Featured Films
The finest stories from across Africa and the diaspora — in competition, documentary, and special screenings
When Rivers Speak
A fisherman's daughter uncovers a decades-old secret that threatens to upend her coastal village. A story of loyalty, memory, and the price of truth.
Dec 14, 12:00 PM · Main Cinema Hall
The Last Baobab
An intimate portrait of an 80-year-old keeper preserving ancient botanical wisdom in Northern Nigeria as modernisation encroaches on his world.
Dec 15, 11:30 AM · Studio B
Harmattan Season
During a brutal dry season, two estranged brothers are forced by circumstance to confront buried family truths on a cross-country journey.
Dec 15, 9:00 AM · Main Cinema Hall
Children of the Sahel
A group of children navigate displacement and unexpected resilience in the rapidly changing Sahel landscape, told through their innocent eyes.
Dec 17, 12:00 PM · Studio B
Lagos After Dark
A night-shift nurse at a Lagos hospital discovers a shadow economy that runs beneath the city she thought she knew — and must decide what to do.
Dec 15, 4:00 PM · Main Cinema Hall
Crossing the Volta
A lyrical and visually stunning love story set across the two banks of the Volta River, told through music, memory, and the pull of home.
Dec 17, 2:30 PM · Main Cinema Hall
Red Earth, White Sky
A land rights activist in rural KwaZulu-Natal discovers her fight is more personal than she ever imagined when old documents surface.
Dec 16, 3:30 PM · Main Cinema Hall
The Drummers of Oyo
A documentary following three generations of a royal drumming family in Oyo State as they fight to keep their tradition alive in a changing world.
Dec 16, 1:00 PM · Studio B