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AFRICAN PANORAMA
“African Panorama” celebrates the richness and diversity of African cinema, presenting a selection of films that reflect the continent's multiple cultures, histories and realities. This category ranges from dramas and comedies to documentaries and experimental cinema, showcasing the talent and creativity of established and emerging African filmmakers.
 Aisha Can't Fly AwayDirector/Writer: Morad Mostafa Producer: Sawsan Yusuf Egypt, Sudan / 2025 / 90' Fiction Aisha is a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo, where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and local gangs. |  LAUNDRY (Uhlanjululo)Director/Writer: Zamo Mkhwanazi Producers: Philippe Coeytaux, Zamo Mkhwanazi, Jim Stark, Nicolas Wadimoff, Marco Orsini South Africa / 2025 / 105' Fiction South Africa, 1968. Apartheid is the law of the land. Khuthala, a talented young musician, wants nothing to do with his family's laundry business. He dreams of jazz, of a life shaped by music, not by soap and steam. |  AmeliaDirector/Writer: Badewa Adeseye Ajibade Producers: Badewa Adeseye Ajibade, Abisola Yussuf Nigeria / 2025 / 23' Fiction Defiance, strength, bravery, love, and loss—these are the heart of Amelia's story. More than just a tale about our protagonist, it is uniquely told through her perspective. As a married Nigerian woman living in relative poverty in the year 2002. |
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 God's WorkDirector/Writer: Michael James Producer: Sithabile Mkhize Music Composer: George Acogny Co-Producer: Marco Orsini Executive Producers: Toni Monty, Gary Springer South Africa / 2025 / 126' Fiction In a derelict building on the outskirts of Durban, a group of homeless men carve out a fragile existence amid violence, addiction, and the constant threat of being erased. |  A King DisplacedDirector/Writer: Olayinka Eno Babalola Producer: Olayinka Eno Babalola Nigeria / 2026 / 19'57 Documentary Daniel Hungbeji navigates his daily life both as a fisherman and as a traditional ruler within the water settlement of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria. |  OrangoDirector: Samuel Kay Forrest Writers: Samuel Kay Forrest, Staniel Ferreira Producers: Arthur Grec, Evelijn van Brandenberg Guinea-Bissau / 2023 / 94' Documentary Eny, a painter in Berlin, and his sister Titina embark on a journey through West Africa after 17 years of exile from Guinea-Bissau following their mother's passing, exploring their ancestral homeland. |
 Of Mud and BloodDirector/Writer: Jean-Gabriel Leynaud Producer: Valdés. Pallas Film DR Congo / 2025 / 94' Documentary In Numbi, an isolated village in the mountains of the Congo, life revolves around the rush for coltan, a "rare earth" indispensable for electronics. The fatality that affects the inhabitants embodies the insidious mechanisms of capitalism in the 2020s. |  Face to faceDirector: Florent Mahoukou Producer: Florent Mahoukou R. Congo / 2021 / 19'54 Experimental (Out of competition) At a difficult moment in his personal and professional life, choreographer Florent Mahoukou returns to the city of Pointe Noire, where, for him, everything began with dance. |  O ANCORADOURO DO TEMPODirector: Sol de Carvalho Writer: Mia Couto Producers: Paula Ferreira, Sol de Carvalho Mozambique / 2024 / 105' Fiction IZIDINE, a recently promoted police detective, is called to a nursing home located in a former colonial fortress to investigate a crime: the home's director has been murdered. |
 Surviving Biafra- Voices from the Nigerian Civil WarDirectors: Meji Alabi, Leke Alabi-Isama Producer: Charlie Northcott Nigeria / 2026 / 75' Documentary Surviving Biafra is a feature documentary directed by Meji Alabi and Leke Alabi-Isama, exploring the Nigerian Civil War through the eyewitness accounts of those who survived it. |  Concrete MovesDirector/Writer: Fagamou Fama Ndiaye Producers: Chloe Ortolé Diop, Fagamou Fama Ndiaye Senegal / 2025 / 12' Experimental Concrete Moves is inspired by a childhood memory: the fear triggered by a snake during a school trip to the Mamelles lighthouse in Dakar. Returning to that same hill decades later. |  The TravelersDirector/Writer: David Bingong Producers: Irene Gutiérrez Torres, David Bingong Cameroon / 2025 / 60'20 Documentary On the border between Morocco and Spain, we wait impatiently for the "patera" (boat) to cross into Europe. After one failed attempt after another, we survive, and I, "the Artist," must keep the flame of hope alive for the entire group. |
 Wrong GenerationsDirector/Writer: Shili Munyama Producers: Jenny Kandenge, Lavinia Kapewasha Namibia / 2026 / 64'53 Fiction Following a series of brutal murders, the last of which takes the life of his childhood friend, a group of estranged best friends reconnects to organize the largest protest in post-apartheid Namibia. |  SapeurDirector/Writer: Denis F. Miala Producers: Denis F. Miala, Lourenço M De Carvalho, Alberto Mende Angola / 2026 / 120' Fiction (Out of competition/Work in progress) In the slums of Palanca, in Luanda, the charismatic mechanic and sapeur Jacob promises his son Alberto a house he cannot afford. Desperate, he teams up with his shady friend Lunda in a scam: posing as a wealthy landowner to sell non-existent plots of land to French investors. |
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