1. An Introduction to African Cinema
Dr Lizelle Bisschoff, University of Glasgow

2. Classic African Cinema
Xala – Ousmane Sembene, Senegal, 1975
Touki Bouki – Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1973
Yeelen – Souleymane Cisse, Mali, 1987
Yaaba – Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, 1989
Cairo Station – Youssef Chahine, Egypt, 1958

3. New African short films
Annual AiM Short Film Competition since 2008
More experimentation with form, aesthetics and theme
3SAI: A Rite of Passage, Paul Emmanuel, South Africa, 2009
Me Broni By (My White Baby), Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana, 2009
Mwanza the Great, Rungano Nyoni, Zambia, 2011
My Shoes, Anis Lassoued, Tunisia 2012

4. African documentary filmmaking
To educate, to raise awareness, to reinterpret history and myth, to express individual and social identity, personal storytelling, popular culture
Beats of the Antonov – Hajooj Kuka, Sudan, 2014
Miners Shot Down – Rehad Desai, South Africa, 2014

5. New regions Nairobi Half Life – David Gitonga, Kenya, 2012
Boda Boda Thieves - Donald Mugisha, James Tayler, Uganda, 2015

6. New genres Of Good Report – Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, South Africa, 2013
Crumbs - Miguel Llansó, Ethiopia, 2015

7. The influence of technology
Last Flight to Abuja – Obi Emelonye, Nigeria, 2012

8. Exilic and diasporic African cinema
Experiences of exile and displacement
Filmmakers such as Alain Gomis (France/Senegal), Mama Keita (Guinea/Vietnam), Abderrahmane Sissako (Mali/Mauritania), Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad/France), Andrew Dosunmu (Nigeria/USA), Sarah Bouyain (Burkina Faso/Senegal)
Restless City - Andrew Dosunmu, USA, 2011