Mahen Bonetti (NYAFF – New York African Film Festival). Mahen, from Sierra Leone, is founder and Executive Director of the New York African Film Festival.
Isabelle Boni-Claverie. Isabelle, from Cote d'Ivoire, is both a filmmaker and writer.
Assia Djebar. Assia, from Algeria, both a writer and filmmaker, is known most famously for her literary works. She is the first woman of Africa-the Magreb-and Arab writer to become one of the "immortels" of l’Académie Française.
Cheryl Dunye. Cheryl, Liberian-born, lives and works in the United States and is identified as an African-American lesbian filmmaker.
Nadia El Fani. Nadia, Tunisian-born, lives and works in Paris.
Jihan el-Tahri. Jihan is an Egyptian-born, French filmaker, author and news correspondent. She has authored, directed and produced award-winning documentary films, authored books and reported on political conflicts in the Middle East and Africa.
Aminatta Forna. Aminatta, from the United Kingdom of Sierra Leonean origin is a writer and television journalist.
Lucy Gebre-Egziabher. Lucy, born in Egypt and raised in Ethiopia, is a filmmaker based in the Washington DC area.
Izza Génini. Izza from Morocco, Izza is a pioneer filmmaker of the documentary.
Fatou Kandé-Senghor. Fatou from Senegal, founded the Waru Studio as a dialogue for filmmakers of her generation to explore new technologies as an alternative to the dying film industry and as a voice for Africa. She lives and works in Dakar.
Wanuri Kahiu. Wanuri from Kenya is the co-founder of Dada Productions and currently serves as its Executive Director.
Rumbi Katedza. Rumbi from Zimbabwe launched the website Zimbabwe Film to archives information on the Zimbabwean film industry.
Rahmatou Keita. Ramatou from Niger, produces her films under Sonrhay Empire Productions, also the name of her website.
Salem Mekuria. Salem from Ethiopia, is an filmmaker, artist and professor based in the United States.
Soraya Mire. Soraya from Somalia, is an activist, writer, director, and producer based in the United States.
Fanta Nacro. Fanta, from Burkina Faso, is a cineaste engagée.
Villant Ndasowa. Villant from Malawi is a filmmaker and founder and director of the Malawi International Film Festival.
Lupita Nyong’o. Lupita’s website focuses on her debut film.
Branwen Okpako. Branwen born in Lagos, Nigeria of Nigerian and German descent, lives and works in Berlin.
Akua Ofosuhene. Akua from Ghana, is based in London. She also maintains a film education website whose objective is to take positive films about Africa into UK schools: Closing the Gap.
Naky Sy Savane. Naky, from Cote d’Ivoire, is an actor and founder of Afriki Djigui Theatre, an association whose objective is to promote African theatre, cinema art and literature.
Hanny Tchelley-Etibou, from Cote d'Ivoire. Hanny is an actor and founder of (FICA) International Festival of Short Films in Abidjan.
Women of the Sun. Based in South Africa, the organization has as its objective, to advance the interest of African women in film and television.
Felicité Wouassi. French-based Cameroonian actor.
