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Explore top film festivals and live cultural events celebrating African creative excellence. Find festival editions, line-ups, venue guides, and secure tickets.
COTTON QUEEN
a film by Suzannah Mirghani (2025)Q&A Monday 26th Oct with Set Designer, Mohammed ElmurIn a cotton-farming village in Sudan...
Kikuyu Land
KIKUYU LAND (2026) a film by Andrew H. Brown & Bea WangonduSet in Kenya’s tea highlands, Kikuyu Land follows Mr. Mungai, a ...
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF)
A Nigerian festival and market connecting Nollywood and pan-African filmmakers with global distributors, with workshops, screen...
Art X Lagos
West Africa's leading modern and contemporary art fair, with galleries, talks and projects.
Cairo International Film Festival
One of Africa's and the Middle East's oldest FIAPF-accredited festivals, showing Egyptian, Arab, African and world cinema.
Uganda Film Festival
A national festival and awards run by the Uganda Communications Commission to promote Ugandan filmmaking.
Marrakech International Film Festival
A glamorous international festival under royal patronage, known for tributes to world cinema figures and a growing slate of Afr...
Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)
A pan-African film awards ceremony recognising excellence across the continent and the diaspora, first held in Bayelsa State.
Carthage Film Festival (Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage)
The oldest film festival in Africa and the Arab world, founded to champion African and Arab cinema. It alternated biennially wi...
FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou)
Africa's largest film festival, started in 1969 as a film week and formalised as FESPACO in 1972. Its top prize is the Étalon d...
Luxor African Film Festival
Founded to promote African cinema and cultural exchange, held in Luxor with competitions for features, shorts and documentaries...
Khouribga African Cinema Festival
One of the oldest African-focused festivals in North Africa, dedicated to cinema from sub-Saharan Africa.
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Africa's premier documentary festival, presenting local and international non-fiction films with a focus on social issues.
Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF / Festival of the Dhow Countries)
East Africa's biggest film festival, celebrating the cultures of the Indian Ocean 'dhow countries' with films, concerts, worksh...
Écrans Noirs
Founded by filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio, a leading Central African festival for African cinema and training of young filmmakers.
Rwanda Film Festival (Hillywood)
Founded by Eric Kabera, famous for its open-air and mobile-cinema screenings that tour rural districts, nurturing Rwandan film ...
Durban International Film Festival (DIFF)
Run by the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts, it began under apartheid and now showcases South African and...
El Gouna Film Festival
A newer Red Sea festival that has quickly become a regional showcase and industry platform for Arab and African filmmakers.
National Film Festival of Morocco (Tangier)
Showcases and awards Moroccan feature and short films, serving as the main annual stage for the national industry.
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