African Film Festival, Inc.

Our flagship, the New York African Film Festival, returns virtually under the theme ‘Notes from Home: Recurring Dreams and Women's Voices’, presented with Film at Lincoln Center from February 4 - 14 and Maysles Cinema February 18 - March 4! Visit for more info and tickets! https://link.africanfilmny.org/zp7

Hiii It’s Mahen, Executive Director of African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF), pausing your Saturday scroll to send a note . The New York African Film Festival returns virtually for its 28th edition from February 4 - March 4 under the theme ‘Notes from Home’! Presented by Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), AFF and Maysles Cinema, this year’s NYAFF will showcase over 70 short and feature films from African and the diaspora! Tickets for FLC screenings are now on pre-sale here: https:...//virtual.filmlinc.org//new-york-african-film-festi/ (Maysles Cinema programming will be announced soon!) #NYAFF28 See more

Thank you for coming to #NYAFF27! It all went by so fast, but we had a wonderful time sharing exciting new and classic films from Nigeria and Sudan with you. As a bonus, you can stream a newly re-edited director's cut of Taghreed Elsanhouri's 'Our Beloved Sudan' through Dec. 22. Watch here: https://africanfilmny.org/event/our-beloved-sudan/

Make sure to check out the insightful Q&A videos with NYAFF27 filmmakers! https://africanfilmny.org/festival/2020-festival/

One more day to catch #NYAFF27! Don't miss out on exciting and impactful classics, dramas, comedies, documentaries and short films from Nigeria, Sudan and their diasporas. https://africanfilmny.org/festival/2020-festival/

The NY African Film Festival, Inc. has been extended until Wednesday! Celebrate by immersing yourself in the cinema of Nigeria and the Sudan. Films are still available nationwide: filmlinc.org/african

AFF mourns the loss of Anani Dzidzienyo, who passed away on Monday, October 26, at the age of 78. Anani Dzidzienyo was a Ghanaian historian and political scientist, and one of the first African researchers to specialize in Brazil. He was a mentor to generations of scholars of racial relations in the country. Dzidzienyo was an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. May his journey into that other world be a safe one!

Sudanese Film Group and the Sudanese Film Club's African Cinema Days Program / Neighbors Cinema continues in Khartoum, Sudan at the National Museum Park through October 29! Catch films from Congo, Senegal, Mali, Algeria, Tunisia and Sudan. More info below!

This groundbreaking program brings African cinema to communities throughout Africa, free of charge for one weekend a year. The 2020 program includes two of Sembene’s films, Mandabi (1968) and Xala (1975), and a documentary about him, SEMBENE! (2015). More info below!

In ‘Migrants,’ filmmaker Abdou Lahat Fall explores why many Africans migrate to Europe to withstand the pain of being without jobs and to subject themselves to homelessness or being hunted down by the police. Watch free now: https://link.africanfilmny.org/t8h

'Tanna,' is streaming free this weekend! Performed by the Yakel people in Vanuatu, 'Tanna,' is a an alluring and heartfelt story of forbidden love across the tribal divideWatch now here: https://africanfilmny.org/event/tanna/

Stream Xoliswa Sithole's 'Standing on Their Shoulders,' Ellie Foumbi's 'No Traveler Returns' and Shawn Antoine's 'Showtime' now on AFF! https://africanfilmny.org/programs/cinema-awujo/

KIDflix Film Fest! 2020 w/ MoCADA Museum closes out with the 1978 classic "The Wiz," from now through September 25! Click the link below to RSVP and stream free! MoCADA.org/kidflix

One of Mambety’s final films, ’The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun’ is a tender love letter to street children in Dakar Watch the 2K restored version until 12pm tomorrow here: https://mocada.org/kidflix

Join the Trust for Governors Island and AFF on Sunday, Sept. 27 for the 13th edition of our annual Family Day Celebration! Fun-seeking individuals of all ages are invited to join us for an enchanting day of free activities including storytelling, needle arts, double-dutch, and dance and drum workshops led by world-renowned instructors, all celebrating Africa and the diaspora! More info here: https://link.africanfilmny.org/bmp Please Note: We will be implementing social distancing measures and masks will be required to board the Governors Island Ferry and to enter and move around the event area. Tickets for the Governors Island Ferry must be reserved in advanced and tend to sell out quickly, you can reserve tickets here: https://www.govisland.com/visit-the-island/ferry

Djibril Diop Mambety’s The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun screens Sept. 21 (24hrs only!) in its 2K restored format during KIDflix Film Fest! 2020 with MoCADA Museum. The film will be available to watch here: https://mocada.org/kidflix

Over 1,000 years ago, a boy with dreams of being a great warrior and his sister were abducted and taken to a faraway land. Growing up in a world of greed and injustice, he finds the courage to make a change. Watch Bilal: A New Breed of Hero free now.

KIDflix Film Fest! with MoCADA Museum continues with "Africa United," which tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg. Watch free now here : https://link.africanfilmny.org/gwn

Stream Moussa Sene Absa's 2002 music-filled classic "Madame Brouette," the short South African drama "Miracle" by Bongi Ndaba, Mamadou Dia's award-winning "Samedi Cinema" and the short anthology film "Visions," by the Nigeria-based Surreal 16 collective now, for free on AFF! https://africanfilmny.org/programs/cinema-awujo/

Subira is based on an award-winning 2007 short of the same name. Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage. The film addresses thoroughly modern African social issues. Watch free now - Sept. 9 here: https://mocada.org/aiovg_videos/kidflix-2020-subira-film/