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Cannes gives visibility to African cinema as Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi joins the Feature Film Jury at the festival.

Funmbi Ogunbanwo, producer of Nigeria’s Cannes selection ‘My Father’s Shadow’, is part of the African Producers Accelerator maiden cohort.

Fally Ipupa’s debut film, Rumba Royale, will premiere in December release; it’s been acquired by Pathé Touch Afrique.

‘My Father’s Shadow,’ the debut film by Akinola Davies Jr. has screened at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews.

Moses Babatope, Founder and CEO of Nile Media Entertainment Group, has been selected as part of the TIFF Market Advisory Committee.

The Nigerian producer was reflecting on her 15 years since the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF).

The programme features a range of projects, including fiction features, documentaries, shorts, series, animation, and film criticism.

Freedom Way was named winner of the AMVCA 2025 big award, Best Movie; the film’s producer and screenwriter, Blessing Uzzi, also won the writing award for film.

The fund was created to “revolutionise Global Africa’s film and creative industry”.

Get the dates on the premiering of African films at Cannes 2025, featuring African filmmakers in the jury, at the 77th Cannes.