A few moments from the room 📸🔥
Great conversations.
Good energy.
Room filled with creatives, filmmakers, and industry stakeholders from across the world 🌍
From meaningful exchanges to new connections and important discussions around African storytelling and global opportunities, the day carried exactly the kind of momentum Cannes is known for.
More to come ✨❤️
#NIFS #NIFSAtCannes #MarcheDuFilm #AfricanCinema #Cannes2026
Day 2 at the @festivaldecannes brought the Croisette to life with cinematic spectacle, famous faces, and a flash of “Fast & Furious” energy…
Across the festival programme, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s “La Vie d’une Femme” premiered with English and French subtitles by TransPerfect Media, while “L’Abandon” screened with English subtitles and image post-production crafted by our team.
Over at NIFS@Cannes , Jacques Barreau and Jacques Van Hollebeke joined global industry leaders to discuss the future of African cinema.
Two days in, and Cannes is already in full stride!
#CannesFilmFestival #OfficialPartner #TransPerfectMediaAtCannes #BoutiqueMeetsGlobalScale
The conversations, the people, the global industry all coming together at the @March éduFilm and NIFS is right in the middle of it 🌍🎬
From African storytelling to international collaboration, this is where visibility meets opportunity.🔥
#NIFS #NIFSAtCannes #MarcheDuFilm #Cannes2026 #AfricanCinema
In partnership with @the.nilegroup , @nifsummit continues to build bridges between Nigeria and the global market, creating opportunities that expand the visibility, commercial strength, and international reach of African storytelling.
From film financing and international distribution to co productions, streaming partnerships, and cross border collaborations, Nigerian cinema is earning its place in rooms where the future of global storytelling is being shaped.
And most importantly, it is history being made for African stories on a global stage.
#Cannes2026 #MarcheDuFilm #Nollywood #Nileentertainment
Nigeria is no longer simply attending global conversations. We are now contributing to them.
For the first time ever, the Nigerian International Film Summit (NIFS) is officially part of the Marché du Film conference programme at Cannes Film Festival 2026. @marchedufilm@festivaldecannes
From film financing and international distribution to co productions, streaming partnerships, and cross border collaborations, Nigerian cinema is earning its place in rooms where the future of global storytelling is being shaped.
In partnership with @the.nilegroup@theNileentertainment , @nifsummit continues to build bridges between Nollywood and the global market, creating opportunities that expand the visibility, commercial strength, and international reach of African storytelling.
And most importantly, it is history being made for Nollywood on a global stage.
#Cannes2026 #MarcheDuFilm #Nollywood #Nileentertainment
Local stories. Global possibilities 🌍🔥
Moses Babatope, Group Managing Director of Nile Media Group, joins us at NIFS@Cannes for an important conversation on:
🎬 Local Prowess, Global Impact: The Evolving Economics of Nollywood
As Nollywood continues to expand its influence across global markets, conversations around financing, distribution, audience growth, infrastructure, and long-term sustainability have never been more important.
This session explores how African cinema can continue building value locally while increasing its global impact.
See you in the room 🔥
@mosesbabatope
#NIFSAtCannes #Nollywood #AfricanCinema #MarcheDuFilm #Cannes2026
SHOWCASE ALERT: WIRE WIRE (2023) 🔥
How far would you go after losing everything?
WIRE WIRE (2023) comes to the NIFS x CACOP Best of Africa Film Showcase with a gripping story of ambition, survival, betrayal, and the dangerous pull of cybercrime in a rapidly changing world 🎬🌍
🕔 Screening Time: 5:00PM – 6:00PM
📍 Le Gray d’Albion Hotel, Cannes
📅 May 13
Synopsis:
Tobi, a gifted software developer, is falsely accused of theft, beaten, and jailed, where he’s coerced into signing away his groundbreaking system. Upon release, he loses everything and turns to cybercrime to survive. As he rises within a scam network, Tobi must choose between moral redemption or deeper descent into a dangerous, irreversible world.
Duration: 119mins
Directed by: Bolanle Austen-Peters
Produced by: Bolanle Austen-Peters & Joseph Umoibom
Cast:
• Bucci Franklin
• Blossom Chukwujekwu
• Olarotimi Fakunle
• Shaffy Bello
• Toke Makinwa
Join us for this compelling showcase as African cinema continues to push bold stories onto the global stage 🔥
#NIFSAtCannes #BestOfAfrica #AfricanCinema #MarcheDuFilm #Cannes2026
SHOWCASE ALERT: DR. MAJEK & THE GHOST (2025) 👻🔥
What happens when guilt refuses to stay buried?
DR. MAJEK & THE GHOST (2025) arrives at the NIFS x CACOP Best of Africa Film Showcase with a gripping story that blends drama, accountability, rivalry, and the supernatural into one intense cinematic experience 🎬🌍
🕐 Screening Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
📍 Le Gray d’Albion Hotel, Cannes
📅 May 13
Synopsis:
In Lagos, celebrated obstetrician Dr. Majek’s reputation is destroyed when a patient dies under her care and returns as a ghost. Haunted by guilt, she’s forced to seek help from Dr. Omo, the junior doctor she once fired. Now bitter rivals turned reluctant allies, the two women must confront personal failures, systemic flaws, and hard truths about accountability, forgiveness, and what it truly means to save a life.
Duration: 29mins
Directed by: Azubuike Duru
Produced by: Ferdy Adimefe & Francis Nebot
Cast:
• Mon Abasi
• Ose Idoni
• Sylvia Essesien
Join us for this compelling showcase as African filmmakers continue to bring bold and original stories to the global stage 🔥
#NIFSAtCannes #BestOfAfrica #AfricanCinema #MarcheDuFilm #Cannes2026
Cocktails, conversations, powerful women in film 🍸✨
Join us at the African Women CEOs in Côte d’Azur Cocktail during NIFS @ Cannes for an evening bringing together women leading across film, media, business, and the creative industry 🌍🎬
Expect meaningful conversations, new connections, shared experiences, and a room filled with women building, leading, and shaping the future.
🕖 7:00PM - 9:00PM
📍 Hotel Le Gray d’Albion, Cannes
See you there 🔥
#NIFS #NIFSAtCannes #AfricanWomenInFilm #WomenInLeadership #Cannes2026
Good people. Great conversations. Cannes energy 🍸🔥
@WIFTGhana joins forces with NIFS @ Cannes for a special cocktail evening bringing together creatives, filmmakers, and industry stakeholders for connection, community, and celebration 🥂🌍
Because sometimes the best conversations happen outside the panels. ✨
🕖 7:00PM – 9:00PM
📍 Hotel Le Gray d’Albion, Cannes
Let’s connect 🔥
#NIFS #NIFSAtCannes #WIFTGhana #WomenInFilm #Cannes2026
🔥NIFS @ CANNES 2026 Agenda🔥
From Focus on Africa sessions and the Best of Africa Showcase to high-level industry conversations, networking rooms, and market access opportunities, NIFS @ Cannes brings together filmmakers, investors, distributors, creatives, and global industry stakeholders at the heart of the @March éduFilm 🎬🌍
This is where African storytelling meets international visibility, collaboration, and business.
Every session or showcase is designed with one goal in mind:
Positioning African film and media for stronger global reach and real industry opportunities.
If you’re looking to be part of the rooms shaping the future of African cinema on the world stage, this is where you need to be.
For full agenda, refer to LINK IN BIO.
See you in Cannes 🔥
#NIFS #NIFSAtCannes #FocusOnAfrica #BestOfAfrica #MarcheDuFilm
Meet and Greet Daniel Etim-Effiong at The Herd Best of Africa Showcase.
Seet details in flyer. #NIFS #NIFS@Cannes #BestOfAfrica #AfricanCinema #Cannes2026
