Official Selection
FEATURES
In Competition
Africa
8
Cameroon/France
Cote d'Ivoire/France/Nigeria
3 Cold Dishes | Directed by Asurf Amuwa Oluseyi | Duration 01:58:00 | Country of Filming Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Nigeria | Year 2024
Ghana
The Fisherman | Directed by Zoey Martinson | Duration 01:45:00 | Country of Filming Ghana | Year 2024
Kenya
Nawi | Directed by Kevin Schmutzler, Toby Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine Munyes, Vallentine Chelluget | Duration 01:43:43 | Country of Filming Kenya | Year 2024
Nigeria
Aljana | Directed by Grace Yakubu | Duration 01:49:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Fractured | Directed by Kayode Kasum | Duration 01:25:24 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
The Boy Who Gave | Directed by Allison Precious Emmanuel | Duration 01:58:59 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
To Adaego With Love | Directed by Nwamaka Priscilia Chikezie | Duration 02:12:01 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
FEATURES
In Competition
International
3
AUSTRALIA
Pasa Faho | Directed by Kalu Oji | Duration 01:25:00 | Country of Filming Australia | Year 2024
CHINA
The Answer to Forever | Directed by Zheng Yunchang | Duration 01:23:00 | Country of Filming China | Year 2025
FINLAND
After Us, The Flood | Directed by Arto Tapio Halonen | Duration 01:37:09 | Country of Filming Finland, Latvia | Year 2024
FEATURES
Out of Competition
10
GHANA
The Funeral of Kwadae | Directed by Nana Obiri-Yeboah| Duration 01:45:00 | Country of Filming Ghana | Year 2025
NIGERIA
Njem | Directed by Uche Chukwu | Duration 02:00:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Safari | Directed by Obi Emelonye | Duration 01:53:13 | Country of Filming Nigeria, Kenya | Year 2025
The Good Gift | Directed by Kayode Kasum | Duration 01:33:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Three Tramps and the Law | Directed by Yibo Koko | Duration 01:48:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
SOUTH AFRICA
Lottery Love | Directed by Mlungisi Mhlanga | Duration 01:13:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2024
UNITED KINGDOM
Son of the Soil | Directed by Chee Keong Cheung | Duration 01:52:34 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
UNITED STATES
Welcome | Directed by Jevon Boreland | Duration 01:42:20 | Country of Filming US | Year 2023
SHORTS
In Competition
Africa
9
Choices | Directed by Nwamaka Chikezie | Duration 00:30:53 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Ẹlẹ́da Àyànmọ́ | Directed by Stanley Obi Arinze | Duration 00:25:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Mr Rogers | Directed by Daniel Aigbokhaivbo | Country of Filming Nigeria | Duration 00:19:22 | Year 2025
Seed | Directed by Chawuko Enakadia, Muhammad Atta Ahmed | Duration 00:29:50 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Telephone | Directed by Fimisinuola Adejonwo | Duration 00:15:09 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
The Day The Heart Died | Directed by Russell Oru | Duration 00:14:57 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2024
Lapeng | Directed by Paballo Mokwena | Duration 00:16:43 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2024
Rearview | Directed by Chris Djuma | Duration 00:24:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Boy No Fear | Directed by Jonathan Curtiss | Duration 00:15:00 | Country of Filming Uganda | Year 2024
The General's Son | Directed by Angela Onuora | Duration 00:20:00 | Country of Filming Canada | Year 2024
Echoes From The Past | Directed by Ayodeji Sanni| Duration 00:25:00 | Country of Filming UK | Year 2025
Becoming Sidney | Directed by Ken Gregory | Duration 00:14:29 | Country of Filming India | Year 2025
SHORTS
N/A
N/A
SHORTS
Out of Competition
30
BRAZIL
Nativity Scene | Directed by Felipe Bibian | Duration 00:18:00 | Country of Filming Brazil | Year 2025
CANADA
Echoes | Directed by Ifenna Okeke | Duration 00:15:00 | Country of Filming Canada | Year 2024
Les Semelles du Quartier | Directed by Dominique Caron | Duration 00:13:43 | Country of Filming Canada | Year 2025
Sugar Dumplin | Directed by Tristan Barrocks | Duration 00:19:20 | Country of Filming Canada | Year 2024
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Kieupe | Directed by Melanie Zawadi Kaduku | Duration 00:21:04 | Country of Filming DRC | Year 2025
GHANA
Behind A Lie | Directed by Juliet Ibrahim | Duration 00:26:55 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
INDIA
Mann Aasai | Directed by Arivasaran R. | Duration 00:23:00 | Country of Filming India | Year 2025
MOROCCO
Aicha | Directed by Sanaa El Alaoui | Duration 00:25:00 | Country of Filming Morocco | Year 2025
NIGERIA
Akoko| Directed by S.I. Abrams | Duration 00:15:30 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Irin Ajo (The Journey) | Directed by Myde Glover | Duration 00:15:38 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2024
Isekonu | Directed by Emmanuel "Story Priest" Adejo | Duration 00:21:54 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
On Our Skin | Directed by Abiodun Udom, Emmanuel Adejo | Duration 00:17:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2024
Steal. Kill. Destroy! | Directed by Joy Isi Bewaji | Duration 00:30:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
The Girl Who Cannot Love | Directed by Oluwafemi Peter Atoyebi| Duration 00:18:18 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
The Moral High Court | Directed by Chisom Valerie Ifeakandu | Duration 00:24:08 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
What Emma Wants | Directed by Samuel Kehinde Njoku | Duration 00:45:03 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
Idia | Directed by Winifred Iguwa | Duration 00:22:16 | Country of Filming UK | Year 2025
POLAND
Let It Burn | Directed by Piotr Karol Balua | Duration 00:17:00 | Country of Filming Poland | Year 2025
SOUTH AFRICA
Amazeze | Directed by Jordy Sank | Duration 00:15:30 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Bleeding Canvas | Directed by Taze Mhlanga | Duration 00:23:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Indlu Yenkomo | Directed by Thozama Busakwe, Khule Mayisa | Duration 00:23:30 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Members Only | Directed by Mangatsila Hlaise | Duration 00:23:11 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Millenial Dad | Directed by Maishe Mosala | Duration 00:15:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2024
The Letter | Directed by Wadelin McKuur, Lesego Motlana | Duration 00:24:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
UGANDA
Jimbi | Directed by Tusabe Ivan | Duration 00:15:11 | Country of Filming Uganda | Year 2024
UNITED KINGDOM
Leaving Ikorodu In 1999 | Directed by Rashida Seriki| Duration 00:17:28 | Country of Filming Nigeria, United Kingdom | Year 2024
Shall We Meet Tonight | Directed by Wapah Ezeigwe | Duration 00:15:04 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
UNITED STATES
A Beauty Supply In Queens | Directed by Oluseyi Olatujoye, Princess Adenike | Duration 00:17:25 | Country of Filming US | Year 2024
Frangible | Directed by Marie France Louis | Duration 00:16:30 | Country of Filming United States | Year 2025
Whispers Of Light | Directed by Emeka Ojukwu, Jumoke Omojola | Duration 00:12:53 | Country of Filming United States | Year N/A
DOCS
In Competition Africa
4
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Of Mud and Blood | Directed by Jean-Gabriel Leynaud | Duration 01:30:00 | Country of Filming DRC | Year 2024
GHANA
Finding Home: The Art of Black Women In Their Diaspora | Directed by Akosua Gyamma Busia | Duration 00:055:25 | Country of Filming Ghana | Year 2025
NIGERIA
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Afrobeat | Directed by Louis Ejiofor | Duration 00:58:14 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2025
ZIMBABWE
Matabeleland | Directed by Nyasha Kadandara| Duration 01:16:29 | Country of Filming Botswana, Zimbabwe | Year 2025
DOCS
In Competition International
7
Austria
LACE Relations | Directed by Anette Baldauf, Chioma Onyenwe, Joana Adesuwa Reiterer, Katharina Weingartner | Duration 01:28:00 | Country of Filming Austria, Nigeria, United States | Year 2025
France
TUKKI: From Roots to Bayou | Directed by Vincent Le Gal, Alune Wade | Duration 01:05:00 | Country of Filming France, Ghana, Senegal, US | Year 2024
Where Two Oceans Meet | Directed by Lulu Scott | Duration 01:15:00 | Country of Filming South Africa | Year 2025
Didy | Directed by Gael Kamilindi, Francois-Xavier Destors | Duration 01:33:00 | Country of Filming Rwanda | Year 2024
PORTUGAL
Nteregu (A Story To Be Sung) | Directed by Manuel Loureiro, Roger Mor | Duration 01:22:54 | Country of Filming Guinea-Bissau, Portugal | Year 2024
United Kingdom
Lobito Bound: A Journey to Africa's New Frontier | Directed by Leopold Belanger | Duration 01:12:00 | Country of Filming Angola, DRC, Tanzania, UK, Zambia | Year 2025
UNITED STATES
The Eyes of Ghana | Directed by Ben Proudfoot | Duration 01:30:00 | Country of Filming Ghana, United States | Year 2025
DOCS
Out of Competition
2
Canada
Operation Lights Out: The Story of Canairelief | Directed by Angela Onuora | Duration 01:55:00 | Country of Filming Canada | Year 2021
Nigeria/UK
Shades of Survival | Directed by David Ayeni | Duration 01:35:00 | Country of Filming France, Nigeria, South Africa, UK, US | Year 2025
ANIMATION
In Competition
Africa
5
Blinded By The Lights | Directed by Francis Y. Brown | Duration 00:13:30 | Country of Filming Ghana | Year 2025
The Guardians (The Chosen Ones) | Directed by Jesse Sunkwa-Mills | Duration 00:35:36 | Country of Filming Ghana | Year 2024
Oya (the goddess of gods) | Directed by Nnamdi Lawrence Dieyi | Duration 00:15:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2024
The Travails of Ajadi | Directed by Adeoye Adetunji | Duration 00:10:00 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2024
Monologue | Directed by Stan Ohikhuare| Duration 00:03:35 | Country of Filming UK | Year 2025
ANIMATION
International
N/A
STUDENT SHORTS
In Competition
2
NIGERIA
The Labyrinth | Directed by Toluwalope Okunade Ebiseni | Duration 00:14:58 | Country of Filming France | Year 2024
UNITED STATES
The Professional | Directed by Kunle Fasasi | Duration 00:13:40 | Country of Filming US | Year 2025
STUDENTS
SHORTS
Out Competition
3
NIGERIA
Angel In The Stone | Directed by Doyinsola Ajayi | Duration 00:11:19 | Country of Filming Nigeria | Year 2023
Brushed Dreams | Directed by Itorobong Joan Asanga | Duration 00:07:30 | Country of Filming US | Year 2024
UNITED STATES
Soeur Celeste | Directed by Itorobong Joan Asanga | Duration 00:13:31 | Country of Filming US | Year 2025