African Film Festival for Children & Youth 2025

In this free workshop at Oona Bar on 20th September, participants will interact with Kantarama Gahigiri’s short film Terra Mater to explore how cinematic forms can make social issues visible and foster creative reflection on global challenges.

To attend, please write a short RSVP email to festspielhaus@schlingensief.com, taking place Saturday 20th September at our venue on Weserstraße 166, 12:00-15:00. Bringing artistic voices from the African continent and diaspora to Berlin, the African Film Festival for Children & Youth opens on September 17 with The Brink of Dreams by Ayman El Amir & Nada Riyadh. Highlights include the panels: Activism and Political Cinema on September 19 with Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Kantarama Gahigiri, and Ronnie Vitalia, and Youth Protest, Art, and Patriarchal Structures on September 20, moderated by Kemi Fatoba. Tickets for the festival are here.

THE FUTURE IS AFRICA is a biennial children’s and youth film festival featuring artistic contributions from the African continent and the African diaspora. It was first held in Berlin in 2021. Inspired by the KIFIFE Children’s Film Festival, which has been taking place at Opera Village in Burkina Faso since 2019, the festival focuses on films that explore historical as well as current political and social realities, creating connections between children and young people in Europe and those growing up on the African continent.