Quibdó Africa Film Festival Returns! September 16th to 20th, 2025

 

Invisibles Borders: The 7th Quibdó Africa Film Festival

Get ready to experience an extraordinary showcase of 70 films from 32 countries and territories around the world. Our official selection, under the theme “Invisible Borders”, invites you on a captivating journey through the dynamic landscape of African and Afro-descendant cinema. Discover films that blur boundaries, venture into unexplored worlds, and challenge our perceptions of reality. Welcome to QAFF 2025!

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ANIMATION

BAN'A MAYI (Maud-Salomé Ekila Bofunda) - 8' - DR Congo

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EXPERIMENTAL

Is it War ? (Timeea Mohamed Ahmed) - 6' - Sudan

Nalashi (Niya Abdullahi) - 8'12 - Ethiopie

Palo alto (Andrés Mosquera) - 9'19 - Colombia

Oríkì Oshun (Elena Herminia Guzman) - 14' - United States

Sequence (Chiro- Claudia Castellanos Hernández) - 15' - Colombia

Civic (Dwayne LeBlanc) - 19' - United States

Chikha - QUEEN (Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua Raji) - 24' - Morocco

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SHORT FICTION

Fighting Giants (Oluwaseun Babalola) - 8'31 - United States

​A Passion's Night Bloom (Kwesi Awotwi) - 9'46 - United Kingdom​

Dulce (Yurieth Romero, Edgar De Luque) - 11´28 - Colombia

V's Secret (Bassma Farah Nancy) - 12'50 - Egypt

Grace (Natalie Jasmine Harris) - 13'30 - United States

Akababuru: Expression of astonishment (Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí) - 13'33 - Colombia

Unknown (Ahmed Zitouni) - 13'50 - Algeria

My Father and the Beach (Marcos Alexandre) - 14'19 - Brazil

Alafia (Cecilia Fontenele) - 15' - Brazil

Circoncis ? Jamais ! (Babacar D Diouf) - 16'14 - Senegal

The Incredible Sensational Fiancée of Sèyí Àjàyí (Abbesi Akhamie) - 16'20 - Nigeria

Bellavista (Jhon Vanegas) - 16'24 - Colombia

We are Griots (Demba Konate) - 17'08 - France

Dancing Fireflies (Eleggua Luna Laverde) - 18' - Colombia

XY- (Seydina Mouhamed Ndiaye) - 18'23 - Morocco, Senegal

Yadikoon, the little prince (Mouhamadou Makhtar Diao) - 19' - Senegal

ENTRÉ-SORTIE (Ousmane Hanne, Modou Dieng) - 19'27 - Senegal

Barbara (Vilma Carla Martins) - 20' - Brazil

Love Through The Lens (Donna Sibande) - 20' - South Africa

MANSOS (Juliana Segóvia) - 20' - Brazil

BEFORE THE DAYLIGHT BREAKS (John Van Aiglon, Twana Sheriya) - 20'13 - DR Congo

LEES WAXUL (Yoro Mbaye) - 21' - Senegal

The Last Harvest (Nuno Boaventura Miranda) - 22' - Cape Verde

LES CRAMPONS DE L'ESPOIR (Mariama Niang) - 22'19 - Senegal

Zanatany, When soulless shrouds whisper (Hachimiya Ahamada) - 27' - Belgium

Pied-à-terre (Badewa Ajibade) - 29'46 - Nigeria

Beutset (Alice Mendy) - 29'57 - Switzerland

Embers of anger (Kenlo Primate) - 34'23 - Réunion

The Adventures of Angosat (Resem Verkron, Marc Serena) - 34'30 - Angola

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​SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Fitofascia (Petra Ventana, Lucía Benamo) - 8'55 - Argentina, Colombia

El Eco (Ángela Carabalí) - 12'44 - Colombia

KUAYÉ (Juan Fernando Uribe) - 13'12 - Colombia

The Afro Mexpats (Ebony Marie Bailey) - 16'35 - Mexico

At The Edge of Skin (Danielle Villanova) - 20' - Brazil

Aprendiz de xamã Mukunã (Rodrigo Sena Sena) - 25' - Brazil

ROMULA (Juan Felipe León) - 25' - Colombia

Hurry Up Hurry Up (Germain Le Carpentier) - 25'54 - Mayotte

Reef People (Mariana Rivera, David Betancourt) - 26'00 - Colombia

On the Threshold of Infinity (Rubén Abruña, Juan Carlos García) - 27' - Puerto Rico

SCIENTIFIC INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE - (Claudia Marcela Angulo Murcia) - 33'34 - Colombia

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​​FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

​​​Babalawo (Cyrill Noyalet) - 56'21 - France

Where do you come from? (Abraham Kamara) - 56'49 - Mali

​Escuchar Las Imágenes (Maica Gugolati) - 59'32 - Colombia

The Rising Dawn (Nadi Saddy, Nuits Balnéaires) - 59'59 - Côte d'Ivoire

THE SONG OF THE RETURN (John Agudelo) - 60' - Colombia

58 Years Later (Voices of Today) (Robert Asimba Ngoge, Ras Mutabaruka) - 60' - Botswana

BROKEN MIRRORS (Othmane Saadouni) - 67' - Morocco

The Final Round (Lisa A Maydwell) - 70'10 - United States

GUAÑUNA (David Lasso) - 74'07 - Ecuador

Learning to Dream (Vitor Bitencourt Rocha) - 82' - Brazil​

Brief Tender Light (Arthur Musah) - 93' - Ghana

​Love, Joy & Power: Tools For Liberation (Daresha Kyi) - 95' - United States

MACONGO, THE AFRICAN CORDOBA (Pablo Cesar) - 113' - Argentina

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​FEATURE FILMS FICTION

Omen (Baloji) - 90' - DR Congo

Sugar island (Johanné Gómez Terrero) - 91' - Dominican Republic

Unvirtuous (Chloé Aicha Boro) - 97' - Burkina Faso

UNDER MY SKIN (Pascal Tessaud) - 99' - France

The Fisherman (Zoey Martinson) - 105' - Ghana

The Dog (Baker Karim) - 106' - Kenya, Sweden

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