Film does not merely record a world; it teaches an audience what that world is allowed to mean. This October, the Abibitumi Abibifahodie Film Festival returns to place Afrikan storytellers and Afrikan audiences in a more powerful relationship with the moving image.

Film, memory and liberation

The festival runs October 16–17, 2026, connecting audiences in Accra and online. Its programme brings multiple generations and forms of Afrikan-centered cinema into conversation, including longer works, documentaries, shorts, student projects and emerging digital approaches.

The hybrid format gives a dispersed Black world stronger routes to find films and filmmakers without waiting for dominant platforms to grant permission.

Visit the official festival website for the developing programme and current access information.