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Aya Films Rebrands

Aya Films was founded in 2011 in a small village in Cumbria. Not the usual setting to start a film distribution company, nor one on African cinema.

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Somali Stories: Celebrating Somali Film and Art Across Scotland

This November and December, we bring you Somali Stories a touring programme of films and events celebrating and centring Somali art and culture.

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'The Gravedigger's Wife' Q&A Screenings

To celebrate the release of The Gravedigger's Wife in cinemas across UK & Ireland on 21 October, we’re delighted to be joined by writer/director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed lead actor Omar…

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Watch the UK trailer for 'The Gravedigger's Wife'

Watch the trailer for Khadar Ayderus Ahmed's The Gravedigger's Wife, starring Omar Adbi and Yasmin Warsame. In UK cinemas 21 October 2022.

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African Fashion on Film, People/Nature

Written by Sequoia Barnes Whereas Wax Print examines the reality of fashion, diasporic histories/narratives, and the roles textiles have played in colonialism; these short films are sometimes art imitating life or sometimes conceptual dreamscapes.…

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