The Écrans Noirs Festival is a film festival in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It has been characterized as "Central Africa's largest cinema event".
The Écrans Noirs Festival, run by an organization of the same name, was established in 1997 by the filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio.Christian Eboulé, Au Cameroun, lever de rideau du festival de cinéma "Ecrans Noirs", TV5Monde, 16 July 2019. The 23rd Écrans Noirs Festival took place in July 2019.Ecrans noirs: la 23e edition sur les rails, Cameroon Tribune, 15 July 2019. Its theme was 'Women in African cinema'.Festival Ecrans Noirs 2019 : le Congo parmi les sélectionnés, Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale, 11 July 2019.
Winners of the Écran d'Or
Year Winning Film Country 2016 Tears of Satan by Hicham El Jebbari.Ecrans Noirs 2016 : voici le palmarès, Le Bled Parle, 24 July 2016. Morocco 2017 Children of the mountain by Priscilla Anany.Clap de fin pour la 21ème édition d'Écrans Noirs, TV5Monde, 24 July 2017. Ghana 2018 Maki'la by Machérie Ekwa Bahango.The Ecrans Noirs Film Festival 2018, africanews.en, 30 July 2018. Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019 The Mercy of the Jungle by Joël Karekezi. Rwanda 2020 Heart of Africa by Tshoper Kabambi Kashala. Democratic Republic of the Congo 2021 Annato by Fatima Boukdady. Morocco 2022 The Planter's Plantation by Eystein Young. Cameroon 2023 Our Father, the Devil by Ellie Foumbi. Cameroon 2024 Quitte ou Double by Rachida Saadi. Morocco 2025 Carved by the Wind by Layla Triqui. Morocco References