Feature films cited:

• Freedom Way (2024, dir. Afolabi Olalekan)

• Mwezé (2019, dir. David-Pierre Fila)

• Identity Pieces (1998, dir. Mwezé Ngangura)

• Memories of Love Returned (2025, dir. Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine)

• Tree of Authenticity (2025, dir. Sammy Baloji)

Short films cited:

• Grandma (2024, dir. Ahmed Samir)

• Nwa (Black) (2024. dir. Hans Augustave)

• Sister Salad Days (2024, dir. Adesola Thomas)

• Where Are You From? (2025, dir. Devin Powell)

• Green Bay (2024, dir. Shawn Antoine II)

• Run Like We (2024, dir. Rhys Aaron Lewis)

• Blinded By the Lights (2025, dir. Francis Y. Brown)

This is an unscripted, unadorned outlet for various observations from the many film festivals I attend each year. NDNF seemed as good a place to start as any, and it has "New" in the title. Expect inconsistent, sporadic updates throughout the year.

Films mentioned:

Familiar Touch

Lost Chapters (Los capítulos perdidos)

Drowning Dry

Kyuka Before Summer's End

Two Times João Liberada

No Sleep Till

Holy Electricity

Shorts: "Landscapes of Longing," "You Can't See It From Here," "In Retrospect," "The Inhabitants"

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