JALI FILM WEEKENDER

Running between 30 October - 2 November, the inaugural Jali Film Weekender is a brand new film festival celebrating Black, African and diaspora stories, launched by Jali Collective.

The theme of the 2025 Weekender is Dreams and Apparitions, carefully woven through a programme of films, events and extended realities. We invite you to join us on this evocative journey exploring grief, memory, imagination, new and alternate futures, and the seen and unseen in the African and diasporic experience. 

Across four days, we will share a vibrant programme of narrative, documentary, animation, experimental and short film, each offering a distinct vision from the  African continent and diaspora. Our programme begins on the screen, and continues through filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, gatherings and workshops. The Extended Reality (XR) Exhibition brings two immersive works by Kenyan artists to Filmhouse – Enkang’ Ang’ and ARGO – both exploring nature and heritage through virtual and augmented reality. 

We hope these moments shared together will spark dialogues that resonate long thereafter.