A quick catch-up, if you missed the launch announcement last week: Logline is the first release in AFP Play, our strand of "digital diversions" or "resets" (we avoid the word "games"). It's a small answer to African cinema's well-documented discovery and access problem — the films exist, and the filmmakers are working, but the means to find and know about that work, particularly at scale, have long been challenged.
Each weekday, "Logline" gives you five mystery films from Africa and its diaspora. The selections are drawn from different countries, eras, genres, and languages, mixing well-known titles with overlooked ones. Each film comes with five clues. Your task is to identify the title.
Correct answers build your streak and fill in a map of the African countries represented by the films you have identified. Each film also links to streaming information where available.
Logline is free and works on any device. Those who wish to preserve their progress and collection map can add an email address to sync their streak. They will also receive an update once a day.
It is a low-stakes way to cultivate audiences — particularly at home — to discover films, filmmakers, and national cinemas you may not have encountered before, including your own.
Since launching last week, we've already made a round of improvements based on player feedback. Here is what has changed:
1. A more balanced daily five. The five films each day are now chosen to vary in difficulty.
2. Lifelines. Stuck on a film? Tap the new lifeline button under the answer box to uncover a letter of the title. You get two per film, on top of the usual clues.
3. A clearer result. When a round ends, you can see how your score compares with everyone else who played that day, so a hard day looks hard for everyone, not like a personal failure. The films you did not get are listed at the end, each with a link to where you can watch it.
4. A fuller shared result. Shared results used to list only your score: how many of the five films you identified. That made it harder to post low scores. A zero, one, or two out of five could feel embarrassing, especially when the puzzle itself was difficult. The share card now compares your score with that day's average. If most players struggled, your result makes that visible. It also lists the films you missed as titles to look up and watch, instead of presenting them only as wrong answers. Any film solved with a lifeline is labeled an assisted solve and is separate from a clean solve. These additions give your shared score some context, meaning a rough round reads less like a personal failure and more like something worth sharing.
If you haven't played today's batch yet, head over to afp-play/logline/ now, and the above changes will be reflected. Logline is free and works on any device.
One more thing...!
Theme Week — 29 June to 3 July
Next week, "Logline" is trying something new. From Monday, 29 June, to Friday, 3 July, 2026, each daily puzzle will have its own theme.
- Monday — Nollywood / Nigerian cinema
- Tuesday — Genre
- Wednesday — African pioneers
- Thursday — Documentary
- Friday — Contemporary African cinema
This is the first of many theme weeks to come. Future editions will focus on other countries, regions, languages, eras, movements, specific topics, and filmmakers. Wherever your interest in African cinema begins, a week for it is coming.
African cinema is still too often discussed in terms of scarcity: too few films, too little variety, too little access, too little audience curiosity. "Logline" draws on the many thousands of existing films and gives players a daily, small-scale entryway to discover more of them.
Think of it as the skeleton of AFP Play, with more "Diversions" on the way.
For now, Logline is waiting for you, accessible on any device, here: LOGLINE
Bookmark it for theme week!
Please reach out if you experience any technical problems: info@africanfilmpress.com
Thanks for playing along.