African Quote by Jihan El-Tahri

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

African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a…

— Jihan El-Tahri

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

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only…

— 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

Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

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

I think it's important that nobody forgets that although Hollywood commercially dominates the world cinema, in fact what comes out of the filmmaking here…

— Mike Leigh

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.

— Peter Greenaway

It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema.

— Anurag Kashyap

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

— Wim Wenders

If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film…

— Wole Soyinka