SÉLECTION QAFF 2025
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 71 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!
ANIMATION
BAN'A MAYI (Maud-Salomé Ekila Bofunda) - 8' - DR Congo
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
SHORT FICTION
Fighting Giants (Oluwaseun Babalola) - 8'31 - United States
A Passion's Night Bloom (Kwesi Awotwi) - 9'46 - United Kingdom
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
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
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
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