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The Second Wife · 1967

EgyptArabic

Harvest of Steel · 1983

Algeria

Burning Casablanca · 2021

Morocco

Samba Traoré · 1993

Burkina FasoBambara

Lak Youm Ya Beh · 1984

Egypt

Best Feature Film · AFRIFF 2018

Azali · 2018

Tatu · 2017

Dis ek, Anna · 2015

Condamnations

The Crush · 2026

Escape from Sahara · 1958

Algeria

Gold · FESPACO 1972

The Polygamous Wazzou

1971

Niger

Les Enfants Terribles de Casablanca · 2010

MoroccoArabic

Zonk! · 1950

South Africa

55 esaaf · 2001

Egypt

The Humans and the Mongoose · 2021

EgyptArabic

El Hawa Sultan · 2024

Egypt

Poppie Nongena · 2020

South AfricaEnglish

Idol of the Masses · 1967

EgyptArabic

Parfums d'Alger · 2015

Algeria

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