As the biggest African film festival in the UK, the festival’s main goal is to overcome the under-representation of African film in the UK and to introduce Scottish audiences to the riches of African cinema.
> FESPACO, Feb 28 - Mar 7 2009
This is the Pan-African Film and TV Festival of Ouagadougou. Its theme this year was "African cinema: tourism and cultural heritage".
> London African Film Festival , Nov 2009
The 2009 festival explored new narratives techniques and features films from all corners of the continent, including the UK premiere of Tariq Teguia’s INLAND.
> Aluta Film Festival, Feb 2010
South Africa’s premier township cinema event held each year in Galeshewe, Kimberley.
Aluta Film Festival is to be a repository for the stories of people of African ancestry worldwide as well as stories from the developing world.
> DISCOP Africa 3, Feb 22 2010
DISCOP AFRICA is a matchmaking and networking event, which takes place within three days. It encourages the promotion of audiovisual content distribution, production and funding in Sub-Saharan Africa.
> Cascade Festival, Feb 5 - Mar 6 2010
The Cascade Festival of African Films began in 1991 by four Portland Community College faculty members. Today, over 5,500 people attend the festival annually.The festival is run entirely by volunteers.