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Afropean Cinema: Alain Gomis retrospective at NBO Film Festival
Five films by French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis, free to attend at Alliance Française on 19 and 21-24 October.
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About the event
Afropean Cinema is a film programme by the Goethe-Institut Kenya, run alongside the NBO Film Festival (15-25 October 2026), on migration, belonging, identity and memory across Africa and Europe.
Its Nairobi strand is a retrospective of the filmmaker Alain Gomis. Screenings start at 6pm at Alliance Française: L'Afrance (2001) on Monday 19 October, Félicité (2017) on Wednesday 21, Tey (2012) on Thursday 22, Andalucia (2007) on Friday 23 and Rewind & Play (2022) on Saturday 24 October.
The Goethe-Institut says these screenings are free to attend; other screenings and activities at the NBO Film Festival are ticketed.
Good to know
- Free
- Screenings at 6pm on 19, 21, 22, 23 and 24 October
- Other NBO Film Festival screenings and activities are ticketed
Line-up
Alain Gomis
Organiser
Event information from
- Goethe-Institut Kenya events feed (Afropean Cinema) goethe.de
- NBO Film Festival 7th edition announcement capitalfm.africa
Details come from the organisers' own pages and can change; please check with the organiser before you go.
