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Intelligent Students

2008

Nigeria

The Battle of Algiers · 1966

AlgeriaFrench

Kinshasa Palace · 2006

Democratic Republic of the CongoFrench

Baby Mamas · 2018

South Africa

Queen of the Desert · 2015

MoroccoEnglish

Arende · 1989

South AfricaAfrikaans

Bantú Mama · 2022

Camp · 2013

Egypt

Freedom Way · 2025

NigeriaEnglish

Al Ghawy · 2025

EgyptArabic

Dirty Pretty Things · 2002

Somali

Congo Boy · 2026

Central African Republic

Más allá del límite

2002

What the Day Owes the Night · 2012

Algeria

Anba Dlo · 2025

Quiéreme mucho

2005

Athena · 2022

Desert Rose · 2022

South Africa

Locked-In · 2021

Ghana

Bronze · FESPACO 2013

The Pirogue · 2012

SenegalFrench

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