I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical know-how, som…

- Jihan El-Tahri

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 lot of suspici…

- Jihan El-Tahri

There's always criticism in any process and I think that's a healthy thing.

- Jihan El-Tahri

I think having six people all with different energies and different perceptions all working around a script is quite profound. It’s not about, oh tha…

- Jihan El-Tahri

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

- Jihan El-Tahri

Black is not a notion. Africa is not a color. Africa is a culture. So you can be pitch black and I am my color but I'm more African than you can ever…

- Jihan El-Tahri

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.

- Jihan El-Tahri