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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.
BCFF2026 Benin City Film Festival 2026
Benin City Film Festival 2026 on Oct 31 celebrates cinema, culture and community with screenings, conversations and networking ...
Afterglow Sessions Vol 2
AFTERGLOW SESSIONS VOL. 2: HALLOWEEN EDITION π©ΈποΈOne night. One screen. Enter the nightmare.This Halloween, Afterglow takes over...
Movie by the beach
Movie by the beach - Aug 13, 2026 - Accra
Short Film Night - Red Room
Short Film Night - Red Room - Aug 19, 2026 - Accra
The Oratory - A Movie on Don Bosco
The Oratory: A Movie on Don Bosco at Century Cinemax Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Oct 28, 6β9PM. Inspiring faith-filled cinema for fa...
ICE Beach Cinema
ICE Beach Cinema: monthly beach movie nights at Rehab Beach Club, Accra. Films under the stars by the waves. Oct 31, 7PM-11PM.
NBO Film Festival 2026
This year, NBO Film Festival brings a bigger program than ever, with three juried competitions, our first filmmaker retrospecti...
Mini Mornings at Unseen - October
Our Mini Mornings gives smaller kids the chance to experience films on the big screen in a child friendly environment, with sof...
First Pan-African Cultural Festival (PANAF 1969)
A major Pan-African festival of music, dance, theatre and film in post-independence Algiers; it brought together liberation mov...
First World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN 1966)
A landmark festival initiated by President LΓ©opold SΓ©dar Senghor, bringing together artists and thinkers of Africa and the dias...
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