AFRICAN DIRECTORS

• Angola: Sarah Maldoror, Zeze Gamboa
• Benin: Jean Odoutan, Idrissou Mora Kpai
• Burkina Faso: Idrissa Ouedraogo, Gaston Kaboré, Dani Kouyaté, Fanta Régina Nacro, Apolline Traore, Orissa Touré, Pierre Yameogo, Sanou Kollo, Pierre Ruamba
• Cameroon: Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Bassek Ba Kobhio, Jean-Pierre Dikongue, Jean-Marie Teno, François Woukoache
• Cape Verde: Fernando Vendrell, Francisco Manso
• Central African Republic: Didier Ouenangare
• Chad: Issa Serge Coelo, Mahamat Saleh Haroun
• Côte d'Ivoire: Desiré Ecaré, Fadika Kramo Lancine, Roger Gnoan M'Bala, Jacques Trabi
• Democratic Republic of Congo: Mweze Ngangura, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Joseph Kumbela, Zeka Laplaine
• Egypt: Salah Abu Seif, Youssef Chahine, Yousry Nasrallah, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Sherif Arafa, Tarek Al Erian, Atef El Tayeb, Khaled Youssef, Ali Badrakhan, Dawood Abdel Said, Magdy Ahmed Ali, Marwan Hamed, Amr Arafa, Barakat, Ehab Mamdouh,Sandra Nashat, Enas El Deghedy, Adel Adeeb, Mohamed Khan, Ehab Lamey, Shady Abdel Salam, Hala Khaleel, Khairy Beshara, Ali Ragab, Hady El Bagoury, Radwan El Kashef, Ashraf Fahmy, Samir Seif, Ali Abdel Khaleq, Nader Galal
• Ethiopia: Haile Gerima, Yemane Demissie, Salem Mekuria, Lucy Gebre-Egziabher, Daniel Taye
• Gabon: Imunga Ivanga, Manouchka Kelly Labouba
• Ghana: Kwaw Ansah, King Ampaw, John Akromfrah, Fara AwindorKofi Nartey, Shirley Frimpong Manso, Nii Kwate Owoo, Nii Kwate Quartey
• Guinea: David Achkar, Gahité Fofana, Mohamed Camara
• Guinea-Bissau Flora Gomes
• Mali: Souleymane Cissé, Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Abdoulaye Ascofare, Adama Drabo, Manthia Diawara
• Mauritania: Med Hondo, Abderrahmane Sissako, Sidney Sokhana
• Niger: Oumarou Ganda
• Nigeria: Ola Balogun, Eddie Ugboma, Amaka Igwe, Zeb Ejiro, Lola Fani-Kayode, Bayo Awala, Izu Ojukwu, Greg Fiberesima, Tunde kelani Jide Bello, Billy Kings
• Kenya: Judy Kibinge, Jane Munene, Anne Mungai
• Rwanda: Eric Kabera
• Senegal: Ousmane Sembène, Paulin Soumarou Vieyra, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Moussa Sene Absa, Safi Faye, Ababacar Samb-Makhbaram, Ben Diogaye Beye, Clarence Delgado, Ahmadou Diallo, Bouna Medoune Seye, Moussa Touré, Mansour Sora Wade, Samba Félix Ndiaye
• Somalia: Abdisalam Aato
• Sudan: Gadalla Gubara
• Togo: Anne Laure Folly
• South Africa: Lionel Ngakane, Seipati Bulani-Hopa, Mickey Dube, Gavin Hood, Zola Maseko, Sechaba Morejele, Morabane Modise, Teddy Matthera
• Zimbabwe: M.K. Asante, Jr.

AFRICAN CINEMA / FILMS

• Sarie Marais (1931)
• Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak (1948)
• Kom saam, vanaand (1949)
• Daar doer in die bosveld (1951)
• Altyd in my drome (1952)
• Come Back, Africa (1959)
• Lord Oom Piet (1962)
• Dingaka (1965)
• Seven Against the Sun (1967)
• Oupa for sale (1968)
• Die Ruiter in die nag (1968)
• Doctor Kalie (1968)
• Die Geheim van Nantes (1969)
• Dirkie (1969)
• Katrina (1969)
• Shangani Patrol (1970)
• Kaptein Caprivi (1972)
• Mr Kingstreet's War (1973)
• Die Voortrekkers (1973)
• Maxhosa
• Snip en Rissiepit (1973)
• Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)
• Boesman and Lena (1974)
• Ongewenste Vreemdeling (1974)
• Dans van die Flamink (1974)
• Dooie Duikers deel nie (1974)
• Dingetjie is Dynamite (1975)
• Tigers Don't Cry (1977)
• Funeral for an Assassin (1977)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
• Karate Olympia (1980)
• Marigolds in August (1980)
• Siener in die Suburbs (1983)
• Boetie gaan border toe (1984)
• Flashpoint Africa (1984)
• Vyfster: Die Slot (1985)
• You Must Be Joking! (1986)
• Saturday Night at the Palace (1987)
• Vengeance Cops (1987)
• Shaka Zulu (1987)
• Fiela se Kind (1988)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1988)
• Mapantsula (1988)
• A Dry White Season (1989)
• Nag van die 19de (1990)
• Jock of the Bushveld (1992)
• Sarafina (1992)
• The Road to Mecca (1992)
• Master Harold and the Boys (1993)
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
• Jump the Gun (1997)
• Paljas (1998)
• Have you seen Drum recently? (1998)
• A Reasonable Man (1999)
• Inside Out (2000)
• Long Night's Journey into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth & Reconciliation(2000)
• Mr Bones (2001)
• Promised Land (2002)
• Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003)
• Stander (2003)
• State of Denial (film) (2003)
• Wooden Camera (2003)
• Drum (2004)
• Forgiveness (2004)
• The Story of an African Farm (2004)
• Yesterday (2004)
• Cape of Good Hope (2004)
• Vadertjie Langbeen (2004)
• Gums and Noses (2004)
• In My Country (2005)
• U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005)
• Red Dust (2005)
• The Flyer (2005)
• Tsotsi (2005)
• Bunny Chow (2006)
• Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
• Straight Outta Benoni (2006)
• Son of Man (film) (2006)
• Big Fellas (2007)
• Ouma se slim kind (2007)
• Footskating 101 (2007)
• Poena is koning (2007)
• Bakgat! (2008)
• Jerusalema (2008)
• Hansie (2008)
• Mr Bones 2 (2008)
• Skin (2008)
• The World Unseen (2008)
• District 9 (2009)
• Invictus (2009)

10 Reasons for WATCHING RAAVANAN

1. For Mani Ratnam fans, this one is reason enough, but for you sceptics out there, here are nine more!

2. If you thought Iruvar, Roja and Bombay were Mani Ratnam’s best, Raavan/ Raavanan is going to stun you! Says who? Just about everybody who has worked for the project! “Mani Ratnam has made this film like a penance. Mani Ratnam,Vikram and Aishwarya Rai will definitely get National Awards,” said lyricist Vairamuthu.

3. Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan is also special for its huge star cast: Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Karthik, Prabhu,Priyamani, Munna, John Vijay in Tamil and Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Govinda, Ravikissen, Priyamani, Nikhil Dwivedi in Hindi (Raavan).

4. Most parts of the movie were shot in deep interiors of dense forests. Our hero plays a tribal chief!

5. Shyam Kaushal has choreographed the thrilling climax fight. “The shooting for Raavan began in January 2009 in Kolkata, then Ooty, and the climax was shot on Malsej Ghat, where there’s a scene on bridges 2,000 feet above mountains. Mani loves challenges and likes challenging his actors and technicians too. His quest for perfection puts them through a grueling routine,” he said.

6. For the first time, Vikram simultaneously plays two diametrically different roles in two languages of the same film. Vikram play the role of Dev (Ram) in Hindi and Beera (Raavan) in Tamil.

7. Aishwarya plays the role of Ragini, a spunky classical dance teacher. The first look of the movie shows her dancing gracefully in a song.

8. Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai will dub in her own voice for the Tamil version while Vikram is all set to speak Hindi in Raavan.

9. Another highlight is Prabhu and Karthi, co-stars in the blockbuster Mani Ratnam movie Agni Natchathiram, they team up again for the same director after a long gap.

10. A.R. Rahman’s chart-busters, Vairamuthu’s adorable lyrics, Santhosh Sivan’s marvellous camera work and to top of all, ‘The Mani Ratnam factor’. Well Raavanan is definitely one of the most-anticipated films of the year.

Mani Ratnam  & A.R. Rahman 

Couurtesy :internet