BEFF 2026 Film Selection
In Competition – Best Fiction Film
- Hanami (dir. Denise Fernandes, 2024, Switzerland / Portugal / Cape Verde; Cape Verdean Creole, Japanese, French, English; Fiction – coming-of-age / family drama; Director attending virtually)
- Fanon (dir. Jean-Claude Barny, 2024, France / Canada / Luxembourg / Belgium; French, Arabic; Fiction – biopic / historical drama; Director in attendance)
- Memory of Princess Mumbi (dir. Damien Hauser, 2025, Switzerland / Kenya / Saudi Arabia; English, Swahili; Fiction – science fiction / romance; Director in attendance)
In Competition – Best Documentary
- Les Voyageurs / The Travelers (dir. David Bingong, 2025, Cameroon / Spain; French, Spanish; Documentary; Director attending virtually)
- The Empty Grave (dirs. Cece Mlay & Agnes Lisa Wegner, 2024, Germany / Tanzania; Swahili, German, English; Documentary; Directors attending virtually)
- Spike Lee: The Last King of Brooklyn (dir. Dimitri Danvidé, 2024, France; English, French; Documentary; Director in attendance)
Special Program – Focus on Ethiopia
- The River (dir. Herrana Addisu, 2024, Ethiopia; Amharic; Experimental documentary – short; Director in attendance)
- Alazar (dir. Beza Hailu Lemma, 2024, Ethiopia / France / Canada; Amharic; Fiction – short; Director in attendance)
Special Programs
- Rudy Gobert (dir. Jonathan Bensimhon, 2023, France / Guadeloupe / USA; French; Documentary)
- The Afro-Elderly Project: Multigenerational Spanish Blackness (creators Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio, Laurent Leger Adame & José Oyono, 2023–2024, Spain; Spanish; Documentary / multimedia project; Creators in attendance)
