October 14, 2026
MASHARIKI AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2026 – OFFICIAL SELECTION
LONG FEATURES COMPETITION
3 Cold Dishes – Asurf Amuwa Oluseyi (Côte d'Ivoire, France, Nigeria)
Aisha Can't Fly Away – Morad Mostafa (Egypt)
Cards on the Table – Victor Gatonye (Kenya)
Congo Boy – Rafiki Fariala (Central African Republic)
Ebinto – Luc Gnepa (Côte d'Ivoire)
Goundafa, The Cursed Song – Ali Benjelloun (Morocco)
Her Daughters' Mother – Chinàzaēkpērē Chukwu (Nigeria)
House of the Wind – Kouemo Auguste Bernard (Cameroon)
It Comes in Waves – Fitch Jean (Canada)
Kileo – Bill Afwani (Kenya)
Laundy – Zamo Mkhwanazi (South Africa)
Loss – Abdulkadir Sheikh Ato (Somalia)
Rusambo – Angela Zivo Gapa (Zimbabwe)
Service to Heart – Paul S. Wilo (Zambia)
Slum Bomber – Maureen Jolly Nankya (Uganda)
What a Day – Niyitegeka Gratien, Denis Iriniga (Rwanda)
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
À toi l'honneur – Raïssa T'keba Kafechina (Togo)
Beneath the Veil – Hazar Abbassi (Tunisia)
Binta Is Okay – Fatimah Binta Gimsay (Nigeria)
Boom, Baby! – Saburi Seif (Tanzania)
Burden of Silence – Zeyna Seyni Diop (Senegal)
Dead Flowers, Red Roses – Tolulope Akande (Nigeria)
Desert Rose – Oussama Benhassine (Algeria)
Diva – Solim Poyodé (Togo)
Do You Know Who I Am? – Paulo Idalécio (Angola)
Embe Dodo – Kelvin Kagambo (Tanzania)
God Sleeps on Sundays – Naishe Nyamubaya (Zimbabwe)
Guhaado – Mahad Qalax (Somalia)
I Owe You a Touch – Marwan Elshafie (Egypt)
Kanyana – Justine Musabyeyezu (Rwanda)
Keep Him Safe – Nikita Neo Mokgware, Bone Buzae Choene (Botswana)
Last Sign – Ishimwe "Pablo" Prince (Rwanda, Türkiye)
Le linge sale – Médéssè Agohoundje (Benin)
Lovebirds Part 2 – Ndizeye Alibaba (Rwanda)
Mandala – Charite Kayitsinga (Rwanda)
Never Forget – Bakayoko Mohamed Namory Isaac (Côte d'Ivoire)
Nobody's Piece – Jessie Chisi (Zambia)
Pamodzi – Maxwell Mutunwa Mwape (Zambia)
Remnants – Zion Sulaiman Mukasa Matovu (Rwanda)
Silent Grief – Loyiso Paul Pududu (South Africa)
Sinai America – Rewan Mousa (Egypt)
The Coffin Keeper (Nínú igi ati nínú erú) – Angel Gabriel (Nigeria)
The Collector – Andrew Evans Odera (Kenya)
The Fortunate – Habtamu Gebrehiwot (Ethiopia)
The Rooftop – Ishimwe Delphin (Rwanda)
The Swap – Sally Wanja Ngoiri (Kenya)
The Unnamed – Abanoub Nabil (Egypt, Sweden)
Tomasi – Portia Ncwane (South Africa)
Tomorrow in Another Day – Adel Ben Othman (Tunisia)
Verses My Brother Taught Me – Thomo Tshipinyane (South Africa)
Yakubu – Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay (Ethiopia, India)
DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION
Crushed Time – Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil (France, Réunion)
Djeliya, Memory of Mandingo – Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso)
Ejo Tey, Teranga in the Land of Thousand Hills – Papalioune Dieng (Senegal)
Fruit de mer, une industrie – Joseph Saha (Cameroon)
Kikuyu Land – Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown (Kenya, United States)
Robots – Yaseen J. Khan (South Africa, Sri Lanka)
Suya: A Spicy Piece of Home – Daro Umaigba (Nigeria)
The Other Reauburn – David-Pierre Fila (Congo)
The People Shall – Mark Maina Maingi, Nick Wambugu Gichuki (Kenya)
The Woman Who Poked the Leopard – Patience Nitumwesiga (Uganda)
Tin Hinan, the Last Nomad – Leila Artese Benhadj (Algeria, France, Italy)
TV SERIES
Àdúrà – Martins Keyen (Nigeria)
Against the Tides – Oluwatoyosi Olamide Lala (United Kingdom)
Born 2000 – King Himself (Tanzania)
Calabar My Calabar – Joseph Gabriel Okulaja (Nigeria)
Calamity – Saul Mashaba (South Africa)
Come and See – Oluchi Mary Nsofor (Nigeria)
Double Whammy – Korede Olayinka (Nigeria)
Minus 1 – Habibu Iragena (Rwanda)
My Little Stories: The Cook and the Bee – Manuelly Leshika N'landou-Tchibindat (Congo, Côte d'Ivoire)
Rough (The Documentary) – Arowolo David Dare (Nigeria)
The Legacy of Adam – Roger Andre Gihlemoen (Tanzania)
The Penance Diary – Sydney Agaba (Uganda)
RWANDA FOCUS
Bridge of Christmass – Dusabe Busine Israel (Rwanda)
Hands of Hope – Niyoyita Roger (Rwanda)
Rukuruzi – Mutuyimana Ibrahim (Rwanda)
The Bride – Myriam Birara (Rwanda)
