Name: AFRIKAMERA – Festival of Contemporary African Cinema 2026
Start: 2026-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Silent Green Kulturquartier (Hauptspielstätte) + weitere Berliner Kinos

AFRIKAMERA

About AFRIKAMERA

Since 2007, AFRIKAMERA has showcased what's really happening in contemporary African cinema every November in Berlin: feature films, documentaries, short films, and hybrid forms that tell stories about the continent beyond common clichés. The organizer is the Berlin-based association toucouleur e.V., a platform for German-African cultural work. Between 2024 and 2027, the festival is dedicated to a four-part thematic cycle – BELIEVE, CHANGE, REFLECT, and CREATE. 2026 will feature the REFLECT edition, with a new partnership with the Ladima Foundation, which puts African female filmmakers at the center.

Dates 10 Nov — 15 Nov 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

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Edition 2026

AFRIKAMERA — edition 2026

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The REFLECT edition of AFRIKAMERA takes place in November 2026 at the Silent Green Kulturquartier and other Berlin venues. Feature films, documentaries, and short films from the African continent and the diaspora are the focus. New: Partnership with the Ladima Foundation, which puts African female filmmakers at the center. Specific dates and program will be published in autumn 2026.

The 2026 edition of AFRIKAMERA is themed REFLECT. It is the third stage of the 2024–2027 thematic cycle (BELIEVE, CHANGE, REFLECT, CREATE), which toucouleur e.V. is presenting together with numerous African and European partners. REFLECT aims at retrospective, biographical, and essayistic narratives in which filmmakers critically examine their own careers, history, and present.

A special role in 2026 is played by the cooperation with the Ladima Foundation: the pan-African foundation supports female filmmakers on the continent and, as part of AFRIKAMERA, presents the winner of the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary to a Berlin premiere audience. Q&As, workshops, and industry talks are also expected.

Highlights AFRIKAMERA 2026

REFLECT Edition: third thematic block of the 2024–2027 cycle
Premiere of the Ladima Adiaha Award winner film in Berlin
Main venue Silent Green Kulturquartier Wedding
Program of feature films, documentaries, and short films
Q&As with filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora

Programme AFRIKAMERA 2026

Program Structure (typical, based on recent editions)

The exact daily program for 2026 will usually be published in early November 2026 on afrikamera.de. Expected are:

Opening Film with guests, typically at Silent Green or City Kino Wedding
Main Series with contemporary African feature films
Documentary Series featuring the Adiaha Award winner film from the Ladima Foundation
Short Film Programs from various regions of Africa
Q&As and Film Discussions with attending filmmakers
Industry Talks on distribution, funding, and diaspora realities

Main venue: Silent Green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin. Further venues will be announced with the program.

Note: As REFLECT is the third of four thematic blocks, the curatorial line remains closely aligned with previous editions. Specific film titles will be announced by the festival from autumn 2026 onwards.

Prices AFRIKAMERA 2026

Single tickets per screening and festival passes. Specific prices will be published with the program in autumn 2026. Advance sales online via afrikamera.de.

Practical information

Practical information — AFRIKAMERA

Getting There

Silent Green Kulturquartier, Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin (U-Bahn U6 / U9 Leopoldplatz or S-Bahn Wedding). Other venues in Berlin, depending on the program.

Tickets

Single tickets per screening and festival passes online via afrikamera.de or at the advance box office of the respective venues. Specific prices and program are usually published from autumn 2026.

Organizer

toucouleur e.V. – an association of German-African cultural practitioners based in Berlin.

Berlin as an African Cinema Platform

AFRIKAMERA was launched in 2007 by the Berlin-based association toucouleur e.V., a collective of German-African cultural practitioners, to make African cinema more visible in the German capital. What began as a small niche format has developed over almost two decades into one of the most important European festivals of its kind – with a clear political claim: to break down the media's reduction of Africa to stereotypes of poverty and conflict, and instead showcase the diversity of contemporary African realities and cinematic languages.

A Four-Year Thematic Cycle

Between 2024 and 2027, the festival is running under a cohesive conceptual arc: BELIEVE (2024), CHANGE (2025), REFLECT (2026), and CREATE (2027). Each edition approaches the question of how filmmakers on the continent and in the diaspora tell their present from a different perspective. REFLECT 2026 emphasizes retrospective, critical-essayistic, and biographical narrative forms.

Ladima Partnership and Women's Voices

A key innovation for the 2026 edition is the partnership with the Ladima Foundation, a pan-African foundation for the promotion of female filmmakers. The winner of the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary will be screened at AFRIKAMERA in Berlin – a contribution to the visibility of African women's voices in the international festival circuit.

Silent Green Wedding and the Festival Network

The main venue for years has been the Silent Green Kulturquartier in Berlin-Wedding (Mitte district): a former crematorium that is now one of the city's most atmospheric cultural centers. In addition, there are other venues in the city, typically including the City Kino Wedding. The films are shown with English or German subtitles and are usually accompanied by Q&As with the filmmakers.