Today, April 28, 2026, the Marché du Film, the official market of the Festival de Cannes in Cannes, France, confirmed the full AFRIFF "Goes to Cannes" 2026 selection.

AFRIFF, the annual Lagos-based Africa International Film Festival founded in 2010 by Chioma Ude, will present the projects on May 16, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. at Palais K inside the Palais des Festivals.

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The Five Projects

1. Family Secrets

Director: Robert Peters
Producer: Lillian Amah-Aluko | New Dawn Productions Ltd
Countries: Nigeria, South Africa
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 90 min

A drug deal in Umlazi, a township in Durban, South Africa, disrupts Simangele and Ikemefuna's wedding. They reunite later at a fashion event in Ghana, as fame, pregnancy, and family secrets pull them back to the violence that separated them.

2. Insight

Director: Hakym Reagan
Producer: Arsene Ngabo | The Movie People Ltd
Country: Rwanda
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 67 min

Dee, a former hospital janitor, meets Eveline, a woman seeking medical help to gain sight. Their relationship brings both characters into decisions shaped by love, sacrifice, and personal struggle.

3. Prostitute (Ashawo)

Original title: Ashawo
Director: Emil Garuba
Producers: Emil Garuba and Brenda Ogbukaa Garuba
Country: Nigeria
Genre: Crime thriller
Languages: English, Pidgin
Runtime: 90–110 min

Ehi, a young Nigerian sex worker dealing with drug addiction, investigates an underground sex-trafficking operation after the men behind it kill her best friend.

4. Achalugo

Director: Obi Emelonye
Producers: DSP Studios and Banger Studios
Country: Nigeria
Genre: Historical drama
Languages: Igbo, English
Runtime: 120 min

Prince Ikenna returns to Achala with his white wife and mixed-race children, creating conflict with his father, the king. A 15th-century story about Queen Onwa connects the family to the kingdom's past and forces a choice about tradition, family, and power.

5. The Boy and His King

Director: Valencia Joshua
Producers: La Vida Studios, FilmOne Productions, and Dream Lab Productions
Countries: South Africa, Nigeria
Genre: Historical
Languages: English, Zulu
Runtime: 98–105 min

In apartheid South Africa in 1987, an Indian farm boy forms a bond with the Zulu king and later becomes a royal adviser, while facing betrayal, love, racism, and political change.