Ahead of the 2025 Cannes lineup announcement on Thursday, an Akoroko look back across 77 editions and more than 80 African features. This multi-part report draws on nearly eight decades of selections—tracking when, where, and how African films made it into Cannes, and what those patterns suggest.
– 2010s + 2020s account for over half of all African features at Cannes in 80 years
– 22 of 81 films directed by women
– 21 received major prizes
– Full dataset + charts included
– Available in both text and 8-minute audio breakdown
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