2025 Cascade Festival of African Films

Logo courtesy of Cascade Festival of African Films

In celebration of Black History Month, Portland Community College is hosts the annual Cascade Festival of African Films. 

The Cascade Festival of African Films was founded in 1991 by four Portland Community College faculty members. Now in its 35th year, the festival is the longest running annual, nonprofit, non-commercial, largely volunteer-run African Film Festival in the United States. 

This festival is a tribute to the filmmakers whose creativity brings these stories of Africa’s achievements, struggles and possibilities to life. 

This year, the festival is a hybrid in-person and virtual festival with many opportunities to participate in its expansive schedule. 

2025 Cascade Festival of African Films Schedule

The 2025 Cascade Festival of African Films is January 31 through March 1 on select days. Every film screening is free and open to the public.

Festival screenings can be viewed in-person or online. In-person screenings will take place at Hollywood Theatre, the PCC Cascade Campus and Tomorrow Theater.

All in-person films are screened for free on a first-come, first served basis.

Here’s the schedule: 

Friday, January 31

6 p.m. Everybody Loves Touda at the Hollywood Theatre, 102 min. (Opening Celebration)

Saturday, February 1

2 p.m. Far from the Nile at PCC Cascade, 99 min.

7 p.m. The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos at PCC Cascade, 101 min.

Thursday, February 6

7 p.m. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl tomorrow, 95 min.

Friday, February 7

7 p.m. Mami Wata at PCC Cascade, 107 min.

Saturday, February 8

2 p.m. Aya of Yop City at PCC Cascade, 84 min.

7 p.m. Dent pour Dent / A Tooth for a Tooth at PCC Cascade, 84 min.

Thursday, February 13

7 p.m. Ernest Cole, Lost and Found at PCC Cascade, 105 min.

Friday, February 14

7 p.m. Xalé at the Hollywood Theatre, 101 min.

Saturday, February 15

2 p.m. Tableau Ferraille at PCC Cascade, 92 min.

7 p.m. Madame Brouette at PCC Cascade, 104 min.

Thursday, February 20

7 p.m. Bobi Wine: The People’s President at PCC Cascade, 113 min.

Friday, February 21

7 p.m. Sadrack at PCC Cascade, 94 min.

Saturday, February 22

2 p.m. Hajjan at PCC Cascade, 117 min.

7 p.m. Front Row at PCC Cascade, 86 min.

Thursday, February 27

7 p.m. Dahomey at PCC Cascade, 67 min.

Friday, February 28

7 p.m. Shimoni at PCC Cascade, 97 min.

Saturday, March 1

7 p.m. Under the Fig Trees at PCC Cascade, 92 min.

The Cascade Festival of African Films is free and open to all. For more information, visit the festival website.

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