African AI Film Fest

The African AI Film Festival is a groundbreaking celebration of African filmmakers and storytellers who are pushing the boundaries of cinema with AI

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Hollywood keeps rebooting. Med Mopotu built a new universe. 🚀
NDAKO started in a notebook in 2016. Now its first film is a 2026 Official Selection 🇿🇦
Meet the creator, Med Mopotu 🎬
Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.
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She came to London for a better life. The night shifts were the easy part.

THE LONDON FLAT by Dan Akinlolu 🇬🇧, a 2026 Official Selection of the African AI Film Festival.

Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.

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Hollywood's biggest film market is talking AI this week.
Meanwhile in Rwanda, Kagorora Benjamin is already making films with it. 🇷🇼
Meet the director of TWINS A FAR, a 2026 Official Selection. Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.
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Laura Arina Okafor (@handle) with the Official Selection plaque for ZIZI AND KOBE 🇰🇪
Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21. 🏆
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She let the enemy capture her, on purpose. 👑
MOREMI AJASORO by Celina Oluwadarasimi Ilori 🇳🇬, the Yoruba queen who saved Ile-Ife, now told with AI.
A 2026 Official Selection of the African AI Film Festival. Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.
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Her roots hold a secret. ✨
"Asili yako, thamani yako." Your origin, your value.
Meet ZIZI AND KOBE by Laura Arina Okafor 🇰🇪, a 2026 Official Selection of the African AI Film Festival.
Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.
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Heroes don't always survive the story.
Some live on in the ashes. 🔥
First look: HEROES NEVER DIE: ASHES OF TWO VOWS by Tapson Sibande 🇿🇲, a 2026 Official Selection of the African AI Film Festival.
Winners named live in Hollywood, Nov 21.
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@XeronisCosmos congratulations

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🐆 Proud to announce that Brave Cats: Rise of the Cheetah – Episode One is an Official Selection of the inaugural African AI Film Festival 2026!

The full episode is now on YouTube. Watch here:

https://t.co/DnCvGEo7HJ

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@JanStigz @XeronisCosmos congratulations

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@XeronisCosmos @AfricanAIFilm Official selection, and a cheetah lead, that is a festival lineup I would actually show up early for.

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China just opened its first AI film studio. Africa's AI filmmakers didn't wait for one. Meet the 2026 Official Selection of the African AI Film Festival 🧵👇" @OwakCraig
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Hollywood is sold out. 🎬
Every seat for the first African AI Film Festival premiere is taken. Thank you.
Missed it? Waitlist 👉 https://t.co/9wT28QfYc7
Next: Kampala, Dec 12 🌍

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Shipping labels printed for Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, Addis Ababa, Abidjan, Kampala, Salvador, Manchester and Brooklyn. 📦
Every one carries a name we can't share yet.
Official Selection revealed Nov 1. Hollywood premiere Nov 21.
RSVP free 👉 https://t.co/9wT28QfYc7

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There's a film inside you. There always has been.

You just never had the budget. The crew. The permission.

That's over.

The story only you can tell - the world is finally ready to see it. 🌍

African AI Film Festival · Submissions are open https://t.co/FkcT4GevE5

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Submit Your Film >>>🌍https://t.co/FkcT4GevE5

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This week's warning: AI is strip-mining the world's stories and African culture risks being absorbed with zero African ownership.

The answer isn't to fear AI. It's to own it.

That's why we built the African AI Film Festival. By Africa. For the world.

Submissions open🌍

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Storytelling has gone borderless. 🌍

A filmmaker in Nairobi, Dakar, or Dhaka can now compete on a world stage - from a laptop

So we're going global: the African AI Film Festival is adding International + Diaspora sections.

Submissions open now on FilmFreeway
Know a filmmaker?

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The future of film won't be gatekept. 🌍🎬

Introducing the African AI Film Festival a US-based, globally streamed stage for African & diaspora storytellers using AI to tell stories the world has never seen.
Streaming Nov 21–22, 2026 ✍️ Submissions open
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