bfm International Film Festival ACP Networking Exchange

Nine of the UK’s most talented filmmakers have been short-listed to take part in bfm’s first Filmmaker Networking Exchange.
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06 Oct For full listings, click here
Free Screening - Great Africans: Nelson Mandela

From 1977 to 1990, the apartheid government agonised over the release of Nelson Mandela. In recounting that process, this documentary grips like a political thriller.
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Free Screening - Great Africans: Julius Nyerere

Lovingly dubbed Mwalimu (Teacher) in his homeland, Julius Kambarage Nyerere is equally fondly remembered as “The Father of the Nation”. The architect of Tanzania’s independence in 1961, and later that of the island of Dar-es-Salaam, Nyerere was a leader of pan-African vision.
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13 Oct For full listings, click here

Free Screening - The Street Children of Kinshasa

An unflinching look at the plight of the young Congolese children forced to live on the streets of Kinshasa. The film is divided into two parts, with the first one featuring a short history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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20 Oct For full listings, click here

Free Screening - Great Africans: Wangari Maathai

Kenyan environmental and social justice activist Wangari Maathai is a trailblazer, pioneering many “firsts” for women in Africa; she was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree.
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27 Oct For full listings, click here

Free Screening - Maisha Solutions + Q&A

An emotional and personal film by Toyin Agbetu, the man behind the groundbreaking Maafa series of films. Read more »