Because the Cannes Movie Competition prepares to roll out the crimson carpet, AfroCannes returns with a daring and future-facing imaginative and prescient for 2025.
Now in its third yr, the platform has rapidly grow to be an important area for celebrating and interrogating tales from throughout Africa and the African diaspora—putting Black creatives firmly on the centre of worldwide movie conversations.
This yr, AfroCannes leans into the theme of Afro-Futurism and African Innovation, highlighting the facility of speculative storytelling, cultural reclamation, and forward-thinking movie observe from the continent and past.
Organised by the not-for-profit Yanibes Basis, AfroCannes continues to develop its worldwide footprint alongside its sibling occasion AfroBerlin, providing area to discover not simply who’s on display screen—however who’s shaping the trade behind the scenes.
Happening from Might 15–19 on the Villa des Ministres in Cannes, the 2025 programme includes a wealthy lineup of screenings, networking occasions, nation showcases, and high-impact panels. Among the many confirmed audio system are notable names together with Aaron Rashaan Thomas, Camille Pitanga, Gordon Bobb, Frédéric Chau, Syrinthia Studer, and Luis Lomenha.
Highlights from the programme embrace:
- A deep dive into the brand new wave of Nigerian cinema
- A highlight on Afro-German filmmakers
- Panels exploring the Africa–Asia cinematic reference to consultants like Dr. Pushpinder Chowdhry
- A hearth chat with globetrotting producer and explorer Ernest White II
That is greater than a second—it’s a motion. Because the organisers state, “Past the glitz and glam of the Cannes Movie Competition, AfroCannes highlights the significance of illustration— it isn’t nearly who’s on the stage, it’s about who’s within the room.”
Free to attend (with pre-registration), AfroCannes attracts a dynamic crowd of filmmakers, producers, actors, casting administrators, and financiers. Whether or not you’re in it for trade progress or inventive inspiration, that is the place the way forward for Black cinema is being formed.