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Our Forbidden Places · 2009

Yesterday · 2004

Nakom · 2016

Buska Santu · 2016

Cold Harbour · 2014

South AfricaAfrikaans

Captain Hima · 2008

EgyptArabic

Banana Island Ghost · 2017

NigeriaEnglish

Ismail Yassine in the Air Force · 1959

Egypt

Kodou · 1971

SenegalWolof

Meerkat Moonship · 2018

South AfricaAfrikaans

Sandstorm · 1982

AlgeriaFrench

The Aquarium · 2008

Egypt

The Thief and the Fool · 2013

EgyptArabic

Fanie Fourie's Lobola · 2013

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Tozoom · 2022

Democratic Republic of the CongoFrench

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice · 1976

The Sixth Day · 1986

The Road to Eilat · 1994

EgyptArabic

Rienie · 1980

South AfricaAfrikaans

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