Speakers
2025 - Moderators
Yared Dibaba TV Host, Producer, Actor Ethiopia (Oromia) + Germany
Karen McMullen Film Festival Director USA
Terry Jerry A'Wase Executive Secretary African Film Institute The African Union
Carmen Thompson, Programming & Distribution, We Are Parable, Sheffield DocFest, Scotland
Caprice Crawford Talent Agent USA
Danica Robinson-Liles Co-Founder & COO, West End Studios Jamaica
Tithey Schulz Marketing & Branding Expert, CEO VitaminBlack Germany + Haiti
Filson Ali, Producer, Co-Founder, Camera X, Sweden + Somalia
Essimi Mévégue, Film Critic, Co-Founder, Ciné Club Afro, France + Cameroon
Diana Lodderhose International Features Editor, Deadline UK
Ernest White II Executive Producer, Founder, Presidio Pictures USA + Canada
Simone McIntyre Actress, Producer UK + Jamaica
Rodney Charles, Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Founder Member, 3A (African Artist' Association), Grenada + UK + USA + Germany
Nadia Kibout Actress, Producer, Director France + Italia + Mauritania + Algeria
Zoe Ramushu, Writer, Director, Producer, Actress and Multimedia Journalist, Zimbabwe
Zac Ntim, International Film Reporter Deadline Ghana + UK
Mitchell Harper Curator, Producer, Arts Manager and consultant, Founder Ctr. Alt. Del. South Africa
2025 Speakers
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Executive Producer, Showrunner, Screenwriter, Creator of S.W.A.T USA
Lyara Oliveira, President, The City of São Paulo Film and Audiovisual Company Brazil, Brazil
Syrinthia Studer Executive Vice President, International Productions, Paramount Pictures USA
Frederic Chau Actor, Producer France + China + Vietnam TBD
Daniel “Dee” Klare Actor Germany + Nigeria
Serge Noukoue Founder, Nollywood Week, Owner, Okada Media (Distribution) France + Benin
Tonye Princewill Producer, Founder Princewill Trust Nigeria
Dr. Pushpinder Chowdhry MBE Co-Founder, Tongues on Fire Ltd (TOF) & UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF)
Denise M'Baye Actress, Social Activist Germany + Senegal
Zaid Shaker, Acting Executive Director, Film AlUla, Saudi Arabia + Jordan
Zoey Martinson Director, Producer Ghana
Steven Adams Founder, Alta Global Media, Talent Manager, Film Financier USA
Fred Kuwornu Director, Producer, Founder, Do The Right Films USA + Ghana + Italy
Gordon Bobb Award Winning Entertainment Lawyer Partner at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dan USA
Souleymane Dicko “Solo” Rapper, Artistic Director “La Haine” by Matthieu Kassovitz, Breakdancer, France + Mali
Chioma Ude Founder, AFRIFF (African International Film Festival) Nigeria
Jean-Claude Barny Casting Director “La Haine”, Director “Fanon”, Nèg Marrons” France + Guadeloupe
Lauand Omar Screenwriter, Director Mexico + Germany + Syria
Kelly Woolfolk Entertainment Lawyer USA
Phil McKenzie Co-Founder and COO Goldfinch, Founder, MYCO UK
Dr Inya Lawal President, WIFT Africa Founder, Africa Creative Market, Ascend Studios Nigeria
Luiz Toledo Founder, Filomena Productions Brazil
Luiza Botelho Director, Producer, Scriptwriter Brazil
Marjorie Galas Sr. Director, Members & Education at Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) USA
Luci Lenox Casting Director & Founder of the Actors Home Ireland + Spain
Ailton Pineiro Junior Producer, Director Brazil
Fatih Abay Diversity & Inclusion Officer European Film Academy Germany
Nancy Bishop Emmy Award Winning Casting Director UK + Czech Republic
Yassine Azzouz Actor, Producer France + Algeria + Tunisia
Ebele Okoye Omeka Ulonka African Animation Pioneer | Equity Consultant Diaspora Advisory Board (GiZ/BMZ) | ForbesBLK, CEO Spunky Toonz, COO Jolly Squid Founder Motion to the Sound & AniJolly Girls Training
Tajona Karhu Director, Producer UK + Cuba
Aron Abreham Neguse Program Director, Ethiopia International Film Festival Ethiopia
John Barker Producer, Director, Founder, A Barking Rat Film, South Africa
Luis Lomenha Producer, Director Brazil
Sydney Levine Founder, formerly, FilmFinders, currently SydneysBuzz.com USA + Germany
Tiffany Toney Actress, Producer USA
Marcos Alexandre Producer Director Brazil
Fredi Nwaka Actor, Director, Producer, VP Content, GenB UK + Nigeria
Izu Ojukwu Director, “76”, “77. The Festac Conspiracy” Nigeria
Judi Nwokedi Free Women Films Chairperson, Gauteng Tourism Authority Chairperson South Africa
Joël Karekezi Director, Screenwriter Rwanda
Kenny Gravillis Award Winning Graphic Designer Founder, Gravillis Inc., Designs (Award Winning Graphic Designer (Highest 2 Lowest, Captain America: Brave New World, Government Cheese, G20, Sinners, The Challengers, The Boys, Nickel Boys, Creed 3...), USA + UK UK + USA
Konnie Touré TV and Radio Host Côte d'Ivoire
Yusuf Abdul-Qadir Creator, Technologist and Executive Producer USA
Frank Vléhi Executive Producer, Filmmaker Côte d'Ivoire
Yolande Bogui Film & TV Producer, Founder, Emmaus Productions Executive Director, Association des Producteurs de Séries de Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Wendy Bernfeld Founder, Rights Stuff, The Netherlands
Darrien Michele Gipson, Executive Director, SAGindie
Sophya Kallista Frohberg, Producer and Curator, Germany + Haiti
Art Sims Award Winning Graphic Designer USA
Juliette Farley, Screenwriter, Director, Journalist, Actress, USA + France
Michelle Sneed, Founder & CEO · A Few Good Women Productions, USA
Jon Carlos Evans, Filmmaker, Audiovisual Artist and Writer, USA
Nici Brueckner, Producer, Founder, World Color Studio 22, Germany + Senegal
Francis Nébot, Producer, Distributor, Founder, IFind Pictures, France
Adama Konkobo Film Commissioner Côte d'Ivoire
Adonijah Oniriwa Producer, Founder Adonis Productions Nigeria
Jessica Sy Actress, Screenwriter Germany + Jamaica
Alexandra Amon Actress, Producer Côte d'Ivoire
Alexia Muiños Ruiz Award Winning Producer, Actress, Founder, Marineda Films, Executive Director, European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA Network) Spain
Past Speakers
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Steven Adams Producer, Talent Manager Co-Founder, Alta Global Media, USA
Wayne Borg Managing Director, Media Industries, Entertainment & Culture, NEOM
Theo Dumont Producer, Film Marketing & Promotion Specialist Founder of HollyShorts Film Festival, LA, USA
NuNu Deng Producer South Sudan
Ines Ben Zoubir Director, Producer Tunisia
Aleta Chapelle Producer, Director, Casting Director USA
Richard Lawson Actor, Producer USA
Alhaji Adedayo Thomas CEO National Film & Video Censors' Board Nigeria
Enyinna Nwigwe Actor, Producer Nigeria
Haneen Al Saleh Director, Producer Saudi Arabia
Akram Zagba Actor, Director, Producer Algeria
Jeremy Zimmermann Casting Director JZC UK
Jimmy Jean-Louis Actor, Producer Haiti
Mario Zvan Producer Kenya + Croatia
Ibrahim Llateif Producer & Former Director of JCF Tunisia
Chioma Ude Founder, Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) Nigeria
Kenny Gravillis Creative Director UK + USA
Coréon Du Director, Producer, Talent Agent Angola
Khedidja Lemkecher Director, Producer Tunisia
Issraa Elkogali Häggström Director, Producer Sudan + Sweden
Antonio Padovani Producer Italy + Germany
Helene Granqvist President, WIFTI International Sweden
Lukas Peroš Actor Croatia
Caprice Crawford Talent Agent USA
Ronya Man Acting, Directing, Producing Nigeria
Vinca Jarrett Entertainment Lawyer USA
Lauren Ekué Author France
Jana Wolff Head of Marketing & Advertising EFM / Berlinale
Jill Samuels Producer, Founder Films without Borders UK
Rachel Kylian Actress, Producer Comoros
Grace Maharaj Vice-President WIFTI Sweden
Adam Morse Actor, Writer, Producer UK
Jim Shamoon Producer Kenya
Keni Desai Founder & CEO Urbnworx
Jann Mardenborough Racecar Driver UK
Chibie Louis-Okoye Producer Nigeria + Canada
Michel Zgarka CEO Hitlab Canada
Bernard Bronner Businessman, Producer, CEO Upscale Magazine USA
Tonya Williams Actress, Producer, Director and Founder, Reelworld Film Festival Founder Canada
Jon Gosier, Film Financier, Producer, Director USA
Cajetan Boy Performing Artist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Director and Script writing Mentor Kenya
Angela Gordon Producer, Director, Founder of Blue Ice Pictures USA
Ayodeji Aloba Actor, Music Producer Nigeria + Austria
Stefany Fruzzetti Actress, Dancer Italy + Nigeria
Moses Babatope Co-Founder & CEO Film One Entertainment Nigeria
Maja Costa Writer, Director Italy
Kashigo Michael Bapele Senior Deal Maker IDC South Africa
Alexandre Rideau CEO Mediawan Africa France
Francisca Ndinda Youth Activist, Journalist and Filmmaker Kenya
Nkurunziza Mufuth Art Director Rwanda
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