From Sundance Through Cannes 2025, Here’s Where the Deals Are (and Aren’t) for African Films.
What’s sold, what hasn’t, and why most African titles are still waiting for distribution.
Includes updated data across four key festivals from the first half of 2025 and over 25 titles.
– Cannes leads in post-premiere distribution
– Sundance, Berlinale, and IFFR selections trailing
– Intra-African circulation still mostly absent
– Cannes deals concentrated around a few key players, including Mubi, Le Pacte, Jour2Fête
Sales representation, streaming, theatrical rights, and unsold gaps, all mapped.
Audio overview available.
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