The Guardian:
They are:...selects eight films from five African countries to look out for in 2013 – the year of the 23rd edition of Fespaco – the bi-annual pan-African film and television festival of Ouagadougou.
Image from 'Half of A Yellow Sun' courtesy of Afripop
- Burn it up Djassa by Lonesome Solo (Cote d'Ivoire)
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele (Nigeria/UK)
- Jeppe on a Friday by Shannon Walsh, Arya Lalloo, Mujahid Safodien, Ryley Groenewald, Natalie Haarhof, Kitso Lynn Lelliot, Xoliswa Sithole, Lucilla Blankenberg (South Africa/Canada)
- A Letter to Mandela by Khalo Matabane(South Africa)
- Ma George (or Mother of George) by Andrew Dosunmu (Nigeria)
- Of Good Report by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa)
- Soleils (Suns) by Dani Kouyaté and Olivier Delahaye (Burkina Faso)
- Yema (Ouardia had two children) by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)