AAFF 2026 Homepage Archive
16–17 OCTOBER 2026 · ONLINE + ACCRA

Witness Black cinema
from our own centre.

Kemet for the Kemetyu: At Home and Abroad.

Two days of online screenings. One landmark awards evening at the National Theatre. One gathering built around Black stories, sovereignty and repatriation.

17 October · Exhibition Hall, National Theatre, Accra
Featuring Director Kwaw Ansah · 2026 Lifetime Achievement Honouree

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MORE THAN A SCREENING

Two days.
One cultural landmark.

AAFF brings filmmakers, thinkers, artists and audiences into one field of vision: Black stories told with Black people at the centre.

Your ticket is entry into cinema, conversation, celebration and the living work of repatriation.

16–17 OCTOBER · WORLDWIDE ONLINE

Watch from anywhere.

Friday opens online at 5 PM with a brief welcome, followed by Heritage Africa, Nana Kwaw Ansah’s appearance and discussion. Later Friday screening times will be confirmed. Saturday starts online at 10 AM; join the Awards Ceremony in Accra at 6 PM and the Kwaw Ansah tribute at 7 PM. All times Ghana time (GMT). View the programme.

17 OCTOBER · NATIONAL THEATRE, ACCRA

Be in the room.

Join the awards evening at the Exhibition Hall for recognition, performance and the people shaping Black cinema’s future.

THE SCREEN IS OURS

BLACK STORIES.
BLACK IMAGE.
BLACK FUTURE.

Do not merely hear about the gathering. Be part of it.

2026 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Witness history with
Director Kwaw Ansah.

Visionary filmmaker. Cultural guardian. One of Black cinema’s defining voices.

Director Kwaw Ansah’s confirmed appearance anchors the 2026 Awards Ceremony in Accra.

Official AAFF 2026 Kwaw Ansah Lifetime Achievement Award event flyer
WHAT YOUR TICKET UNLOCKS

Come for the films.
Leave with the movement.

01

Stories from our centre

Films framed by Black priorities, memory and imagination.

02
AAFF guests and cultural leaders

A worldwide gathering

Online access connects the continent and the global Black world.

03
AAFF ceremony and celebration

Legacy in the room

Recognition, conversation and celebration live in Accra.

THE DATES ARE SET

16–17 October 2026.
Do not watch history from the outside.

KEMET FOR THE KEMETYU

At home.
Abroad.
Together.

Online screenings · 16–17 October 2026
Awards Ceremony · 17 October evening · National Theatre, Accra