtsmen Clash (1997)

  13. Barbara Sanon | Breeze (1997) 

  14. Bassek ba Kobhio and Didier Ouénangaré | Le Silence de la forêt (2003)

  15. Branwen Okpako | Valley of the Innocent/ Tal der Ahnungslosen (2003)

  16. Buboo Kakati | Off Duty (2004​)

  17. Camille Billops | Take Your Bags (1998) and A String of Pearls (2002) * c/dir. James V. Hatch

  18. Carl Seaton (III) | One Week (2000)

  19. Carol Mayes | Rituals (1999)

  20. Celine Gilbert​ | Surrender (2001)

  21. Cess Silvera | Shottas (2002) 

  22. Charles Burnett | Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland (1998) and Olivia's Story (1999) 

  23. Charles Hall | Are You Cinderella? (2000)

  24. Charles Najman Royal Bonbon (2002)

  25. Cheick Oumar Sissoko | Guimba (1995), La Genèse (1999) and Bàttu (2000)   

  26. Cheryle Dunyne | The Watermelon Woman (1996) 

  27. Chris Browne | Third World Cop (1999) 

  28. Christopher Scott Cherot | Hav Plenty (1997) and G (2002) 

  29. D.A. Bullock | Dark (2003)

  30. Danny Thompson | Spiders and Flies (1996)

  31. Destau Damtou | Outcry (2003)  

  32. Didier Ouénangaré and Bassek ba Kobhio | Le Silence de la forêt (2003)

  33. Djibril Diop Mambéty | Le Franc (1995) and La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (1999) 

  34. Don Letts and Rick Elgood | Dancehall Queen (1997) and One Love (2003)

  35. Drissa Touré | Haramuya (1995)

  36. Dumisani Phakathi | Christmas With Granny (2000)

  37. Dwayne Johnson-Cochran​​ | Love and Action in Chicago (1999) 

  38. Eric Kabera | Gardiens de la Mémoire /Keepers of Memory (2004)

  39. Ermias Woldeamlak | The Father (2001)

  40. Euzhan Palcy​​​​ | The Killing Yard (2001) 

  41. Fabrice Genestal | La Squale (2000) 

  42. Fanta Nagro | Puk Nini (1996)

  43. Fanta Régina Nacro | Bintou (2001) and La Nuit de la vérité (2004)

  44. Faouzi Bensaïdi | Mille Mois / A Thousand Months (2003) 

  45. Férid Boughedir | Un été à La Goulette (1996)

  46. Frances-Anne Solomon | What My Mother Told Me (1995)

  47. François Woukoache | Asientos (1996) 

  48. Gaël Morel | Les Chemins de l'Oued (2002)

  49. Gaston Kaboré | Buud Yam (1997)

  50. Guy Deslauriers | Passage du milieu (2000) 

  51. Idrissa Ouédraogo | Afrique, Afrique, mon Afrique... (1995)

  52. Ismaël Ferroukhi | Le Grand Voyage (2004)

  53. Issiaka Konaté | Souko Camra Box (1998)

  54. Jacqueline Kalimunda | Histoire de Tresses (2003)

  55. James Spooner | Afropunk: The "Rock n Roll Nigger" Experience (2003)

  56. James V. Hatch and Camille Billops | A String of Pearls (2002) 

  57. Jason Xenopoulos | Promised Land (2002) 

  58. Jean-Marie Teno | Aristotle’s Plot (1996), Chef! (1999) and 
    Vacances Au Pays (2000) 

  59. Jilani Saadi | Khorma, Enfant Du Cimetiere *(2002)  

  60. Joe Brewster | The Keeper (1995)

  61. John Akomfrah | The Last Angel of History (1996), Martin Luther King:
    Days of Hope (1997) and Speak Like A Child (1998)

  62. John L'Ecuyer | On the Verge of a Fever /Le Goût des jeunes filles (2004) 

  63. José Laplaine (aka Zeka Laplaine) | Macadam Tribu (1996) and Paris: XY (2001) 

  64. Joseph Anaya | Short on Sugar (2003)

  65. Joseph Gaï Ramaka | Ainsi Soit Il /So Be It (1998) and Karmen (2001)

  66. Julian Henriques | Babymother (1998)

 

67.  Louis J. Massiah | W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996) 

68.  Madoda Ncayiyana and Ouida Smit | The Sky in Her Eyes (2003) 

69.  Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Abouna (2002) and Bye Bye Africa (2000)

70.   Malcolm D. Lee  | The Best Man (1999)

71.   Mama Keïta​​ | L'Onzième Commandement (1998) 

72.   Marc Levin | Slam (1998)

73.   Mariette Monpierre | Rendez-Vous (2002) 

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

75.   Mary Wells | Now Jimmy! (2003)

76.   Mehdi Ben Attia and Zina Modiano | En Face (2000)

77.   Moufida Tlatli | La saison des hommes (2000) 

78.   Munga Tunda Do | Auguy (2000) 

79.   Mwezé Ngangura | Pièces D'identités /Pieces of Identity (1998) 

80.   Nabil Ayouch | Ali Zaoua, 2000)

81.    Nadia Farès​ | Honey and Ashes (1997)

82.   Narjiss Nejjar​​​ (Les Yeux secs /Cry No More (2003) 

83.   Nelson George​ | To Be a Black Man (2003)

84.   Newton I. Aduaka | On The Edge (1998), Rage (1999) and Aïcha (2004​)

85.   Ngozi Onwurah | I Bring You Frankincense (1996)

86.   Nick Hughes | 100 Days ( 2001) 

87.    Norman Maake | Soldiers of the Rock  (2003) 

88.   Nouri Bouzid | Bent Familia (1998) 

89.   Nzinga Kemp | His/Herstory (2003)

90.   Oliver Schmitz | Hijack Stories, (2000)

91.    Ouida Smit and Madoda Ncayiyana | The Sky in Her Eyes ( 2003)  

92.   Ramadan Suleman | Fools (1997)

93.   Raoul Peck | Corps Plongés /It's Not About Love (1998) and Lumumba (2000)    

94.   Raymond-Rajaonarivelo | Quand les étoiles rencontrent lamer (1996) 

95.   René Alberta | Above & Beneath (2003) 

96.   Richard Murray | Snipes (2001) 

97.   Rick Elgood and Don Letts | Dancehall Queen (1997) and One Love (2003)

98.   Robert Bangura |  Sidney's Chair (1995)

99.    Roger Gnoan M'Bala | Adanggaman (2000) 

100.  Ross Kettle | After the Rain (1999) 

101.   S. Pierre Yameogo | Moi et mon blanc (2003) and Silmande Tourbillon (1998) 

102.  Safi Faye | Mossane (1997)

103.  Saladin Patterson | One Flight Stand (2004)

104.  Saul Dibb | Bullet Boy (2004)

105.  Sechaba Morojele | Ubuntu's Wounds (2002) 

106.  Seiichi Motohashi | Alexei and the Spring (2002) 

107.   Shari Frilot | Strange & Charmed (2003) 

108.  Sheryl Lee Ralph | Secrets (1998)

109.  Shirikiana Aina | Through the Door of No Return (1997) 

110.   St. Clair Bourne | John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk (1996)

111.    Stefanie Sycholt | Malunde (2001)

112.   Tamsin McCarthy | Cry Me a Baby (1999)  

113    Tanya Hamilton | The Killers (1995)

114.   Teboho Mahlatsi | Portrait of a Young Man Drowning (1991) 

115.   Thomas Allen Harris | Vintage: Families of Value (1995) and É Minha      

          Cara/That's My Face (2001) 

116.   Tsitsi Dangarembga | Everyone’s Child (1996)

117.    Walt Lovelace | Ataklan: Naked Walk (2002), Black Attack (2002) 
          and Mud Madness (2002) 

118.   William Jennings | Harlem Aria (1999) 

119.   Xelinda Yancy | Time Out (2004)

120.  Yamina Benguigui | Inch'Allah Dimanche (2001)

121.   Yousry Nasrallah | El Medina (2000)

122.  Youssef Chahine | Destiny (1997) and L’autre / The Other (1999)

123.  Yvonne Welbon | Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100 (1999)  

124.  Zak Ove | I Have a Dream (2002) 

125.  Zeinabu irene Davis | Compensation (1991) 

126.  Zézé Gamboa | The Hero (2004)

127.  Zina Modiano and Mehdi Ben Attia | En Face (2000)

CALL & RESPONSE: This listing is currently being updated. If you are the filmmaker /distributor / Agent and have updated information, please complete the PAL Update Form and submit by Tuesday, August 3, 5:00 PM EST to be included in the September 9th update. Next scheduled update: Tuesday, February 1, 2022.  Submission deadline: Friday, November 19, 2021 5:00pm.

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