AFRIFF 2026: Chioma Ude says the future of film is women and tech
AFRIFF set out to talk about technology. Then the films came in, and founder Chioma Ude found a second answer to where African cinema is heading.
The festival went looking for the future in machines. The films it chose pointed somewhere else. When the Africa International Film Festival settled on "Frames of the Future: Africa's Creative Intelligence" as the theme of its 15th edition, the plan looked just as settled. Panels on technology. Workshops on artificial intelligence. A week in Lagos built around the tools that…