• Realness Institute Marks 10 Years of Advancing Independent Film and Television Storytelling Across Africa

  USA Today | July 31, 2026

• African Screenwriters Unveil Genre Shows at Series Mania

  Variety | March 23, 2026

• In the Frame: Julie Mehretu & Mehret Mandefro

  Marie Claire UK | March 20, 2026

• The New African Film Collective Inspiring Global Audiences

  Forbes | March 6, 2026

• Africa’s Realness Institute Appoints New Board and Advisory Council

Screen Daily | March 3, 2026

• Mo Harawe Among Latest Creative Producer Indaba Partcipants

  Screen Daily | December 3, 2025

• Four African Screenwriters Selected for Authentic Series Lab

  Screen Daily | September 5, 2025

• Made in Ethiopia Broadcast Premiere on POV

  KPBS | July 9, 2025

• Launch of African Film and Media Arts Collective

  E-Flux | April 1, 2025

• BMW Art Car as Catalyst: Launch of New Film Projects Across Africa

  BMW Group | April 1, 2025

• Indaba in Focus with Mehret Mandefro: “stories heal people”

  International Film Festival Rotterdam | March 25, 2025

• Three African Screenwriters Unveil New Projects at Series Mania

  Variety | March 24, 2025

• Two East African Films Premiere at Sundance. Here’s Why That’s Important

  Fair Observer | February 6, 2025

• Realness Institute’s latest Creative Producer Indaba participants include ‘Barakat’, Triggerfish producers

  Screen Daily | October 28, 2024

• Realness Institute Selects Writers from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa for AuthenticA Series Lab

  Screen Daily | September 9, 2024

• Fellowship Keen to Put Filmmakers on Pedestal

  Monitor (Uganda) | July 13, 2024

• Julie Mehretu’s Art Car Takes on Le Mans and Puts Art in Movement

  Forbes | July 1, 2024

• Made in Ethiopia Doc Premiering at Tribeca

  Deadline | June 6, 2024

• Scripting Success

  Variety | April 30, 3024

• African Screenwriters Set Genre Shows at Series Mania

  Variety | March 17, 2024

• PanAfrican Translocal Media Workshop

  E-Flux | February 5, 2024

• Cost of Inheritance on Democracy Now

  Democracy Now | Jan 16, 2024

• DOC NYC, a Key Spot for Oscar Campaigning Boasts 33 World Premieres

  Variety | November 8, 2023

• 15 Selected for Creative Producer Indaba Scheme

  Screen Daily | October 30, 2023

• Chicken & Egg Pictures Announces Inaugural Grantees of Netflix-Supported Research and Development Grant

  Filmmaker Magazine | October 19, 2023

• DOC NYC Announces Main Slate Lineup fo 14th Edition

  IndieWire | October 13,2023

• Perspectives on African Cinema and Its Industries ‍ ‍

  Toronto International Film Festival | September 11, 2023‍ ‍

• Realness Institute Spotlights African Talent at FAME Week (EXCLUSIVE)

  Variety | September 1, 2023

• The Big Ticket: New Paradigm Shifts in African Cinema ‍ ‍

  Forbes | August 1, 2023

• Julie Mehretu to Design 20th BMW Art Car in Collaboration with Guggenheim

  Forbes | June 29, 2023

• “Dynamism within a form”: Internationally renowned artist Julie Mehretu will create the 20th BMW Art Car ‍ ‍

  BMW | June 26, 2023

• A New Documentary Highlights China’s Expansion into Ethiopia

  Fair Observer | June 16, 2023

• Four African TV Screenwriters Look to Break Out With New Genre Shows at Series Mania (EXCLUSIVE) ‍ ‍‍ ‍

  Variety | March 20, 2023

• She Writes for A Hit Ethiopian TV Show

  NPR | June 4, 2023

• Meet Our Creative Producer Indaba Producers ‍ ‍

  IFFR Pro | January 28, 2023

• TBTM Studios Part of Mastercard’s Start Path Incubator

  Mastercard | November 3, 2022

• Pioneering Media Executive Mehret Mandefro Joins Award-Winning Startup TBTM Studios as COO

  Africa.com | October 11, 2022

• Pan African Passion Project - An Exclusive Interview With Mehret Mandefro

  European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Association | September 2021

• How I am Shaping Culture

  Soros Foundation | August 23, 2021

• Women That Have Made an Impact in Global Entertainment

  Variety | March 4, 2021

• Emmy Nominee Mehret Mandefro on How It Feels To Be Free for Legendary Black Women

  Gold Derby | August 13, 2021

• African Writers and The Future

  Arise News | December 20, 2020

• Netflix Partners on Episodic Development Lab with Writers in Africa

  The Hollywood Reporter | November 19, 2020

• How a Strong Creative Industry Helps Economies Thrive

  TED | October, 2020

• Rotterdam, Sundance Team With Realness to Support African Producers

  Variety | July, 2020