Learn about the Bedouin film space! A new “travel marketplace platform” designed to “connect African creative producers with institutional capital” premiered at the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival.
It is designed to “fill a critical gap in the international film industry,” moving “beyond traditional market encounters to create a structured environment where most African cinema producers interact with investors who understand the sector on its own terms, from development and production to distribution, curation, and audience building,” the creators said.
Coordinated and managed by Yetu (Un) Limited in partnership with Ctrl + Alt + Shift, Sanusi Development Studio and Kiasi, the platform arrived in Cannes with a series of curated events, such as the “Think Tank for African and Diaspora Audience Development” on Friday morning.
Nomadic Film Space sponsors and partners include Afreximbank, Film Fund Luxembourg, SACD (France, Belgium and Canada), Institut Français, SODEC, Téléfilm Canada, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles & Wallonie-Bruxelles-International, CNC, Cannes Marché du Film Producers Network, IEFTF and Ambassade de France en Guinée.
“The African, diaspora and South African film industries are an archipelago full of cultural resonance,” said Yiannis Guy, Founder of Yetu (Un) Limited. “In the ever-changing landscape of the international film industry, it is critical that we design infrastructures that allow serious investors to engage with these markets on their own terms – understanding how they work, what success means within their specific contexts, and where strategic capital can generate sustainable prosperity.”
The Cannes Film Festival has built its reputation as a platform for discovering African cinema, and its 2026 edition showcases many works by African authors, both established and new voices. like THR These films highlighted a star-studded film starring Nigerian-born twins (Clarissa), the first film by a Rwandan director in official selection (Ben Imana), which is a prominent co-production (Congo boy(And another from a Moroccan author)strawberry).
