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AFRIFF: Lagos film festival and market

This dossier follows AFRIFF’s programme and outcomes and its Lagos industry market, distinguishing meetings from completed deals.

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The film and content market is scheduled for 2–5 November in Lekki; the festival continues until 7 November.

Lagos: AFRIFF film market schedules industry meetings for 2–5 November

The Africa Film and Content Market begins its scheduled 2–5 November 2026 programme at Twinwaters in Lekki, Lagos. It accompanies the fifteenth AFRIFF festival, according to the official programme and reports published on 2 November.

Lagos in February 2015. Archive illustration; not the festival. Clara Sanchiz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lagos in February 2015. Archive illustration; not the festival. Clara Sanchiz, CC BY-SA 2.0. — Clara Sanchiz — CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ — 28 février 2015, sans modification

The meetings are intended to connect filmmakers, financiers, distributors and buyers around funding and the circulation of films. Market access requires professional accreditation.

The festival continues until 7 November, when the Globe Awards are scheduled. The reviewed sources describe the programme; they do not yet establish the value of signed deals.

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