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"Virtual Girlfriends" (Courtesy of Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival) Barbora Chalupová’s bold new doc ‘Virtual Girlfriends’ opens Ji.hlava Film Festival, exploring intimacy, work, and the world of OnlyFans through three women’s lives. The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival , kicking off on October 24 , is setting the tone with a provocative choice for its opening night: Virtual Girlfriends , a bold new documentary by Czech director Barbora Chalupová . Th

Streaming giants arrived in Africa promising scale and prestige. Producers hurried to meet them with bigger budgets, slicker production and crowd-pleasing stories. The awkward question now: are we simply repackaging the same tropes for global screens — or has African cinema genuinely evolved into a diverse exporter of fresh African narratives? Below we take a market-by-market look (Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Francophone markets, and the diaspora/global stage), point

Explore seven powerful, low-cost animation tools and workflows empowering African studios to create world-class 2D and 3D films, shorts, and ads without breaking the bank. Animation Is Africa’s Next Big Export From Iwájú  to Garbage Boy and Trash Can , African animation is moving beyond imagination — it’s becoming a global commodity. But for many studios across Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Cape Town, one question keeps echoing: How do we produce high-quality animation without H