Cinema Africa (Afrikanisches Filmfestival / African Film Festival 2025/26) - 10.11.26 (18:00 - 20:00)
Cinema Africa - a collaboration between Cineplex Bayreuth and the Cluster of Excellence - is back with presentations in November and December and a number of films in January. For the 17th time Cinema Africa is organised and curated by the Chair of Romance & Comparative Literature, Prof. Ute Fendler. ...more
Cinema Africa (Afrikanisches Filmfestival / African Film Festival 2025/26) - 25.01.26 - 28.01.26
Cinema Africa returns in January 2026 for the final chapter of its 2025/26 edition, curated by Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and now in its 17th year, the festival showcases the diversity and creativity of African cinema through a carefully curated selection of films from across the continent. Following acclaimed screenings in November and December 2025 ...more
Cinema Africa (Afrikanisches Filmfestival / African Film Festival 2024/25) - 14.10.24 - 29.01.25
For the 16th time, the film festival Cinema Africa takes place at the University of Bayreuth. For this installment,however, there is an innovation: the festival will not be held exclusively during one week, but spread over several months. ...more
Cinema Africa (Afrikanisches Filmfestival / African Film Festival 2024) - 21.01.24 - 24.01.24
From January 21 to 24, 2024, the "Cinema Africa" film festival of the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple" invites film and Africa aficionados alike to embark on a four-day trip through African narratives. The journey leads from south to north, from Tunisia to Lesotho, with stops in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...more
Cinema Africa (Afrikanisches Filmfestival / African Film Festival 2023) - 23.01.23 - 25.01.23
From January 22-25, 2023, the 14th edition of the film festival “Cinema Africa” of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence invites the audience to a cinematic journey through the broad spectrum of African films from 2021 and 2022 (Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal), which have received international attention and some of which have already been shown at renowned film festivals. ...more
A journey to the Indian Ocean – Cinema Africa 2021 - 14.11.2021 - 17.11.2021
In November 2021, the film festival “Cinema Africa” of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence invited the audience on a cinematic journey to the colourful world of the Indian Ocean. Over the course of four evenings, the movie festival presented stories that took place in ...more
Cinema Africa presented AfriKaleidoskop – a film night at a historic movie theater - 22.01.2020
The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence will continue its cinematographic endeavors in 2020. First stop: an invitation to see three outstanding movies during an extensive movie night. More events are planned. ...more
A cinematographic journey across the African continent: Cinema Africa in Bayreuth - 26.11.2019
The film festival “Cinema Africa 2019” brought four extraordinary movies to Bayreuth taking the audience on a unique cinematographic journey across the African continent. Around 280 people attended the four-day film festival and had a chance to discuss the films with each of the directors. ...more
“Cinema Africa” celebrates its twelfth edition – 29.10.2019
At the end of November, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence will present the African film festival “Cinema Africa”. In total, four movies will be shown at Cineplex Bayreuth to demonstrate the wide range of filmmaking that the African film industry has to offer. ...more