BOOK LAUNCH:
Cinéma African - Archiving, Restistance and Freedom

Dive into the richness and diversity of African and diasporic storytelling in film and join us for the launch of CINÉMA AFRICAIN – ARCHIVING, RESISTANCE AND FREEDOM.

FRIDAY 07. NOVEMBER 2025 | 15H

OK MEDIENDECK
OK-Platz 1, 4020 Linz
Free Entry!

CINÉMA AFRICAIN - ARCHIVING, RESISTANCE AND FREEDOM
edited by Nadia Denton and Sandra Krampelhuber

An anthology which highlights the richness and diversity of African and diasporic storytelling in film. 7 contributions which include essays, interviews, critical reflections, academic analyses, personal narratives and creative explorations.

‘Le Cinéma et Moi – Cinema and me’

Senegalese film giant Moussa Sene Absa chronicles how cinema saved his life referencing key personal and cinematic moments from his childhood to the present day.

‘A estética é política - Aesthetics is Political’

Brazilian Cinematographer Lílis Soares explains the ‘complexities of the creative process of the Afrodiasporic woman as a cinematographer’.

‘In Conversation with Aïcha Chloé Boro: Crafting Freedom Through Intimate Cinema’

Estrella Sendra and Laura Feal interview the Franco-Burkinabe writer and director Aïcha Chloé Boro revealing her film and gender politics.

‘Archiving as a Radical Act’

London based moving image artist and researcher, Onyeka Igwe reflects on valuable time spent June Givanni’s Pan-African Cinema Archive and how this impacted her own creative practice and trajectory.

‘The T-shirt: Unchosen Histories in Cinematic Texts’

Creative producer and festival programmer Lesedi Oluko Moche demonstrates how a new generation of African diaspora female filmmakers are crafting African narratives from afar.

‘Disordered/Speculative Memory’

Director Simisolaoluwa Akande contemplates the erasure of queer Africans citing the process of making their documentary film, ‘The Archive: Queer Nigerians’.

‘Together We Create Our Futures: Creative Collaboration Between BEYOND NOLLYWOOD and the Surreal16 Collective’

Curator Nadia Denton details her realization and development of the new wave Nigerian cinema platform BEYOND NOLLYWOOD alongside the meteoric rise of the Nigeria based Surreal16 Collective.

Nadia Denton has worked in the UK film industry for over a decade as an Impact Producer and Curator. She specialises in Nigerian Cinema and coined the term BEYOND NOLLYWOOD. She has worked with organisations which include the BFI London Film Festival, EFM at Berlinale, Doc Society, London Film School, Sundance Film Festival and Comic Relief. Her books include The Nigerian Filmmaker’s Guide to Success: Beyond Nollywood. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. www.nadiadenton.com

Sandra Krampelhuber is a filmmaker, festival curator, and cultural anthropologist. Her artistic and curatorial practice focuses on contemporary cultural and artistic expressions in countries on the African continent and within the African Diaspora. In addition to her documentary films – Queens of Sound: A Herstory of Reggae and Dancehall (2006), 100% Dakar – more than art (2014), Accra Power (2016), Mané (2020) and Letter of a Woman (2026) – she has initiated and curated numerous interdisciplinary cultural and film projects. These include the festival Afropea Now! (2014), the African Futurisms festival (2018), and Unruly Thoughts – On Feminisms and Beyond (2022). In 2024, she launched the international film festival CINÉMA AFRICAIN! in Linz, Austria. She lives and works between Austria and sometimes Senegal.