''SFD - Schwarze Filmschaffende in Deutschland'' (Black Artists in German Film) is a professional association based in Berlin, Germany for directors, producers,

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

s, actors and actresses who are Afro-Germans or of African origin and living in Germany. It was founded in the summer of 2006 and aims to foster a more diverse representation of the lives of black people in German film and television. The founding members of SFD are writers Anne Benza-Madingou and Phillippa Ebénéi, director Winta Yohannes, producer Nataly Kudiabor and

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, and actresses Carol Campbell,

Araba Walton Araba Walton (born 4 November 1975 in Simbach am Inn, Germany) is an Afro-German actress and singer. She completed a three-year course at the School of Acting, The Arts Educational Schools in London after studying theater studies in Munich, Germ ...

Nisma Cherrat Nisma Cherrat (Nisma Bux-Cherrat, born 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is an Afro-German actress. Life and career She grew up in the Schwarzwald region in Germany and attended 1989 to 1992 the ''Neue Münchner Schauspielschule''. She studied classica ...

Ernest Allan Hausmann Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

and

Aloysius Itoka Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from Frankish ''*Hl� ...

. Carol Campbell is the 1. chairperson of SFD. During the official programme of the Berlinale 2007 the SFD presented a series of six short films called ''NEUE BILDER (New Perspectives)'' by Afro-Germans and black filmmakers living in Germany.Berlinale 2007
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