Africa Quote by Abderrahmane Sissako

I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my own country…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent. Nobody would…

— Elvis Mitchell

I've shot films in Africa. I've shot in America - English is not my language.

— Sergio Leone

I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to…

— Ousmane Sembene

I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful,…

— Elvis Mitchell

As a filmmaker, I want to be known as a pan-African filmmaker and this is because I think that we have more to gain…

— Juliet Asante

If I would want to have a huge audience, I would make American movies, not French movies, because there is a limit of course…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

I have always loved South Africa, where I shot 'Andaz' and 'No Entry.' Some of the biggest films of my career have been shot…

— Lara Dutta

I'm a French director, but what's important for me is that my stories have a universal message, whatever language they're filmed in.

— Maimouna Doucoure

It wouldn't have existed without France, and it's a French initiative. As a filmmaker, I owe everything to France - I got accepted at…

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.

— Jihan El-Tahri

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

— Kristin Scott Thomas