2025 Edition - Ecrans Noirs (Ecrans Noirs Festival)

Ecrans Noirs is a non-profit organization that has become, over the years, a key event for Cameroonian and African cinema. Its mission is to promote and distribute African films, whether produced on the continent, by the diaspora, or depicting Africa in all its forms.
The first edition, held from May 31 to June 7, 1997, marked the beginning of a cultural adventure that continues unabated.

Objectives
The festival's overall objective is to promote the development of cinema and audiovisual media in Cameroon and the Central African sub-region. To achieve this, Ecrans Noirs has set itself several specific missions:
• To showcase the best of African film and audiovisual production;

• To make these works accessible to all audiences;

• To encourage creation and production in Central Africa;

• To promote the distribution of national and regional productions;

• To provide a space for exchange and co-productions among professionals from across the continent;
• To strengthen technical skills through training and professional development for those working in the sector.

Festival Activities

Each year, this festival, usually held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, is driven by a theme around which its entire program is based. For seven days, invited festival-goers spread out across the various festival venues, with the Festival Village as the focal point. Numerous activities take place there, including screenings of films in and out of competition, conferences and symposiums, meetings between professionals and the public, training workshops, the "10 Days for a Film" competition, the Miss Ecrans Noirs pageant, the Kids Corner Cinema, and more.