Today’s Directors’ Fortnight lineup announcement brings the total to six Africa-linked feature films at Cannes 2025—across three of the festival’s six main sections, with ACID verification pending.
Akoroko previously tracked African representation at Cannes across ~81 feature-length selections between 1946 and 2024. A comparison with the 2025 tally—including a key chart—is included in today’s analysis.
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