Afrika Eye 2026
Afrika Eye 2026 is bringing the newest films from Africa and the diaspora, arriving fresh from Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Tribeca, many of them screening in the South West for the first time.
We open with Clarissa, the Esiri brothers’ luminous Lagos-set reimagining of Mrs Dalloway, starring Sophie Okonedo and David Oyelowo. Then in Congo Boy, a teenage refugee in Bangui raises his siblings, studies for exams and writes his way towards a rap career. In Crocodile, a crew of kids in Kaduna build a sci-fi universe with one mobile phone and a lot of nerve. Cotton Queen follows a Sudanese teenager standing up for her village’s future. Cape Town’s hip-hop underground is explored across two generations in a double bill of Notes from the Underground and Amigo the Griot.
“I’m excited to take on the challenge of building on twenty years of work by Annie Menter and the Afrika Eye family. African storytelling deserves to be platformed and celebrated, not as a niche but as some of the most vital cinema being made today. Bristol is the right place for it: a city whose own story has reached across the world, and whose cultural life is richer for every community that calls it home.”
- Gwinyai Mparutsa, Afrika Eye Festival Director
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Upcoming screenings in this season
Clarissa
classified 18 (CTBA) Afrika Eye 2026
Across a single day in Lagos, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured.
Congo Boy
classified 18 (CTBA)Subtitled screening
When both his parents are thrown into prison, 17-year-old Robert is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.
Crocodile
classified 18 (CTBA)Partially Subtitled screening
Crocodile is a coming-of-age story about nine young Nigerians who, in a country shaped by Christianity and marked by political difficulties, discover their voice through sci-fi filmmaking.
Notes From the Underground + Amigo the Griot + Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA)Partially Subtitled screening
A double-bill screening of two films looking at the music scene in Cape Town followed by a Q&A.
Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds + Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA) Afrika Eye 2026
Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds was made to share the thoughtful insights, wisdom and a life of action and artistry of Africa’s Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka.
Cotton Queen
classified 15Subtitled screening
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village.
The Eyes of Ghana + Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA)Subtitled screening
The Eyes of Ghana is a feature documentary following 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse— personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah— as he races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,000 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties.
Rise + Fight Like a Girl + Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA) Afrika Eye 2026
Against the backdrop of war, poverty and sexual violence, two stories emerge in these films of overcoming the odds in and out of the ring. Empire Fighting Chance and Afrika Eye invite you to experience the sweet science African style.