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Handpicked African films, free to stream.

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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Africa
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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Africa

12 Emmy wins

Travel series • 41–43 min • 2013–18

Kiff: Halloween Specials
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Kiff: Halloween Specials

Emmy nominee

SA shorts • 23 min • 2024-25

Up South Africa
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Up South Africa

Filmed across 21 years

SA doc series • 47 min • 1992-2013

Scenes from a Dry City

Scenes from a Dry City

Emmy nominee

SA doc • 13 min • 2018
South Africa
Southern Africa
English
<15 min
Emmy
Francois Verster
Simon Wood
Documentaries
It's Complicated

It's Complicated

LA Shorts Fest winner

SA comedy • 18 min • 2017
South Africa
Southern Africa
English
15-30 min
Comedy
Romance
Short Films
Horror
Grant de Sousa
Life Through the Lens

Life Through the Lens

Standing ovation at Design Indaba

David Goldblatt talk • 44 min • 2014
31-60 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
African creativity
Talks
The Tale of How

The Tale of How

12 awards

SA short • 4 min • 2006
<15 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
Animation
Short of the Week
Vimeo Staff Picks
The Blackheart Gang
Short Films
Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

2.8M+ views

SA stand-up • 1 hr 38 • 2023
+60 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
Comedy
+1m views
Stand-up
Skrillex ‘Ragga Bomb’

Skrillex ‘Ragga Bomb’

175M+ views

SA music video • 4 min • 2014
<15 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
+10m views
Music Videos
Terence Neale
+1m views
Noodles

Noodles

1M+ views

SA short • 7 min • 2016
<15 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
Comedy
+1m views
Short Films
Greg Rom
Miners Shot Down

Miners Shot Down

Emmy winner

SA doc • 1 hr 26 • 2014
+60 min
English
South Africa
Southern Africa
Political documentaries
Documentaries
Emmy
DIFF
FESPACO
Rehad Desai
Belly Flop

Belly Flop

14 awards

SA short • 5 min • 2018
<15 min
South Africa
Southern Africa
Animation
Africa Movie Academy Awards
Family
Short Films
Jeremy Collins
Kelly Dillon
The Forgotten Kingdom

The Forgotten Kingdom

15 awards

Lesotho movie • 1 hr 41 • 2013
+60 min
English
Lesotho
Southern Africa
Sesotho
South Africa
Drama
Africa Movie Academy Awards
Romance
+1m views
Movies
The Apartheid Killer

The Apartheid Killer

IDA nominee

SA true-crime • 1 hr 15 • 2024
South Africa
Southern Africa
+60 min
+1m views
Isa-Lee Jacobson
True crime
English
Documentaries
Jakkals13

Jakkals13

Vimeo Staff Pick

SA comedy • 9 min • 2016
Vimeo Staff Picks
Ari Kruger
South Africa
Southern Africa
<15 min
English
Comedy
Short Films
Mama Africa

Mama Africa

Berlin Audience Award

SA music doc • 1 hr 30 • 2011
South Africa
Southern Africa
+60 min
Music documentaries
Guinea
Berlin
African creativity
Documentaries
Mother Nature: Between Man & Child

Mother Nature: Between Man & Child

6M+ views

SA essay film • 2 min • 2016
English
Natasja Fourie
South Africa
Southern Africa
<15 min
Nowness
+1m views
Documentaries
The Deadly Quest for Gold

The Deadly Quest for Gold

One World Media shortlist

SA doc • 38 min • 2025
Political documentaries
Documentaries
South Africa
Southern Africa
English
31-60 min
True crime
2026