Calendar 2026

7:30 PM OPENING | CITY KINO WEDDING | Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo | Rwanda / Gabun/ France/ Norway 2026 I Original with English subtitles I 101 min | In the presence of Samantha Biffot (producer)  | Kibeho, Ruanda, 2012 – almost twenty years after the genocide against the Tutsi: Vénéranda supports women through the reconciliation process in so-called community courts, which aim…

7 PM | CITY KINO WEDDING | Nadir Bouhmouch | Morocco / Qatar 2019, Original with English subtitles, 99 min | Imider, in southeastern Morocco: For many years, Africa’s largest silver mine has been draining water from the village and surrounding communities, causing the almond groves of an Amazigh community to wither. In 2011, the villagers rise up and shut…

8 PM | FSK KINO | Sammy Baloji | Belgium / DR Congo 2025, Original with English subtitles, 89 min | Amid one of the largest rainforests on the African continent lie the ruins of what was once one of the world’s largest tropical agricultural research centers – the INERA Yangambi Research Station, located on the banks of the Congo…

8:30 PM | KINO ARSENAL | Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic/ France/ DR Congo/ Italy 2026, Original with English subtitles, 91 min | In the presence of the director | Seventeen-year-old Robert dreams of becoming a rapper in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. But his parents, who once fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are…

6:30 PM | HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG | Miki Redelinghuys, Pearlie Joubert | South Africa 2024, Original with English subtitles, 103 min | Followed by a discussion with Miki Redelinghuys, Nkosikhona (Face) Swartbooi (Reclaim the City) and other guests. Moderation: Niq Mhlongo| in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation | Free entry | Cape Town is renowned as one of the world’s most beautiful cities…

8 PM | KINO ARSENAL | Sammy Baloji | Belgium / DR Congo 2025, Original with English subtitles, 89 min | followed by a Q&A with Edson Anibal (voice-over) | Amid one of the largest rainforests on the African continent lie the ruins of what was once one of the world’s largest tropical agricultural research centers – the INERA Yangambi…

6 PM FSK KINO | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | France / Chad 2026, Original with English subtitles, 99 min | In Chad’s Ennedi Desert, ancient mountains rise from the sand. They preserve the memory of a forgotten past and tell age-old legends. Kellou, a young woman from a nearby village, is haunted by mysterious visions that set her apart from those…

8 PM SPUTNIK KINO | Petna Ndaliko Katondolo | DR Congo/ USA 2025, Original with English subtitles, 60 min | In his compelling documentary, Congolese filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo offers rare insights into the world of cobalt mining in Kolwezi in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He portrays people whose everyday lives and livelihoods are directly…

8 PM KINO ARSENAL | Vincho Nchogu | Kenya / Nigeria 2025, Original with English subtitles, 79 min | Q&A with the director | For the first time, the residents of the Kenyan village of Sayit receive official documents confirming their legal ownership of the land based on their family lineage.

6:30 PM KINO ARSENAL | Kethiwe Ngcobo | South Africa 2025, Original with English subtitles, 102 min | Followed by a Q&A with the director | German premiere | in cooperation with the Ladima Foundation (SA) | In 2026, AFRIKAMERA is an official partner of South Africa’s Ladima Foundation for the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary Film by an African…

8 PM SPUTNIK KINO | Mohammed Sheikh | USA / Somalia/ Djibouti 2025, Original with English subtitles, 87 min | The feature film debut of Somali-American director Mohammed Sheikh follows three teenagers, Ami, Hirsi and Geedi, who leave rural Somalia and set off for the city. Their mission is to find Ami’s nine-year-old sister Barni, who disappeared after a wedding…

9 PM KINO ARSENAL | Zoey Martinson | Ghana 2024, Original version, 105 min | For decades, Atta Oko has made his living as a fisherman in a small coastal village in Ghana. When he is forced into retirement, his life is suddenly turned upside down. But then a talking fish ends up in his net, and everything changes.

6 PM FSK KINO | CONGO BOY (rerun) | Central African Republic/ France/ DR Congo/ Italy 2026, Original with English subtitles, 91 min

6:30 PM KINO ARSENAL | Ridha Tlili | Tunisia 2024, Original with English subtitles, 76 min | In the Tunisian mining town of Redeyef, phosphate dust is everywhere. It shapes both the landscape and the daily lives and health of the people who have lived in the shadow of the mine for generations.

8 PM SPUTNIK KINO | AFRIKAMERA SHORTS – DIRECTORS’ CHOICE | Cape Verde / Ethiopia / South Africa among others 2023-25, Original with English subtitles I 83 min | In the presence of Teboho Edkins (director of AN OPEN FIELD) | The programme, curated exclusively for the festival by festival director Alex Moussa Sawadogo, presents an outstanding selection of short…

8:30 PM KINO ARSENAL | Ali Benjelloun | Morocco 2025, Original with English subtitles, 96 min | Q&A with the director (Zoom) | In an Amazigh village in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, three young musicians dream of making it big, while the women work the land, singing with infectious joy.

4 PM KINO ARSENAL | Petna Ndaliko Katondolo | DR Congo / USA 2025, Original with English subtitles, 60 min | In his compelling documentary, Congolese filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo offers rare insights into the world of cobalt mining in Kolwezi in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

4 PM CITY KINO WEDDING | Burkina Faso / Angola / Somalia / Morocco u.a. 2020-25 I OV & Original with English subtitles, 83 min | In the presence of Fabien Dao (director LE CHIEN DES SABLES / SAND DOG) | This short film program brings together short and medium-length works exploring environmental destruction and sustainability, solidarity, and the power…

6 PM SPUTNIK KINO | Ali Benjelloun | Morocco 2025, Original with English subtitles, 96 min |

6 PM KINO ARSENAL | Michel Kiswendsida Zongo | Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire 2025, Original with English subtitles, 82 min | In the presence of the director | For around fifty years, El Hadj Salifou Ouédraogo has been planting baobabs in his village in western Burkina Faso.

6:30 PM CITY KINO WEDDING | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | France/ Tchad 2026, Original with English subtitles, 99 min

8:30 PM KINO ARSENAL | Nicolas Sawalo Cissé | Senegal 2025, Original with English subtitles, 80 min | in the presence of the director | Imam Habibi is a highly respected authority who holds his neighbourhood community together. Beneath a large mango tree, he listens to residents’ concerns and looks after their well-being.