FESTIVAL-PROGRAMM 2026
Thursday, 17.09.
Thursday, 17.09.
18:30
OPENING
Filmforum Ludwig
20:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Shandra Apondi
Cooperation: Pambazuka Suahili Kultur e.V. & Jenga Community
MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI
Direction: Damien Hauser, CH/Kenia/Saudi Arabien 2025, DCP, OmeU, 79 min
moreFriday, 18.09.
Friday, 18.09.
10:00
Schulen
Guests: Paul Shemisi, Nizar Saleh
Kinshasa-Köln-Connection: Volume 4 - Workshops mit Nizar Saleh und Paul Shemisi
Direction: Paul Shemisi, Nizar Saleh, DE 2026, , , 90 min
more15:30
Aula der KHM
Guests: Jacqueline Nsiah, Zipporah Nyaruri, Gaël Kamilindi, Bassem Ben Brahim
17:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Paul Shemisi
Cooperation: Deutsch-Kongolesisches Jugendinstitut und Lux Mwinda!
JOY BOY: A TRIBUTE TO JULIUS EASTMAN
Direction: Anne Reijniers, Mawena Yehouessi, Fallon Mayanja, Rob Jacobs, Victoire Karera Kampire, BE/FR/DR Kongo 2026, DCP, OmeU, 64 min
more19:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Sandulela Asanda
Presented by Black & Queer NRW
Cooperation: Ballroom NRW, Queer Amnesty Köln
22:00
DIASPORA SHORTS: HOW TO BREAK FREE
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Victoria Neto
Cooperation: Lux Mwinda
Saturday, 19.09.
Saturday, 19.09.
13:00
Filmforum Ludwig
14:00
COMEDIA Theater Köln
Guest: Abenaa Adomako
15:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Mohammed Sheikh
17:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Zipporah Nyaruri
Cooperation: Pambazuka Suahili Kultur e.V. & Jenga Community
TRUCK MAMA
Direction: Zipporah Nyaruri, Kenia/Südafrika/Saudi-Arabien/NL 2025, DCP, OmeU, 85 min
more19:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Oualid Baha, Jonas d'Adesky
KWIBUKA, SE SOUVENIR (KWIBUKA, REMEMBER)
Direction: Oualid Baha, Jonas d'Adesky, Ruanda/BE 2025, DCP, OmeU, 92 min
more22:00
SHORTS
REX Kino
22:05
Filmforum Ludwig
Cooperation: Deutsch-Ägyptische Gesellschaft Köln e.V.
Sunday, 20.09.
Sunday, 20.09.
13:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Junior Johnson Traoré
13:30
Lichtspiele Kalk
Guest: Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
Film & Workshop: DAS GEHEIMNIS DER GESTOHLENEN MASKE
Direction: Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye, DE 2026, DCP, , 100 min
more15:00
QUEER VOICES I
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Bassem Ben Brahim, Gaël Kamilindi
Presented by Black & Queer NRW
Cooperation: Ballroom NRW, Queer Amnesty Köln
With translation into German Sign Language.
WE MUST BEGIN AGAIN TOGETHER
Direction: Adétokunboh Sultan Sangodoyin, Nigeria 2025, DCP, OmeU, 18 min
more
17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Alune Wade
With Live Musik from Alune Wade
Cooperation: MitAfrika Festival
TUKKI – DES RACINES AU BAYOU
Direction: Vincent Le Gal, Alune Wade, Senegal/FR/Ghana/Nigeria/USA 2025, DCP, OmeU, 93 min
more20:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Nabil Ben Yadir, Mokhtaria Badaoui
21:15
REX Kino
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Direction: Adrian Van Wyk, Chris Kets, Südafrika 2025, DCP, OmeU, 88 min
moreMonday, 21.09.
Monday, 21.09.
16:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Cooperation: Deutsch-Kongolesisches Jugendinstitut & Lux Mwinda!
TROP C'EST TROP (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH)
Direction: Élisé Sawasawa, DR Kongo/FR 2026, DCP, OmeU, 63 min
more17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Khalid Shamis
Cooperation: Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua & Portugiesisch-Brasilianisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
O PROFETA (THE PROPHET)
Direction: Ique Langa, MozambiK/Südafrika/Katar 2026, DCP, OmeU, 94 min
more19:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Pounda Gomis
CKooperation: Institut français Kölnooperation: Institut français Köln
21:15
REX Kino
Tuesday, 22.09.
Tuesday, 22.09.
16:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Cooperation: Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua & Portugiesisch-Brasilianisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
NÓS, O POVO DAS ILHAS (WE, PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS)
Direction: Elson Santos, Lara Sousa, Kapverden/Mosambik 2025, DCP, OmeU, 90 min
more17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Omar Ibrahim
Cooperation: Col.lit.ive, Sudan AG Rheinland,Friedensbildungswerk Köln
19:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cooperation: Institut français Köln
SOUMSOUM, LA NUIT DES ASTRES (SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS)
Direction: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tschad/FR 2026, DCP, OmeU, 101 min
more20:00
Off Broadway
präsentiert von Allerweltskino
22:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Cooperation: Deutsch-Ägyptische Gesellschaft Köln
Wednesday, 23.09.
Wednesday, 23.09.
15:30
Aula der KHM
Guests: Patience Nitumwesigas, Fradique, Khalid Shamis
Language: English
17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Ayeman Aymar Esse
Presented by Black & Queer NRW
Cooperation: Queer Amnesty Köln & Ballroom NRW
LA KORA DE MON PÈRE (MY FATHER’S KORA)
Direction: Ayeman Aymar Esse, Benin/Senegal/CH/DE 2026, DCP, OmeU, 87 min
more20:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Patience Nitumwesigas
Cooperation: Friedensbildungswerk Köln & Jenga Community
With translation into German Sign Language
THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD
Direction: Patience Nitumwesigas, Uganda/SA/DE/USA 2025, DCP, OmeU, 108 min
more21:15
REX Kino
DERRIÈRE LES PALMIERS (BEHIND THE PALM TREES)
Direction: Meryem Benm’Barek, Marokko/FR 2025, DCP, OmeU, 100 min
moreThursday, 24.09.
Thursday, 24.09.
16:00
Filmforum Ludwig
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Direction: Devon Delmar, Jason Jacobs, Südafrika/NL/Katar 2026, DCP, OmeU, 65 min
more17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Quentin Noirfalisse, Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Cooperation: Deutsch-Kongolesisches Jugendinstitut und Lux Mwinda!
MÉTISSES - CINQ FEMMES CONTRE UN CRIME D’ÉTAT (UPROOTED – FIVE WOMEN AGAINST A COLONIAL CRIME)
Direction: Quentin Noirfalisse, Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, BE/F 2025, DCP, OmeU, 86 min
more19:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Hugo Salvaterra, Jorge Cohen
Cooperation: Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua & Portugiesisch-Brasilianisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
With translation into German Sign Language.
21:15
QUEER VOICES II
REX Kino
Presented by Black & Queer NRW
Cooperation: Ballroom NRW & Queer Amnesty Köln
22:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Cooperation: Deutsch-Ägyptische Gesellschaft Köln e.V.
Friday, 25.09.
Friday, 25.09.
10:00
Lichtspiele Kalk
Guests: Theodora Shandé, Matteo Sant‘Unione
Film: English with German subtitles;
Workshop: German.
From Grade 9 onwards.
Schulvorführung + Workshop: SORRY FOR THE GENOCIDE
Direction: Theodora Shandé, DE 2026, DCP, OmeU, 240 min
more15:30
Aula der KHM
Guests: Omar Ibrahim, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Ronnie Vitalia, Suzannah Mirghani
Language: English
17:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Fifaliana Nantenaina
19:30
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Olive Nwosu
22:00
DIASPORA SHORTS: WHAT YOU DON’T SEE
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Raviva Nsiama
In cooperation with Lux Mwinda
Saturday, 26.09.
Saturday, 26.09.
13:00
kein Ort
14:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Suzannah Mirghani
Cooperation: Col.lit.ive, Sudan AG Rheinland
COTTON QUEEN
Direction: Suzannah Mirghani, Deutschland, Frankreich, Palästinensische Gebiete, Ägypten, Katar, Saudi-Arabien, Sudan 2025, DCP, OmeU, 94 min
more16:15
Filmforum Ludwig
Guest: Mark Maina
Cooperation: Pambazuka Suahili Kultur e.V., Friedensbildungswerk Köln & Jenga Community
18:00
Filmforum Ludwig
Guests: Tommy Baron, Rafiki Fariala
20:30
Filmforum Ludwig
22:00
Filmforum Ludwig
